Jetta TDI fuel consumption

Posted on January 12, 2005
Filed Under VW, Diesel |

After 4566km the Jetta has almost reached the end of its “break-in” and I will see the fuel consumption drop (so I’m told). So what better time to post the first round of numbers.

Up to today:
Total KM: 4566.5
Total Liters of diesel: 321.901
Consumption:
14.2 KM/L
7.0 L/100KM
33.4 MPG (US gallon)

This results in an approximate fuel cost savings of $81 over gasoline. Go Diesel!

See the spreadsheet.

This is the upper bound for city driving as rated by The Office of Energy Efficency, Natural Resources Canada.

I will also exceed my contribution to the One-Tonne Challenge because the TDI produces an average of 3299kg of CO_2 per year, versus 4450kg from the gasoline engine.

Comments

One Response to “Jetta TDI fuel consumption”

  1. mhp on January 19th, 2005 19:13

    A trip from Toronto and Ottawa and back resulted in a conumption of 21.1km/L, 4.7L/100km, 49.6mpg!
    Conservative driving helped, I rarely went over 120km/h, usually somewhere in the range of 100-110km/h. I slowed down going up hills, and never really floored it except to pass big trucks.

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