The V6 direct - injection diesel engine
posts a fuel consumption figure of 7.3 litres per 100 kilometres (provisional NEDC combined figures).
Around town, the engine (
posting a fuel consumption figure of 8.4 L / 100 km for the week, according to the trip computer) offered commendable torque at even low revs, to hold higher gears with little trouble, which conserved some fuel.
Not exact matches
The on - paper ADR
consumption figures indicate that, and the Mazda's computer -
posted fuel consumption finished the drive program at 10.8 L / 100 km, which is a decent number in the circumstances.
Oddly, with more gears to spread the workload, the DSG car
posts the same acceleration
figures and its
fuel consumption rises mildly from 4.4 L / 100 km to 4.6 (or from 101g / km of CO2 to 105).
Despite getting a good work out, the petrol - engined 320i
posted a commendable
fuel consumption figure of 8.6 L / 100 km.
Naturally it used more
fuel in spirited driving and the
consumption figure posted by the trip computer was 6.7 L / 100 km, but if you could achieve that every day and still drive the pants off it, you'd be a happy little vegemite indeed.
Fuel consumption threatened to be unexceptional, with days of commuting responsible for a
posted figure of 10.3 L / 100 km around town.
As we learned during the launch for the forced - induction Veloster, the actual
fuel consumption was far from the
posted ADR - approved combined - cycle test
figure.
With reference to
fuel consumption, the F - PACE did receive a fair flogging at times, and the
figures posted by the trip computer reflected that: 10.5 L / 100 km for the F - PACE 35t (on a gentler drive section), 8.9 L / 100 km for the F - PACE 20d, and 10.1 L / 100 km for the F - PACE 30d.