Audi A3 is powered by a 1.4 - litre TFSI petrol engine producing 120 BHP with 200 Nm and a 2.0 - litre TDI diesel engine that produces 150 PS and 320 Nm and
returns a claimed fuel economy of 24.39 km / l.
Not exact matches
One downside of the old car's 6.2 - liter engine was that it was awfully thirsty on gas,
returning EPA
fuel economy ratings of 13/19 mpg city / highway, but the German automaker
claims that the new C63's 4.0 - liter engine is about 32 percent more
fuel efficient.
BMW
claims a zero - to - 62 mph time of 6.1 seconds with a six - speed manual, and while the company isn't talking about
fuel economy numbers, we expect the X1 with an eight - speed automatic to
return about 22 mpg in the city and 29 mpg on the highway.
Ford
claims that in addition to the increased performance, the new engine will help the Explorer
return at least the same, if not better,
fuel economy (the old 2.0 - liter Explorer
returned 28 mpg on the highway).
Being a relatively lightweight car with pretty efficient engines should make the MX - 5 cheap to run; during our real - world
fuel economy test, the range - topping 2.0 - litre unit
returned an incredible 47.9 mpg (up 7mpg on Mazda's official
claimed figure).
Fulcher
claimed the Ecotec 5.3 - litre V8 engine paired with the eight - speed automatic transmission offered plenty of power and
returned respectable
fuel economy.
The 1.6 - litre engine
returns a
claimed 44.1 mpg
fuel economy and emits 147g / km of CO2 — the 134bhp MINI Cooper is far cleaner with 105g / km CO2 emissions so won't cost so much in road tax or company car tax, but it costs nearly # 2,000 more to buy.
Hyundai
claims the diesel manual variant to
return impressive
fuel economy of 22.5 km / l as opposed to 14.6 km / l delivered by the petrol manual.
Fuel economy is much more impressive in the cheaper GS 300h,
returning a
claimed 64.2 mpg, while the GS 450h should
return up to 46.3 mpg, although in truth we struggled to get more than 40mpg, let alone match the official figure of the GS 450h F Sport.
At the same time, it is
claimed to
return combined
fuel economy of 39.9 mpg (US) on the European cycle.
The 138bhp version of this engine, despite its boost in power,
returns the same
claimed economy figures, so you shouldn't be paying any more in terms of
fuel costs for the faster version, and business users will incur BIK tax at the same rate with both engines.
Not that it's hard to
return good
fuel economy with the diesels: Fiat
claims a 68.9 mpg combined figure, while the petrol engine records an official figure of 42.8 mpg.
Downsizing has also resulted in some rather impressive
fuel economy figures: the official stats
claim the front - wheel - drive Mazda CX - 9 can
return 22mpg in the city and 28mpg on the highway, with all - wheel - drive models sacrificing just one mpg in both categories for their superior on - paper abilities in more adverse weather conditions.
Powered by the mHawk 100 diesel engine, NuvoSport is
claimed to
return ARAI rated
fuel economy of 17.45 kmpl.
The 79bhp 1.2 - litre engine
returns a
claimed average of 57.mpg and emits 115g / km of CO2, while the high - power engine actually
returns better
fuel economy figures, of 68.9 mpg and 95g / km of CO2.
Maruti
claims that its engineers have developed an improved engine architecture tuned for enhanced driving pleasure and excellent
fuel economy, which makes the Alto 800 facelift 9 per cent more
fuel efficient helping
return an ARAI certified 24.7 km / l.
Claimed fuel economy for this petrol powered hatchback is imposing at 20.51 kmpl for petrol only and AGS version, CNG version on the other hand delivers 26.6 km / kg and in petrol mode it vouches to
return 19.3 kmpl.
The 1.2 - litre i - VTEC petrol engine produces 88 PS of power and 109 Nm of torque, mated to 5 - speed manual and automatic transmissions,
returning a
claimed 18 km / l of
fuel economy.
The 3.0 litre engine is
claimed to
return ARAI certified
fuel economy of 12.8 km / l under standard conditions.
As for the
fuel economy claims, Suzuki states that the 2WD CVT - equipped version can
return up to 37 km / l, while the manual gearbox, 4WD version is
claimed to
return 25.2 km / l.
On test we couldn't quite match Audi's lofty
fuel economy claims,
returning only 40.9 mpg — that means you'll be paying an average of # 1,425 per year on
fuel.
The same engine also
returns a
claimed 72.4 mpg in combined
fuel economy, which should give you an estimated tank range of 890 miles.