35mpg+ at 80mph from a fast petrol?

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Just wondered if there is anything out there for anywhere from 8-15k that is a fast (200bhpish <7 seconds), smallish petrol car that can still do 35mpg if cruising at 80mph and generally over a normal driving life so bits of town, motorway, hooning, etc.

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nickandrews said:

Mk1 Leon Cupra R will do that, 270bhp from a remap too

Not sure how true that is.

I've got an ibiza with the same engine, at 80mph its doing about 27mpg max.

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Maybe my driving style involves lots of harsh acceleration on the motorway and thats why I only get 27mpg :S wouldn't have thought it did why would you accelerate harshly alot on the motorway lol, maybe once or twice but not alot.

Hmmmmmmm.

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solidlad84 said:

I'd hazard a guess as to saying something isn't running 100% right on that car. In every 1.8t car i've ever driven (Octavia VRS, Golf GTI and the Leon Cupra R) the minimum MPG at 80 is around 33-35. I think the VRS would achieve closer to 40.

Nothing obvious if thats the case as its been serviced regularly (only done 2000 miles ago) and it runs sweet as a nut.