All wheel drive cars with good MPG

[Craig]

Wife has a VOLVO XC60 great crossover car. About 22-26 MPG

[Rick]

Hands down Subaru Outback. I love ours.

What kind of actual mileage are you getting?

just got our 2011 about 1 month ago. 3 fill ups so far. 24, 23, and 24 so far.

My 2011 2.5i consistantly averages mid 20's. Its a 6spd manual,the CVT gets a couple mpg better.

[Alchase]

My wife's next car will be a Acura MDX, good mileage AWD SUV that's reliable and not a fortune to maintain.

My step dad has an older MDX and launches his boat with it each year.... Buries it to the frame, but he lives on the lake so it is a short trip....

Doesn't the MDX need Premium gas?

I also like the Honda Pilot.

Our daughter has a Toyota Rav4 all-wheel drive. She has 80k on it with not one mechanical issue. Though it does not seem big, you really can pack allot in that thing. Obviously not going to tow anything over a small boat though.

I have been looking at the six cylinder Durango as well, it has more HP then my current 4.7 Durango does and gets 10 MPG better.

[jaymark6655]

Yes, MDX uses premium.

[Alchase]

Ouch!

[Dhoey07]

We have 30k on our '11 forester and we consistently get 24mpg.  I would recommend it 

[magnanimous_j]

Subaru’s are great cars, but they are the most overvalued car on the used market. So if you don’t want to buy new, you are going to pay through the nose for them. If you want a great quality sedan that won’t cost you as much, I would go with a Ford Fusion AWD. If you want something with more utility, I would get an Explorer or 4Runner.

You’re kind of SOL if you want a powerful, capable AWD that gets much more than 22 mpg.

[Dhoey07]

I'll also add that with the forester, don't expect to be winning any drag races.  Fairly gutless, but that's not why we bought it. And yes, they do hold their value

[whacker1]

If you want to support domestic

The 2013 ford Taurus comes in all wheel drive version with the 4 cylindery 2.0 ecoboost that claims 22 city and 32 hwy. 

http://www.ford.com/cars/taurus/specifications/view-all/

And as mentioned the cross-overs are the other way to go.  Most of the all wheel drive cars are not commuters.  I was impressed to see Ford to this in 2013, and the new Taurus look nice compared to previous years.

[CoachNemo]

Both of the Subarus we own(ed) averaged about 26 combined mileage.  Our 2004 Legacy sedan still averages that and has 97,000 on it.  Does great going over the pass from Seattle.  We also had an 2008 Impreza 2.5i that did about the same and had no problems in the snow.

[Fishstiq]

Surprised it hasn't been mentioned yet...


AWD Dodge charger.  18mpg city/27hwy, roomy and comfortable, plenty of power and a trunk big enough for whatever you wanna hunt!   

We have a Subaru Forester.  Decent mpg, usually mid to high 20's, but man those things were made for women!  I'm only 5'10, and I am pretty cramped in there.  I can't extend my legs fully even with the seat all the way back, and the arm rests are crap.  It's my wife's car, and she loves it, but if I was the primary driver for that vehicle I would have gotten something else.

[mossy8352]

We have a Honda CRV year 2005 awd.. I get 21 -22 around town and 25 - 27 on the open road. It has been all over the state in all kinds of weather (I do run studded snow tires for the passes) and it handles great. Not a stump jumper but I only hunt turkeys now. No more than 4 adults or two adults and 3 children with any comfort. Great little car. No comment on our Pilot for mileage!

[Tman]

we have an 07 freestyle awd that averages about 24.

[Dhoey07]

Found one 

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.productioncars.com/send_file.php/nissan_pulsar_nx_se_sportback_red_rear_1988_d.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.productioncars.com/photo-gallery.php%3Fmake%3DNissan%26model%3DPulsar&usg=__r2pbWmZ7FKjrD7fUVl_eQe47--k=&h=362&w=540&sz=151&hl=en&start=2&zoom=1&tbnid=mVEKyX6-rHdAUM:&tbnh=88&tbnw=132&ei=yI_kULaaJImEjALi5YC4Dg&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dnissan%2Bpulsar%2Bsportback%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Dactive%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox%26ie%3DUTF-8%26tbm%3Disch&um=1&itbs=1

[Special T]

I know this is an older car so probably not what you are looking for, HOWEVER 80-85 subaru wagon 4wd gets about 28-30 mpg hwy. I know because my brother has had 5 of them. I currently have a 85 subaru bratt that gets about 25mpg + on my short commute to work.  I know the 86-90ish subarues get pretty good mileage but you have to dump most of the BS emissions stuff. There is a club here that wheels the 80-90 vintage.
This board will tell you EVERYTHING about any vintage of Subaru. It is known as the USMB
http://www.ultimatesubaru.org