Topic: Mitsubishi UK To Publish Real-World Fuel Economy Figures

[Autos_Editor]

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[Noto]

Bravo for being the first one to do it, but:

[PJ]

Trouble with real world numbers is the real world always changes.  People alway want one number but it's not possible.   Too many variables.   

I'd like to see them publish a range.  i.e. A Civic gets 7.0 - 9.0 L/100 km city and 4.5 - 6.5 l/100 km hwy. 

[quadzilla]

I love internet math.

I drove about 600kms and used around 40L of fuel (6.66 L/100).

Reality is they drove 525kms and used 48L of fuel (9.14 L/100).

I also see a lot of that on bike forums and how people exaggerate about how fast they are.

[Patrick_D1]

This will be interesting. Most people don't know the first thing about fuel economy, both in terms of what affects it or how to measure it.

For example, a common refrain I often hear from friends is "my old car went X km on a tank of fuel, my new one does X... it's [awesome/terrible]." Of course, no attention is paid to the fact that one car had a 65L tank and the other was 45L (or vice-versa).

And then there's the driver who acts as if the throttle is binary and wonders why they exceed the car's city rating by 2-3 L/100 km.

Of course, with a large enough sample size it should shake out, but there's an almost limitless set of variables.

[quadzilla]

This will be interesting. Most people don't know the first thing about fuel economy, both in terms of what affects it or how to measure it.

For example, a common refrain I often hear from friends is "my old car went X km on a tank of fuel, my new one does X... it's [awesome/terrible]." Of course, no attention is paid to the fact that one car had a 65L tank and the other was 45L (or vice-versa).

And then there's the driver who acts as if the throttle is binary and wonders why they exceed the car's city rating by 2-3 L/100 km.

Of course, with a large enough sample size it should shake out, but there's an almost limitless set of variables.

True. I drive the exact same route at least once a month, TO - London - TO and I can easily see a difference of up to 3L/100km depending on traffic and weather.

[Noto]

For example, a common refrain I often hear from friends is "my old car went X km on a tank of fuel, my new one does X... it's [awesome/terrible]." Of course, no attention is paid to the fact that one car had a 65L tank and the other was 45L (or vice-versa).

Yup, my buddy had an Altima and then traded it in for a 2009 Lexus IS250AWD.  Lexus tank: 65L; Nissan: 75L.

[northsparrow]

I wonder what their RVR Diesel gets in real world mileage.