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After 12 days of testing over three sessions in Jerez and Barcelona since the start of February, we will finally see all 12 new cars together on the track, the Marussia and the HRT cars having run only briefly on their own after both being finished very late.

The news on Friday in Melbourne, however, is that six Formula One world champions are on track together for the first time in history in the form of Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel. It didn't happen at any of the tests because drivers were in action on different days and there was only one McLaren for Hamilton and Button to share.

It's a great statistic, although as Alonso himself maintains, what matters is what happens on track.

“I think it's great for the fans and the media, and six champions attracts more attention to the championship,” Alonso said. “In a way, I don't think it creates more of a show or improves the quality of the races, because some Sundays we see phenomenal races in GP2 and there are no champions there.

“Six world champions does not automatically mean great races. The important thing is that several cars can fight for the victory. If Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Mercedes can all fight for wins, the people will love the season, and I hope it will be like that.”

Like everyone else, Alonso is eager to see where Ferrari stands in the pecking order. The five teams he names are undoubtedly in the hunt for victories this year.

It is expected that McLaren and Red Bull will set the pace and Mercedes and Lotus will be ready to move into contention. It's a moving target, of course, with teams introducing new parts only for the last couple of days of testing and bringing more new stuff here. When we arrived at the airport on Tuesday morning, Red Bull mechanics and engineers were carrying huge boxes of last-minute additions, as is the team's style.

“I think come Saturday afternoon, if it's dry, we'll get the first indication of where the pecking order is for the start of the year,” says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. “Then, of course, it's a flat-out development race from here all the way to Brazil in nine months.

“It's going to be fascinating, because I think sitting here nobody truly knows what kind of shape that they're in, because the testing, whilst it gives glimpses, it doesn't give a very clear picture.

“I think the most important thing in the way that we conduct our testing is that we have three four-day tests available to us and you try to maximize the use of time with the programs that you want to work through, and that means not getting drawn into focusing on the timing screen, despite the fact that it can be quite distracting at times.

“What you can see from some of the longer runs is that the usual protagonists look in reasonable shape. McLaren look like they're going to be competitive, Mercedes look like they've made a step forward, Ferrari I don't think are in as bad a shape as has been perceived, and Lotus have obviously shown real flashes of speed as well. Out of that you've got four or five teams that all have a chance of being competitive.”

Testing didn't follow the usual routine for Red Bull, which lost practice time to a gearbox problem, so it's still a bit of an unknown. But Horner remains confident.

Rain on Friday meant nobody really learned anything about the status quo, as everyone's carefully structured test programs were put out of kilter.

“We had a good penultimate day with Mark [Webber], we had a good day with the race-one update there. It was frustrating not to get a load of laps in on the final day [with Vettel], but to be honest, most of the boxes had been ticked for previous days. You're always left wanting that little bit more, but I'd rather have a problem in Barcelona than at a racetrack.”

A lot of people are eyeing Mercedes, and while there was little in the way of headline times from the team in Spain, the team has an air of quiet confidence about it. However, Ross Brawn insists it's too early to start talking about challenging for titles.

“I think that's a bit too optimistic,” he says. “I believed we've moved quite a long way in 12 months, we're a much stronger team than where we were 12 months ago--I wasn't comfortable at all where we were. We hadn't achieved the things we wanted to achieve over the winter, we had a car that had some problems, and we're in a much better position this year. We won't know until the first four races where everybody sits.

“Melbourne can be a little bit unusual, especially as it's now an evening or twilight race, and tire temperatures can be an issue. But we've certainly got a much better platform. Certainly the things we've been building over the last 12-18 months have started to come to fruition.”

On Friday, we'll have the first lesson about how 2012 might unfold, and on Saturday--when as Vettel put it everyone has their trousers down in qualifying--we will know a little more. But the real answers will not come until the race on Sunday.

Forget the EPA. Consumer Guide's editors drove 150,000 miles last year. We drove to work, to day care, to the grocery store, and on vacation. We drove through record heat, blinding snow, driving rain, and confounding road construction, keeping track of every drop of fuel we used along the way.

The EPA admits its fuel economy numbers are estimates. Ours are real. A typical Consumer Guide test car is evaluated by at least four editors, and all account for their individual fuel usage. Here are the vehicles in each class that used the least fuel while in our care.

A few notes about this list: Though Consumer Guide takes pains to drive every version of every car; we may not have tested some combinations of engines, transmissions, and body styles. This list represents the best out of the vehicles we have evaluated. In the event that our testing was inconclusive, typically because time limitations precluded achieving a balanced mix of urban and highway driving, that vehicle was excluded from our list.
Click hereto read about Consumer Guide's Real World Fuel-Economy Losers.

Also, we avoided listing multiple versions of a specific car. If the sedan version of a car made the list, the wagon will not be listed--even though its mileage might be similar. Hybrids and diesels are the exception to this rule.

