least fuel efficient car? nothing 'obscure'

[dave9]

whats the least fuel efficient, up to 8 years old normal type of car so no Hummer H1's or 6 wheeled Russian things.

I'm thinking stuff like M6's, 750iL's, C65 AMG's, Range Rover Sport Supercharged, Bentley GT etc?

i'm interested in how this has affected depreciation if any of you are wondering why i'm asking this!

cheers

[EDLT]

Probably.

EDIT- It does between 9 and 12 mpg (American) apparently. So its not THAT bad.

Edited by EDLT on Thursday 30th December 18:29

[Grant.D]

Our Cayenne Turbo

[dave9]

EDLT said:

Probably.

EDIT- It does between 9 and 12 mpg (American) apparently. So its not THAT bad.

Edited by EDLT on Thursday 30th December 18:29

that probably wins but i'm not allowing it as it comes under the 'obscure' heading.

don't think 10mpg is too bad for that though

[dave9]

Grant.D said:

Our Cayenne Turbo

what does that do?

[thinfourth2]

dave9 said:

Grant.D said:

Our Cayenne Turbo

what does that do?

Go very fast and look ugly?

[Defcon5]

Are we talking manufacturer figures here or real world examples?

[dave9]

Defcon5 said:

Are we talking manufacturer figures here or real world examples?

dunno what do you reckon?

real world if you know it, if not manufacturer.

generally i'd say you are down 20% in real world figures on a manufacturers combined figure.

reason i ask is that m6's cayenne turbos etc seem DIRT cheap but I still don't want one until they are practically a giveaway

[Eagerbeaver]

OK, I'll start with some every day cars.

Daihatsu Copen 45mpg
BMW Z4M Coupe 30mpg

[dave9]

Eagerbeaver said:

OK, I'll start with some every day cars.

Daihatsu Copen 45mpg
BMW Z4M Coupe 30mpg

not bad for a Z4M. To beat that though I know a normal Cayenne V8 averaged about 22mpg when my mate had his.

[kambites]

I think the Veyron does 11mpg on the combined cycle, if that counts.

Things like Rolls Royces and Maybachs are in the teens, too.

Edited by kambites on Thursday 30th December 18:47

[Kong]

RX-7 must take some beating, especially if youre talking 'fuel efficiency' - its such a small car!

[rog007]

One Sunday morning, North Yorkshire Moors, Subaru Impreza Turbo WRX STI Type RA (close ratio gearbox; 70mph = 5000 rpm!), down to about 8 mpg...so I took it easy!

[terzo]

Range Rover 4.2 V8 Supercharged VOGUE SE 4d Auto
17mpg

Dodge SRT-10 8.3 V10 2d
13mpg

both official figures

[Grant.D]

thinfourth2 said:

dave9 said:

Grant.D said:

Our Cayenne Turbo

what does that do?

Go very fast and look ugly?

Official combined figure is 18 MPG IIRC

12/13 is not unusual if making swift progress

Have seen it at 8 MPG at its best

Edited by Grant.D on Thursday 30th December 18:55

[dave9]

some good examples there guys - took some doing i bet to get 8mpg in the scoob. however that's a one off!

shall we allow the dodge srt ram as not 'obscure'?

if so that's winning so far with 13mpg if not the range rover is winning at 17mpg.

the veyron i think we'd have to class as obscure in that it's just too rare.

cayenne turbo's can now be had for £16k - do you think they will get to £12-£13k by April? I think so!

[edo]

rx8.

[dave9]

edo said:

rx8.

which is prob why at 4k they are great value. this months evo had their fleet car at 21.8 mpg which whilst bad isn't bad enough!

[stackmonkey]

edo said:

rx8.

+1 for this. Every owner I've spoken to has said mid teens mpg.

[edo]

Great value cars if you dont do great mileage. They handle well and are very practical.

I tried driving mine like a Granny and couldn't get more than 21, so drove it like it was designed, and got 19.