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Toyota Auris false claims
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I normally take the combined mpg figure of any car and:
- subtract 20 mpg for a hybrid car
- subtract 10-15 mpg for a diesel car
- subtract 5 mpg for a petrol car
These are based on my experiences living in the relatively congested South-East.The man without a signature.0 -
If your towing the extended family every where no wonder you getting bad MPG.0
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The economy you get with a hybrid depends on the type of driving you do. If you do plenty of start stop driving and use the brakes a lot then the braking generates free electricity which is stored and then used to power the car at other times. If, however, you do lots of driving at a constant speed then the engine has to both power the car and at certain times (like going downhill), also help recharge the batteries, it is effectively a heavy car with a small underpower engine.
Unless the driving is mainly urban, a good diesel will give far better economy and that is why whatcar magazine gave the golf bluemotion the green car of the year award0 -
dgburgoyne wrote: »Has anyone had issues with fuel economy on the new Toyota Auris I purchase the hybrid model due to its claim of 75mpg but I have done 1500 miles with an average of 54mpg. Toyota claim that the 75mpg quoted was under test conditions. I dont beleive the car is capable of 75mpg. Can anyone advise.
It's the same as mobile phones, they never remain charged for the advertised time either, for the same reason0 -
I'm driving an Auris Hybrid myself at the moment and I was disappointed to find that my average is only around 51mpg - roughly the same as I got in my last car, a Skoda Octavia 1.9 diesel (a considerably bigger car). That was less than the claimed 58mpg too, but it's a much smaller margin.
This seems to bear out Vikingaero's rule of thumb...vikingaero wrote: »I normally take the combined mpg figure of any car and:
- subtract 20 mpg for a hybrid car
- subtract 10-15 mpg for a diesel car
- subtract 5 mpg for a petrol car
These are based on my experiences living in the relatively congested South-East.
On a perfect road and in perfect conditions it *might* just be possible to achieve the claimed figures.
Where is this perfect road? - I bet it's not in the UK! :rotfl:0
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