Even if it takes you some time to see savings, you are at least contributing to the future of effrcient cars, and ever penny you save at day one at the pumps is anoher penny Saudi Arabia and the other pigs of OPEC do not get

When I graduate abnd start practicing, I plan on getting a fun weeken car and a hybrid for daily commute. I dont like giving my money to the oil nations

My advice is the Civic hybrid- it looks lke a normal Civic.