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The 2011 Ford Fiesta debuted at the top of our affordable baby car rankings list. But now Ford has addition acumen to celebrate: the official ammunition abridgement estimates are in.

Left Lane Account reports, “The class-leading Fiesta will action 29 city, 40 artery MPG if able with the six-speed automated PowerShift chiral — besting the next abutting adversary — Toyota Yaris — by 4 MPG highway.” If you opt for the manual, you’ll get 28/37 city-limits highway, according to the EPA.

So, what’s sipping all that gas? Autoblog says, “All North American Fiestas for now are able with a 120 horsepower, 1.6-liter inline four behindhand of which gearbox is selected.”

Still, the Detroit Free Press letters that the Fiesta’s abode at the top of the chic if it comes to ammunition abridgement may be abbreviate lived. “However, the bigger Chevrolet Cruze — which has the autogenous amplitude of a midsize sedan, although Chevy will bazaar it as a bunched — will bout the Fiesta’s 40-m.p.g. artery appraisement if it goes on auction this fall, General Motors admiral say.” The Free Press adds, “The Chevrolet Aveo, Honda Fit, Kia Rio, Mini Cooper, Nissan Versa, Scion xD and Toyota Yaris acquire EPA ratings of 27-29 m.p.g. in the city-limits and 34-37 on the highway.” While the Fiesta does exhausted all gas-only four-seat cars in its class, the Honda Civic Hybrid and the Smart Fortwo anniversary acquire bigger all-embracing ammunition abridgement ratings.

One important point is that to save at the pump, you’ll acquire to pay at the dealership. Automobile Magazine credibility out that the dual-clutch PowerShift chiral that nets best ammunition abridgement adds about $1,000 to the Fiesta’s abject price: “Buyers will be able to attain that alveolate 40-mpg EPA appraisement on any Fiesta model, but the atomic big-ticket avenue is to add the PowerShift gearbox to the Fiesta S sedan. Vehicles so able will alpha at $15,065 (including $750 in destination fees) if they cycle into U.S. showrooms after this summer.”

Production on the Fiesta has amorphous and the aboriginal cars are accepted to hit dealerships in June. If you’re in the bazaar for a new car, analysis out the U.S. Account rankings of this year’s best cars as able-bodied as this month’s best car deals.