Seat Leon Cupra fuel consumption

[Wiz]

Considering purchasing a Leon Cupra 1.8 20v, wondering what the real world fuel figures are.
Also the figures for the R 225 if there's not much in it might be an option.
Have quite a long commute but I'm bored with diesels and want something nicer.

[cuprabob]

I had a Cupra R a few years ago and would average 33mpg on my commute which is mainly dual carriageway / motorway.

When giving it some it would drop down to the mid 20's

[FLK]

I mainly do urban and A/B roads, not much motorway at all. Get about 27 mpg on average and 280 miles on a full tank. When I had a Leon 1.8T Cupra the mpg really wasn't much different to be honest to what I get in the Cupra R.

[tylerama]

cuprabob said:

I had a Cupra R a few years ago and would average 33mpg on my commute which is mainly dual carriageway / motorway.

When giving it some it would drop down to the mid 20's

I'd back that up.

I have a Golf 1.8T, doing 320 miles a week up and down the M4 and West London to work and back. Last week I had the tank topped out on monday morning and was on the marker before the warning light comes on, so 85-90% empty (if that makes sense) when I got home on friday night. Car is unmapped with milltek exhaust, so no huge turbos, injectors etc.

If I cruise and hypermile behind trucks etc I can easily get 40mpg showing on the computer thingy-ma-jig, if not it's generally about 33mpg on motorway (M4/A4 on way home).

I've done a 64 mile return trip on about £6-7 of juice, but that's with driving like a fairy. I often do it if some tit has yet another accident on the M4, a daily occurence.

I'd guess the 1.8 non turbo would be about the same, if not slightly better.

Hope that helps a bit !

[Wiz]

So general concensus is that the R225 wont be much different. Liking that;)
Guessing that my chug to work should get good mpg so easy on the pedals should get 35?

Weekends a different story.

[BckFlash]

I had a Cupra R - Best I ever saw was 38mpg on a 55 mile "granda" drive. Averaged out at 26-ish mpg for the 2 years and 31,000 miles I had it...

[tylerama]

Managed 46.2 mpg on the run home today (slow traffic and lots of trucks) over 30 miles. needle barely moved. Average over 1600 miles is 32mpg.

[Yorkshirepud]

Over the past 40 hours which has been motorway, urban, countryside, I've averaged about 26mpg.