cars that get good mpg driven hard

[Krikkit]

eltax91 said:

My mx5 gets 30, even when I push it hard

I drove 2 hours on a roads, did a track day and drove back. I think I worked it out at 28 mpg! (Vpower)

Agree with this - I commute 60 miles per day and the economy is frighteningly metronomic. 31mpg is my average over 8k miles, and whether I absolutely nail it everywhere or drive it like a granny I get 240 miles from full to last 1/4 on the fuel gauge.

[Atmospheric]

I drove an R56 Mini Cooper S for 10,000 miles in 2007. That didn't move from 34.4 for the whole time. I drove it fairly hard to downright redlining (although it was pretty much all over at 5,500rpm or so.

Either it was broken, or that's a fun to drive petrol engine which is good on fuel.

Edited by Atmospheric on Wednesday 29th October 14:14

[FussyFez]

Averaged 30mpg in my 1.8vti aerodeck, loaded up plus roof box, Watford to Penzance.

~90 on the motorway and some foot down antics when down in the twisties.

I was quite surprised.

[vtecyo]

mattfuey said:

My old EP3 averaged just under 33mpg, that was with a fair bit of VTEC & sitting at 80ish on a motorway for a 70 mile round trip commute.

Really?

Mine doesn't.

[kambites]

I think if this thread shows anything, it's that there's an enormous variation in what people consider "driven hard" to mean.

[HonestIago]

danzman1991 said:

Saxo VTS



Conforming to the typical loutish behaviour of a young Saxo driver, you can imagine I rarely hung about!

Daniel.

What app might that be?

[mattfuey]

vtecyo said:

Really?

Mine doesn't.

Mine certainly did..



EDIT: HonestIago, it's called Roadtrip

[HonestIago]

mattfuey said:

EDIT: HonestIago, it's called Roadtrip

Thanks!

[Jasandjules]

An Elise will do 30mpg even if pushed.

[ORD]

30mpg when driven hard? Nah. Not unless you are "driving hard" by pootling along at 90 on a motorway. Acceleration and deceleration will nail the economy (although the effect is obviously less in a very light car).

Reset the trip computer and drive down a B road as quickly as is safe and legal. I bet you don't get more than low 20s in any normal (i.e. not very light) car.

[cib24]

It really depends on what the definition of driving hard means to a person. To me, that means driving all out on a track day and under track conditions pretty much any car will struggle to see more than 15 mpg.

[skyrover]

cib24 said:

It really depends on what the definition of driving hard means to a person. To me, that means driving all out on a track day and under track conditions pretty much any car will struggle to see more than 15 mpg.

Indeed... I think people are confusing "pressing on" with "caning it"

[anonymous-user]

Basic maths tells us the following:




In reality, most modern cars are very similar in terms of overall efficiency, and it's how you drive them that matters!

[anonymous-user]

ORD said:

Reset the trip computer and drive down a B road as quickly as is safe and legal. I bet you don't get more than low 20s in any normal (i.e. not very light) car.

er, the legal limit for most B roads is 60mph, often with long stretches of 40 and 30mph. My car does around 50mpg at a constant 60mph..... (most modern cars can get round most bends on most B roads at 60mph)

[GreenArrow]

Max_Torque said:

ORD said:

Reset the trip computer and drive down a B road as quickly as is safe and legal. I bet you don't get more than low 20s in any normal (i.e. not very light) car.

er, the legal limit for most B roads is 60mph, often with long stretches of 40 and 30mph. My car does around 50mpg at a constant 60mph..... (most modern cars can get round most bends on most B roads at 60mph)

err, 60 MPH on a B Road bend? I hope I am not on one when you come round a corner the other way!!;)

But definitely easy to get into the 30s MPH on a B Road. I will reset the trip computer next time I am out in my "normal" Mazda 6 2 litre and see how we get on...

[omgus]

GreenArrow said:

Max_Torque said:

ORD said:

Reset the trip computer and drive down a B road as quickly as is safe and legal. I bet you don't get more than low 20s in any normal (i.e. not very light) car.

er, the legal limit for most B roads is 60mph, often with long stretches of 40 and 30mph. My car does around 50mpg at a constant 60mph..... (most modern cars can get round most bends on most B roads at 60mph)

err, 60 MPH on a B Road bend? I hope I am not on one when you come round a corner the other way!!;)

But definitely easy to get into the 30s MPH on a B Road. I will reset the trip computer next time I am out in my "normal" Mazda 6 2 litre and see how we get on...

Depends on the area and the b-road.

Near me there are a number or b-roads that i can sit in 6th at between 60-90mph with no real issue, and then there are a couple that require focus to even keep above 50mph.
When i was in North West Scotland in August there were b-roads that were only one track wide but because you could see for the whole length of them i felt no worries sitting 60-70 on them so i reckon i would have been getting about 35-40mpg, and then there were A-roads with switchbacks and corners that meant i was doing the same speed but in 2nd and 3rd and only getting 20ish-mpg.

[anonymous-user]

GreenArrow said:

Max_Torque said:

ORD said:

Reset the trip computer and drive down a B road as quickly as is safe and legal. I bet you don't get more than low 20s in any normal (i.e. not very light) car.

er, the legal limit for most B roads is 60mph, often with long stretches of 40 and 30mph. My car does around 50mpg at a constant 60mph..... (most modern cars can get round most bends on most B roads at 60mph)

err, 60 MPH on a B Road bend? I hope I am not on one when you come round a corner the other way!!;)

You'll note i said "most" ^^^ quite a bit, ie of course there are bends you can't get around at 60mph, but most bends on most roads you can. (obviously, visibility, traffic density and even time of the day make a big difference as well!)

Pretty much most modern cars can corner quite easily and comfortably at around 0.75g, which means at 60mph you'd scribe a 97.8M radius.

[BL Fanboy]

My 1.0 Corsa refuses to do less than 32mpg overall (instantaneous consumption aside) when driven with verve so its not too bad.

[anonymous-user]

Integra DC2 averaged 27 over it's life with me, it was driven hard. 30 was normal, low 20's if you were really pushing it on the road.

[GetCarter]

I've never had one. Got 9mpg from the R500 when driving it as it deserved.