Sentences with phrase «headline economy figures»

Hybrid cars draw buyers with impressive headline economy figures and it has to be said these can sometimes be difficult to reproduce in everyday driving.

In the same way, if you go for a plug - in hybrid you'll need to have somewhere to charge it regularly or those headline economy figures will be pie in the sky.

Another negative is that while Lexus claims the GS 450h will return 46.3 mpg, it can be hard to match that figure in everyday driving; hybrids have a reputation for falling well short of their headline economy figures and the GS is no different.

Big, frugal hatchback offers impressively low running costs without compromise, with Skoda claiming a headline economy figure of 88mpg

Not exact matches

The less - volatile core CPI index was up 1.9 % from one year ago and increased at a 2.5 % annual rate over the last three months, which is more in line with the Fed's preference than the headline figures, suggesting deflation hasn't gripped the U.S. economy as it did Japan's earlier this decade.

He said: «The headline figures are in the region of N126 billion but I think that Is not the story, the story really is what the award of those contracts will do to the economy.

While the headline figure of 40 % is already far below what is necessary both to tackle climate change and spur the green economy, it would actually amount to a mere 33 % reduction in reality, due to the failure to retire excess emissions allowances in the EU's emissions trading scheme.

As for economy, aided by the efforts of a 14.1 kWh battery pack and resulting 31 - mile electric range, the headline figure is 104.6 mpg.

That ups the headline power and torque figures to 335bhp and 332 lb ft, but reduces emissions and improves fuel economy to 149g / km and 44.1 mpg, supposedly giving you the best of both worlds in terms of performance and parsimony.

Its party piece is claimed economy; even in the higher - output form the Ingenium sips only 5.1 L / 100 km, according to the ADR combined - cycle test; not bad for a 1664 kg (kerb) five - door SUV... and there's no doubting the nine - speed automatic also assists in achieving the headline consumption figure.

The headline combined economy figure for the Renault Trafic is the impressive 47.9 mpg achieved by the dCi 120 model with CO2 emissions of 155g / km but none of the engines are slouches on this score.

The headline economy and emissions figures for the Outlander PHEV make for interesting reading, with a CO2 output of 41g / km and economy of 166mpg using the official Government test method.

In the new Jaguar X-Type saloon, the 2.2 D manual version has headline figures of 0 - 60mph in 8.7 seconds (0 - 100kph in 9.1 seconds), a maximum speed of 134mph (216kph), a combined economy of 47.1 mpg (6.0 l / 100 km), and a CO2 rating of 159g / km.

Achieving the headline - grabbing official economy figures for plug - in hybrids is a tall order in real - world driving; Audi's quoted 156.9 mpg would require fully charged batteries, a mix of electric - only and hybrid driving and very delicate use of the accelerator pedal.