Ever wonder about the biggest and smallest and fastest … you get the idea … at the auto show? So did we. So here’s a brief rundown of the diametric opposites you can see:
SIZE
Shortest: Mini Cooper, 143.1 inches.
Longest: Dodge Sprinter 2500/3500 van, 263 inches.
(Note: The largest versions of the Sprinter are 1.2 inches longer than the Ford F-250/350 Crew Cab long bed and 5 inches longer than the International CXT pickup. The CXT is the tallest production vehicle at 108 inches, 4.4 inches taller than the Sprinter High Roof.)
FUEL ECONOMY
Highest: Honda Insight (manual transmission), 60 m.p.g. city/66 m.p.g. highway.
Lowest: Dodge Ram SRT10 (8.3-liter V-10, automatic transmission), 9 m.p.g. city/12 m.p.g. highway.
(Note: The EPA does not rate some models, the International CXT and heavy-duty pickups, for example.)
INTERNAL COMBUSTION
ENGINE
Smallest: Honda Insight, 1-liter 3-cylinder gas.
Largest: International CXT/RXT, 9-liter 6-cylinder turbodiesel.
PRICE
Least expensive: Chevrolet Aveo SVM, $9,890 (plus $540 for freight).
Most expensive: Maybach 57 S, $367,000 (plus $2,750 for freight).
