small car mpg - please post your figures

property.advert

I'm trying to get an understanding of what people are actually obtaining for largely in town driving in their small cars on a regular basis. If you can help out, please post your data in this thread.

Ideally I'd like to see:

Ford Fiesta 1.25 petrol 5 door 2009 12k miles per annum getting 37.5 mpg around town

but please add in any extra data you think might be useful. Thanks.

angeltreats

Nissan Micra, 1.3 petrol, 3 door, 1999, c16k per annum, getting 42 mpg for slightly too fast motorway driving (usually 80-90mph, would get more mpg if I slowed down a bit) and it was around 47-49 mpg when I was driving mostly around town and on a few country roads.

I work out the fuel consumption every time I fill up, I'm a bit obsessive about it for some reason even though there's nothing I can do to bring the cost of petrol down or to drive fewer miles

blackste

citreon c1 - getting around 55mpg, mostly motorway miles.

foofi22

Peugeot 106 1.1 50mpg+ (mostly motorway miles)

jaydeeuk1

IQ 1.3 stormtrooper helmet white with a heavy right foot.
60mpg (computer doen't show higher due to a software bug) @ 40/50mph on a flat
40mpg around hilly derbyshire @ 30mph
45-50mpg @ 70, drops 5 mpg every 10 mph above

Decent mpg for a 1.3 petrol as it has very high gearing, 2nd will take it to near 70

Indout96

I've just changed from a Celica which averaged 30/32 around town to a Tigra 1.8 which only manages 26 but most of that is top down so creating drag. (it did manage 43 mpg on a 260 mile round trip last weekend on the A1 - Celica would have been around 38 mpg)

LandyAndy

Mazda2 1.3 petrol 2009.

Local work 2-15 miles on country roads = 46 mpg.

Long distance dual carriageway and Mway = 56 mpg.

Both figures by the 'brim' method not by reference to trip computers (not that I have one in that car). Don't trust trip computer figures, they're usually hopelessly inaccurate.

Indout96

Yep - Brim method on mine as well

Strider590

My car... A VX Vectra 04 plate gets 28-36mpg.

But let me ask you this!!!

4 year old small car (eg Yaris) = £6500
4 year old large car (eg Vectra) = £3000

Small car 38-46mpg
Large car 28-36mpg

Do you really save money by buying a small car?
Would you save the difference (£3500) on Petrol? I think not...

I don't care what mileage I get, because I still save money and ended up with a better equipped car for my money.

motorguy

Strider590 wrote: »

Do you really save money by buying a small car?

Funny you should ask - I've a 2010 Passat 2.0 TDI Bluemotion - averages 1000 miles on a 70 litre tank, which works out at 65mpg! :cool:

vikingaero

Corsa 1.4 petrol automatic - 34mpg combined! This car has a CO2 output of 190g/km!