147GTA economy

[fathomfive]

Ok, so not the reason to be buying one of these I know, but in trying to justify one it needs to be considered as I'm currently doing 20k a year.

So at motorway speeds - lets say 70 - 75mph, what kind of mpg would it be getting?

Bear in mind I'm currently getting 34mpg out of an 11yr old 1.8 Focus, so if 30mpg could be coaxed out of a GTA on the commute I can see a mighty powerful argument being made.

If not, then my backstop is keeping the Focus and going for a GTV V6 for the weekends.

[PJ3074]

I doubt you will see 30mpg on a GTA tbh. My 2.0TS gets 30-37mpg on motorway runs = 360 to 440 miles to a tank.
You would be seeing 26-28mpg on the GTA.

Weekend car

[fathomfive]

That's my thinking in all honesty. As much as I'd love a GTA, it has to make sense on all fronts.

Time to pick the best of the V6 GTVs then

[PJ3074]

GTV... funny you should mention, as that's my forthcoming purchase to run alongside the 156. Still debating if I should take the coupe or spider (emmm). If you have a £6K budget then go for the CUP if its weekend car or 3.0V6 Lusso... be nice to have one of each varient

[Stuey145]

best I got out of my 156 GTA was 31.

but that was on a nice, steady M Way run on pretty much the whole tank. (was a dreadfully dull drive though!)

Averager was around 21-23. Crikey.

[14-7]

I average about 24-25mpg on combined runs when I drive like I'm going to the retirement home.

If you use a bit of acceleration and sit at 80 on the motorway you won't see more than 22-24mpg over a full tank.

I keep thinking of selling the old girl but as soon as I put my foot down fall in love all over again!

[sandys]

23mpg for mine, pretty much all the time, had to really granny it to get 31mpg.