How is it driving a fuel efficient vehicle?

I'm comparing a 2012 ford focus 2.0 liter fwd and a 2013 kia sorento 3.5 awd. According to a website. Driving the kia is $900 more a year. But you get so much more than what you get in a focus. So isn't the $900 worth it? I don't get why everyone would rather buy a tiny fuel efficient car when you don't really save thatt much money.

Well, if you have to drive more, say a couple hundred miles a day instead of week, it adds up fast

AWD is nice, but you still stop just as fast as a FWD car in the snow/ice.

I used to have a Ford Crown Vic that ran on methane (compressed natural gas) instead of gasoline. At the time, gasoline was $4 a gallon and natural gas was less than a dollar a gallon. Saved a ton of money that way. It all depends on how many miles you drive and how expensive your fuel is.

I happy filling my 22 gallon tank that feeds my 5.4 v8. Half way through the week when that's gone I usually just walk