Plus I recorded a remarkable 9.8 litres per 100
kilometres fuel consumption average on a round - trip back and forth from Ottawa to Toronto — better than what I saw in a much smaller 2015 Buick Encore driven on the same route.
Performance-wise, the manual 218i is good for a 200 km / h top speed and a 0 - 100 km / h sprint time of 9.3 seconds, with an ECE test
cycle fuel consumption average of 4.9 litres per 100 km.
Even while gasping at the pump most people seem to think that their
current fuel consumption average is mostly out of their control, a factor of the car they drive only.
The newcomer was exclusively powered by a hard - working 2.5 - litre naturally - aspirated four - cylinder petrol engine producing a reasonable 126kW / 226Nm and returning, in AWD form, a
combined fuel consumption average of 8.3 L / 100 km.
Maybe the engine lacks some fizzy character, but most of us would take the real world 6.3 L / 100
km fuel consumption average we achieved over that any time.
Mazda claim a combined
fuel consumption average of 8.1 L / 100 km for its manual gearbox - equipped MX - 5 though we achieved a collective 9.4 L during our test.
And the engine is utterly docile when you need it to be, burbling smoothly along in go - with - the - flow suburban traffic,
fuel consumption averaging 12 - 13 L / 100 km.
Similarly, the 225i covered up to 50 km of freeway during the week, returning
a fuel consumption average of 8.5 L / 100 km.
On test, the Japanese newcomer recorded
a fuel consumption average of 12.2 L / 100 km, second only to the MU - X.
So, it's possible that under a lighter foot
the fuel consumption average might drop at around 8 - 9 l / 100 km, although we've all seen how traffic usually disagrees with that.
Due to the combination of small - displacement engine and the predisposition of the CVT to hold the revs low and at a constant level,
fuel consumption averaged 8.1 L / 100 km, according to the trip computer — and that's «City» consumption rather than «Combined», since the car spent very little time on the freeway.
Do the same sums for the petrol LX 570 with its 14.4 L / 100 km
fuel consumption average and 138 - litre tanks and the range is much the same as the diesel.
This is an area where the Golf GTI dominates with its 6.5 L / 100 km
fuel consumption average, absolutely monstering the i30 N's 8.0 L / 100 km.
What we got, after mixing urban driving with highway journeys and B - road travel, was
a fuel consumption average that settled around the 20.6 mpg (11.5 l / 100 km) mark.
At the same time a 5.9 L / 100 km combined
fuel consumption average is claimed, along with CO2 emissions of just 139g / km.
The Veloce accelerates to100km / h in 5.8 sec and claims
a fuel consumption average of 6.8 L / 100 km, the Super diesel claims a 7.1 sec 0 - 100 km / h time and stellar 4.2 L / 100 km fuel consumption and the entry - level 2.0 claims a 6.6 sec 0 - 100 km / h and 6.0 L / 100 km.
Both cars are front - wheel drive (of course), have a matching MacPherson strut front and multi-link rear suspension concept, a combination of vented front and solid rear disc brakes, electric - assist power steering and even claim an identical 6.0 L / 100 km
fuel consumption average (on the cheapest 91 RON fuel).
Speaking of economy, Porsche makes one pretty incredible claim for the Cayenne S E-Hybrid and that is its 3.4 L / 100 km
fuel consumption average.
Somewhat predictably, the 6.0 L / 100 km combined
fuel consumption average is either optimistic or fantasy depending on how hard you drive this thing.
It also claims a combined
fuel consumption average of 6.8 L / 100 km with the assistance of idle stop - start, active air flaps and a «coasting» function which decouples the engine when the throttle is lifted.