>Toyota Prius is fairly inexpensive (at least here in the US). I average over 50 miles/gallon consistantly in mine. My wife's gets about 45MPG.
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>Considering I'm tall and muscular (my wife uses a different description), it's pretty comfortable.

Was joking about Prius :)
I actually do not give a dam about what bucket takes me from point A to point B. Right now I am driving car called BEM
(Big Expensive Mistake {g}) and I am more and more inclined to get rid of it.

One of the problems here is availability of (good) service for hybrids. Will probably stick with regular Toyota but with better fuel efficiency.
Another option is Nissan Qashkai. Friend of mine have it and and is very happy with it (Very very low consumption)