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let's face it the eights have this reputation as being yesterday's engine incapable of doing much better than the low-teens in mpg yet the allure of the thing hangs on 50 years of marketing we'll do that for you I'm Brian Cooley with our top five ways you can have your v8 and good gas mileage - we selected cars only for this list no trucks right now and gas only no diesels are hybrids we wanted to get classic v8 stuff to rank them we counted in mpg the sheer horsepower and the power-to-weight ratio of the car the list we came up with by the way is all German except for one American at the top kicking all their Teutonic assets number five the 2015 BMW 550i a 4.4 liter v8 that delivers 20 mpg average it just pushed out the excellent Mercedes e 550 coupe by the way to begin the list this Beamer has 145 horsepower and a power-to-weight ratio just below that magic number of 10 pounds per horse very good in a great handling car that just happens to be a very practical sedan there's a lot to like here for about 65 grand second cheapest on our list number for the 2015 Audi s8 4-liter v8 20 mpg average the sporting version of the big Audi has a v8 that you'll know when you step on and it cranks out the most horsepower on our list 520 now the average mpg of 20 is at the bottom of our list while it's MSRP of 115 gram is at the top of our list hence number four number three the 2015 audi a8 same basic engine but now 22 mpg average what a difference a single letter makes going from s to a makes this the only car in our list to break 30 highway and still have that 22 average but we keep it at number three because it is a big boy and this smallish v8 means a power-to-weight ratio that was our worst at 10.32 the 2015 Mercedes slk55 AMG a biggish five and a half liter v8 but still 22 mpg average who knew you bought an AMG to be fuel-efficient this is the baby brother of the big SL and it's got the power-to-weight ratio to show for it aleem 8.6 pounds per horse that makes it okay for it to be the lowest powered car on our list at 415 while time for the best average mpg wait is everything number one you'll be glad to hear is the 2015 chevy corvette 6.2 liter v8 but still 21 mpg average the new c7 Vette is amazing having the biggest engine on the list doing 455 horse and has the best power-to-weight ratio as well mpg is 17 29 close enough to say and get about 30 largely thanks to cylinder deactivation that make it a 3 point 1 liter for when you don't need everything add to that the lowest price on our list about 55 K if you've got a sanctimonious tree of driving cousin this is the v8 to drive to Thanksgiving or top 5 lists to wait the car lover go to see net on cars calm click on top 5