GOOD MPG on Car under £2000 Petrol or Diesel?

diz79

Hi was just enqiuring if anyone new of the best deals, ive heard some vw polos can do 70mpg but only on 1999 -2001 models.

Ive also seen a few older articles on here as below that have been helpful.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3143558


Just wondered if anyone had any up to date ideas?

Thanks in advance

worried_jim

How many miles a yesr do you do and what type of driving (city/highway)?

forgotmyname

Depends on your driving style and traffic conditions.

My 2L diesel does anywhere between 26MPG and 60+ MPG.

Newer engines get more fuel efficient but the cars also get heavier so the MPG suffers.

So you want the newest most fuel efficient engine, In the lightest car going.

Also, What do you drive now and what MPG do you get?

citykid5

true tank to tank mpg on my arosa 1.4 tdi on a recent trip to france 73mpg. have now owned it for 3yrs never had any probs with it.£30 to tax, sub £150 insurance. i will never need another car again
all for £1300
highly recomended

forgotmyname

Now if citykid did the same journeys as me he/she would probably struggle to get 50mpg.

diz79

I currently drive in London so im pottering about looking for high mpg prob diff in city im driving a fiesta zetec 1.25 bought for £1250 5 years ago prob get 30mpg out of it better on long journeys.

This off another post really impressed me with low tax etc..........

Clio 1.5 dci
C3 1.4 hdi
C2 1.4 hdi
fiesta 1.4 tdci
206 1.4 hdi

all of the above can generally be gotten for around 2k, in a 51 -53 plate, do (offical) MPG of around 65 mpg, cost £30 a year to tax and are low insurance groups (5 or lower in general) however to get it within the 2k price tag you will have to be looking around 100,000 miles give or take 20k miles as there are so many differences in asking price because they are somewhat in demand at the moment

diz79

Do about 6000+ miles per year

londonTiger

citykid5 wrote: »

true tank to tank mpg on my arosa 1.4 tdi on a recent trip to france 73mpg. have now owned it for 3yrs never had any probs with it.£30 to tax, sub £150 insurance. i will never need another car again
all for £1300
highly recomended

great stuff, first time i heard of arosa, i was after a lupo but the lupo looks ugly from the front, the arosa is pretty much the same car but with butter looking front.

worried_jim

diz79 wrote: »

Clio 1.5 dci
C3 1.4 hdi
C2 1.4 hdi
fiesta 1.4 tdci
206 1.4 hdi

Dire
!!!!!
Trouble
Winner
Bollox

diz79

Any other cars good what about Peugeot 307 on mpg

TradePro

diz79 wrote: »

Any other cars good what about Peugeot 307 on mpg

Not sure about MPG, but in almost every other respect, one of the worst cars in history (which is why they are cheap, and probably therefore appealed to you).

I have to say that at 6,000m per year, MPG would be towards the bottom of my list when car shopping...