Cars.com's Carbon Offset Update

Cars.com’s ongoing effort to offset carbon-dioxide emissions for all the cars we test continues this week. If you don’t keep up with our carbon-offsetting updates, it’s worth your time to see how much of a difference fuel-efficient cars make when it comes to CO2 emissions. You can track and pay to offset your own emissions at TerraPass.com.

2009 Honda Civic Hybrid (review)
Total gallons: 5.82
Amount of CO2 emitted: 113.86 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $35.70

2009 Porsche 911 Carrera (review)
Total gallons: 7.60
Amount of CO2 emitted: 148.69 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $65.45

Cars.com's Carbon Offset Update

Here’s a rundown of our second set of results from Cars.com’s carbon offset program for 2009. This is not just a nod to Earth Day, this is a continuing effort by Cars.com. We offset the carbon emissions from the fuel we use in the cars we review, shoot video of and blog about. Read the results, then find out how you can offset your own emissions here.

2009 Mercedes-Benz C63 (review)
Total gallons: 20.8
Amount of CO2 emitted: 406.93 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $95.20

Cars.com's Carbon Offset Update

In our first carbon offset report of the new year, Cars.com’s drivers did a decent job of keeping the fill-ups under control. Our largest gas purchase was 19 gallons for the relatively fuel-efficient Ford Focus, while we only pumped a little over 11 gallons for the least efficient vehicle, the Kia Borrego. No year-to-date numbers on this post, obviously, but keep checking back to find out how much CO2 Cars.com will pay to offset. Find out what it costs to offset your own emissions by clicking here.

2009 Mazda CX-7 (review)
Total gallons: 13.99
Amount of CO2 emitted: 273.7
Cost to offset for one year: $71.40

2008 Ford Focus (review)
Total gallons: 19.11
Amount of CO2 emitted: 373.87
Cost to offset for one year: $53.55

Cars.com's Carbon Offset Update

As the new year kicks off, we were doing some please-let-it-be-spring cleaning and found a batch of old carbon offset reports that had yet to be tabulated. The vehicle costing Cars.com the most money this time around was the 2008 Chevrolet Corvette. Although more fuel-efficient than many of the vehicles tested (see: Hummer H2 and Toyota Land Cruiser), the 'Vette made a weekend Father's Day trip (yeah, we haven’t cleaned in awhile) that racked up the gallons. As usual, each car's emissions cost is based on the estimate that it’s driven 12,000 miles in a year. Find out how to offset your own carbon costs at TerraPass.

2008 Lexus IS-F (review)
Total gallons: 14.4
Amount of CO2 emitted: 275.85 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $59.50

2008 Ford F-150 (review)
Total gallons: 5.0
Amount of CO2 emitted: 97.82 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $89.25

Cars.com's Carbon Offset Update

This carbon offset report looks higher than normal because, as you'll see, we were reviewing a lot of big SUVs. A trip to Michigan in the Chevy Traverse didn't help either, as we used nearly 50 gallons of gas to get there and back. Read the full report below, and check out Terrapass to see how much you can pay to offset your vehicle's yearly carbon emissions.

2008 GMC Yukon 2WD (review)
Total gallons: 15.4
Amount of CO2 emitted: 301.29
Cost to offset for one year: $83.30

2008 Infiniti QX56 (review)
Total gallons: 8.4
Amount of CO2 emitted: 164.34
Cost to offset for one year: $95.20

Cars.com Carbon Offset Update 2

In our latest update on Cars.com's carbon offset program, the winner for most emissions goes to the Infiniti EX35, which in burning nearly 30 gallons of gas chugged out almost 583 pounds of CO2 emissions. That’s probably because our editors logged a lot of miles in it. Good thing we've got all that joyriding testing covered. To find out your own vehicle's carbon emissions and how to offset them, visit TerraPass.

2008 Saab 9-3 convertible (review)
Total gallons: 11.60
Amount of CO2 emitted: 226.94
Cost to offset for one year: $77.35

2008 Saab 9-3 Turbo X (review)
Total gallons: 8.2
Amount of CO2 emitted: 160.42
Cost to offset for one year: $77.35

Cars.com Carbon Offset Update

In this update to Cars.com's carbon-offset program, the fuel-efficient Hyundai Sonata got the most drive time from our stuff, hence it racked up the most emissions, with nearly 570 pounds of CO2 emissions. We definitely had a wide variety of cars in our fleet during the summer, including hybrids and full-size SUVs. To find out your own vehicle's carbon emissions and how to offset them, visit TerraPass.

2008 Nissan Altima 3.5 SE (review)
Total gallons: 12.7
Amount of CO2 emitted: 248.46
Cost to offset for one year: $65.45

2009 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS 2.4 (overview)
Total gallons: 5.75
Amount of CO2 emitted: 112.49
Cost to offset for one year: $59.50

Cars.com's Carbon-Offset Update

Our carbon-emitter award for this slate of vehicles goes, not surprisingly, to the Lexus LX 570, but our most notable addition to the carbon-offset update is diesel vehicles, which produce slightly more CO2 per gallon than regular gasoline (about 2 pounds more). Check out the results below.

2008 BMW 128i convertible (review)
Total gallons: 11.7
Amount of CO2 emitted: 228.90 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $77.35

2008 Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid (review)
Total gallons: 27
Amount of CO2 emitted: 528.23 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $53.55

Cars.com's Carbon-Offset Update

We know, we know: We've been bad about updating you on the carbon emissions we produce while test-driving our fleet, and on how many pounds of CO2 Cars.com is paying to offset. From now on, though, you can expect a regular update every two weeks. To determine the cost of offsetting your own car's emissions, go to this link.

2008 BMW 135i (review)
Total gallons: 19.85
Amount of CO2 emitted: 380.52 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $71.40

2008 Saturn Vue Green Line (review)
Total gallons: 9.94
Amount of CO2 emitted: 194.47 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $53.55

2009 Pontiac Vibe AWD (review)
Total gallons: 10
Amount of CO2 emitted: 195.64 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $53.55

Cars.com's Carbon Offset Update

We announced earlier this month that Cars.com is offsetting all the emissions from the cars we test. Each week we get a handful of cars for review purposes, to shoot video of and to blog about. 

Below is a rundown of the first batch of results of our fuel use and how much it would cost a normal consumer to offset each car’s CO2 emissions if it were driven 12,000 miles a year.

2008 Infiniti M35 Sport (review)
Total gallons: 20.705
Amount of CO2 emitted: 405.07 pounds
Cost to offset for one year: $64.35