VW TDI over 1000km a tank — no lie
Posted on September 12, 2005
Filed Under VW, Diesel |
Unlike disappointed hybrid owners that do not get the advertised mileage (Read more about the poor performance of hybrids from Wired News, Edmonds, Heartland Institute, more from Google) of 4.9L/100km city, 4.6L/100km highway (for the Civic Hybrid, source NRC - Office of Energy Efficiency).
The VW Jetta TDI consumption rating by the OEE is 7.3L/100km city, 5.0L/100km highway (read it here). Not only does the TDI diesel meet the government consumption rating (few vehicles do), it actually beats it - getting into the low 4L/100km range for highway trips.
In fact, VW’s advertisements of getting over 1000km(*) per tank need not be stared with fine print - as proven by this photo taken after a return trip between Toronto and Montreal, with an 1/8th (~6L) of fuel still in the tank - I managed 1078.6 km, or 4.2L/100km (23.6km/L). Had I not filled up at that time I could have reached 1300km, or 800 miles.
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