Not listed below is Toyota's Prius. In our care Prius averaged a svelte 45.2-mpg. Though technically a compact by Consumer Guide standards, the roomy hybrid rivals most midsize sedans for interior space. Prius is also pricey by compact standards, approaching $30,000 well equipped. For those who place miserly consumption above all else, Prius deserves a look.

An * indicates that the manufacturer either recommends or requires costlier midgrade or premium-grade fuel for that vehicle. Consumer Guide always follows manufacturers' fuel recommendations.
After 12 days of testing over three sessions in Jerez and Barcelona since the start of February, we will finally see all 12 new cars together on the track, the Marussia and the HRT cars having run only briefly on their own after both being finished very late.

The news on Friday in Melbourne, however, is that six Formula One world champions are on track together for the first time in history in the form of Michael Schumacher, Fernando Alonso, Kimi Räikkönen, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Sebastian Vettel. It didn't happen at any of the tests because drivers were in action on different days and there was only one McLaren for Hamilton and Button to share.

It's a great statistic, although as Alonso himself maintains, what matters is what happens on track.

“I think it's great for the fans and the media, and six champions attracts more attention to the championship,” Alonso said. “In a way, I don't think it creates more of a show or improves the quality of the races, because some Sundays we see phenomenal races in GP2 and there are no champions there.

“Six world champions does not automatically mean great races. The important thing is that several cars can fight for the victory. If Red Bull, McLaren, Ferrari, Lotus, Mercedes can all fight for wins, the people will love the season, and I hope it will be like that.”

Like everyone else, Alonso is eager to see where Ferrari stands in the pecking order. The five teams he names are undoubtedly in the hunt for victories this year.

It is expected that McLaren and Red Bull will set the pace and Mercedes and Lotus will be ready to move into contention. It's a moving target, of course, with teams introducing new parts only for the last couple of days of testing and bringing more new stuff here. When we arrived at the airport on Tuesday morning, Red Bull mechanics and engineers were carrying huge boxes of last-minute additions, as is the team's style.

“I think come Saturday afternoon, if it's dry, we'll get the first indication of where the pecking order is for the start of the year,” says Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. “Then, of course, it's a flat-out development race from here all the way to Brazil in nine months.

“It's going to be fascinating, because I think sitting here nobody truly knows what kind of shape that they're in, because the testing, whilst it gives glimpses, it doesn't give a very clear picture.

“I think the most important thing in the way that we conduct our testing is that we have three four-day tests available to us and you try to maximize the use of time with the programs that you want to work through, and that means not getting drawn into focusing on the timing screen, despite the fact that it can be quite distracting at times.

“What you can see from some of the longer runs is that the usual protagonists look in reasonable shape. McLaren look like they're going to be competitive, Mercedes look like they've made a step forward, Ferrari I don't think are in as bad a shape as has been perceived, and Lotus have obviously shown real flashes of speed as well. Out of that you've got four or five teams that all have a chance of being competitive.”

Testing didn't follow the usual routine for Red Bull, which lost practice time to a gearbox problem, so it's still a bit of an unknown. But Horner remains confident.

Rain on Friday meant nobody really learned anything about the status quo, as everyone's carefully structured test programs were put out of kilter.

“We had a good penultimate day with Mark [Webber], we had a good day with the race-one update there. It was frustrating not to get a load of laps in on the final day [with Vettel], but to be honest, most of the boxes had been ticked for previous days. You're always left wanting that little bit more, but I'd rather have a problem in Barcelona than at a racetrack.”

A lot of people are eyeing Mercedes, and while there was little in the way of headline times from the team in Spain, the team has an air of quiet confidence about it. However, Ross Brawn insists it's too early to start talking about challenging for titles.

“I think that's a bit too optimistic,” he says. “I believed we've moved quite a long way in 12 months, we're a much stronger team than where we were 12 months ago--I wasn't comfortable at all where we were. We hadn't achieved the things we wanted to achieve over the winter, we had a car that had some problems, and we're in a much better position this year. We won't know until the first four races where everybody sits.

“Melbourne can be a little bit unusual, especially as it's now an evening or twilight race, and tire temperatures can be an issue. But we've certainly got a much better platform. Certainly the things we've been building over the last 12-18 months have started to come to fruition.”

On Friday, we'll have the first lesson about how 2012 might unfold, and on Saturday--when as Vettel put it everyone has their trousers down in qualifying--we will know a little more. But the real answers will not come until the race on Sunday.

Forget the EPA. Consumer Guide's editors drove 150,000 miles last year. We drove to work, to day care, to the grocery store, and on vacation. We drove through record heat, blinding snow, driving rain, and confounding road construction, keeping track of every drop of fuel we used along the way.