mpg on a-class

[karluk29]

hi ppl

i used to have a p reg s-class on 20"s and loved it but it was our "shopping" car and
as the climate have changed recently it had to go, and to not go to the audi stable
(nnoooo), i have thought about a A-Class as the spare run around car for myself
and misses.

so the question is i have seen a 1.9 avantgarde on autotrader, in the REAL world how good
are they on MPG, as the tech specs say 36-37mpg combined, this would be fine as the S was 21mpg. and our other 2 cars are around the 17-21mpg mark also.

would prefer a 1.7cdi but it seems you can just throw a grand on the price for one of those and i need a semi-auto or automatic.

my dad has a rover 75 and the tech spec on that said 36 but his only returns 28mpg so this is what has started me thinking

thanx in advance

[Olf]

Not much help but... Wife has a 2007 A150 petrol manual. She gets an unchanging 36mpg on stop start urban use with the occasional long run.

You can compare that to the official figures and see how good real is against claims.

[nigelonich]

I bought an a170 cdi Avangarde LWB 2001 Y reg as a basic town car and ended up loving it. It does 54 mpg on a long run very easliy with two adults and two nippers plus luggage so likely more with just one driver on a long run. Around town it does 44 ish.

I have a E Class too and to be honest the A Class is not a real merc in comparison. There is a lot of competition for the A Class but the silver star effect keeps the reslae up I think.