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Just as a reference, that's 57mpg for petrol and 65mpg for diesel, and that's average, not peak, for all cars. A good diesel estate might average 50mpg if drive
by richardhod 8y ago
Just as a reference, that's 57mpg for petrol and 65mpg for diesel, and that's average, not peak, for all cars. A good diesel estate might average 50mpg if driven carefully, but in towns a lot less. So there's a long way to go. Companies will need to build/sell/operate a lot of tiny cars, or definitely have significant electric and hybrid parts of the fleet.
- throw0101a 8y ago> A good diesel estate might average 50mpg if driven carefully, but in towns a lot less. Going to fuelly.com, newer Golf TDIs seem to average out at 40 mpg, with the tails trailing out by +/- 5mpg: * http://www.fuelly.com/car/volkswagen/golf?engineconfig_id=103 http://www.fuelly.com/car/volkswagen/golf?engineconfig_id=10... The older 1.9L engines are slightly better.
- richardhod 8y agoAh yes, i forgot Americans gallons are 4/5 size. Adjust data accordingly, so i did mean 40mpg US! (Most modern diesel estates(station wagons) do up to and sometimes over that, such as mazda 6, Ford Mondeo)