Vehicle with best petrol consumption?

Pho3nix said:
Hi,

As title states, whats the car with the best consumption :p
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This really depends on any number of factors, as much on the driver and the conditions as on the car itself.

My 2003 Alfa 147 2.0 uses less fuel going downhill on a highway than a new BMW 320d does going around the town. Stupid example, I know, but it illustrates the point.

If you're looking strictly for lowest L/100 km then a smallish, newish, diesel hatch is probably going to be your best bet. But if you're looking for lowest TCO then there are lots of factors to consider.
 
Toyota Landcruizer! its amazingly good at consuming petrol! :p

:p On a more serious note, the best Ive ever seen was 4.4 L/100KM in my Volvo V40 D2. But that was on the open road cruise control on 120
 
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Tesla (or any full electric), consumes 0L/100km :p

Answer is going to vary a lot by budget I think
 
silkenphoenixx said:
This really depends on any number of factors, as much on the driver and the conditions as on the car itself.

My 2003 Alfa 147 2.0 uses less fuel going downhill on a highway than a new BMW 320d does going around the town. Stupid example, I know, but it illustrates the point.

If you're looking strictly for lowest L/100 km then a smallish, newish, diesel hatch is probably going to be your best bet. But if you're looking for lowest TCO then there are lots of factors to consider.
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I’m asking about one that gives you decent consumption for normal driving at limit. 50/50 highway/town driving; and is brand new in this example.

No hybrids.
 
Pho3nix said:
I’m asking about one that gives you decent consumption for normal driving at limit. 50/50 highway/town driving; and is brand new in this example.

No hybrids.
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Depends on your budget, also.

Tight budget - Datsun Go, QQ3
mid level budget - Ignis, Sandero, Jazz (upper mid level)
Upper class budget - Hybrids, Accord, i20


etc, etc
 
Polo diesel bluemotion? Of course, buying a Polo will incur Roux's wrath...
 
Pho3nix said:
I’m asking about one that gives you decent consumption for normal driving at limit. 50/50 highway/town driving; and is brand new in this example.

No hybrids.
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Again, this depends (in my experience) a lot more on the driver than the car - how heavy is your foot? Driving my dad's (new-ish) Honda Jazz, I tended to average about 5.5 L/100 km, while he got ~7L/100 km. We traveled along similar roads.

If you want to look at the manufacturer's claimed vs actual tested numbers for new cars, go and buy a Car magazine, they're about R40, they list all new cars on sale in the back pages. Granted they haven't tested every single one but you can get a good idea.

Edit: Okay it depends a lot on the car but the driver has a sizeable influence. And the weather, and the number of uphills / downhills that you drive on. Traffic /time-of-day, synchronisation of robots in your town. There are a lot of variables.
 
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I'm averaging 5.6-5.8L with normal driving (Mostly traffic)
5.1-5.4 when driving to save fuel.

i20 1.4D
 
Two of my female friends have Prius'. I've driven with them and they really are good cars (from what I've experienced). They use very little fuel, think they spend R500 on petrol a month, and that's Fourways traffic.


Might be worth a look if you can get past the stigma.
 
Also, is there some context to the question? Are you asking because you want to know which card to play in Top Trumps? Or are you looking at buying a new vehicle?

Lowest fuel consumption for a new car is probably one of these:
https://www.takealot.com/jeronimo-roadster-pink-metallic/PLID46643922
But it probably doesn't meet whatever requirements you may have. More context?
 
UrBaN963 said:
Two of my female friends have Prius'. I've driven with them and they really are good cars (from what I've experienced). They use very little fuel, think they spend R500 on petrol a month, and that's Fourways traffic.
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A hybrid really shines compared with a conventional vehicle in traffic - it can use all its electric stuff to reclaim some of that lost energy.

Where normal vehicles excel is open road driving, where the hybrid's electric stuff is just extra weight that you're dragging around.
 
silkenphoenixx said:
Again, this depends (in my experience) a lot more on the driver than the car - how heavy is your foot? Driving my dad's (new-ish) Honda Jazz, I tended to average about 5.5 L/100 km, while he got ~7L/100 km. We traveled along similar roads.

If you want to look at the manufacturer's claimed vs actual tested numbers for new cars, go and buy a Car magazine, they're about R40, they list all new cars on sale in the back pages. Granted they haven't tested every single one but you can get a good idea.

Edit: Okay it depends a lot on the car but the driver has a sizeable influence. And the weather, and the number of uphills / downhills that you drive on. Traffic /time-of-day, synchronisation of robots in your town. There are a lot of variables.
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I’m not looking to make a science experiment out of this. Looking to find out from people what cars they’ve found the best consumption with.

You are correct on all those actors but you can drive a i10 hard, I doubt you’d get 13l/100km
 
Pho3nix said:
I’m not looking to make a science experiment out of this. Looking to find out from people what cars they’ve found the best consumption with.
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See now that's a bit more context with which someone can possibly answer the question...

You are correct on all those <f>actors but you can drive a i10 hard, I doubt you’d get 13l/100km
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That may be so, but I think you might be surprised. Have you seen this clip?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F04MXepYiBs

On the other hand - the sort of person who buys an i10 is not likely to be thrashing it around getting >13 L/100 km. So you're probably right.

In my experience - basically anything small or medium-sized that comes in diesel. A friend of mine managed about 1.5 L/100km from Johannesburg to Pretoria at one stage driving very carefully with his Mk4 diesel Golf. My brother gets about 5.5L/100km out of his diesel Figo, though he never leaves town, no highway driving at all.

Best petrol car I've driven has been the Jazz, with ~5.5-6.0 km/L when I've driven it. Haven't got experience with anything smaller.
 
Suzuki Celerio think you can get close to 4l /100km long distance but hovers around 4.8/5.2 per 100km for short distance. It's a 3 cylinder as well. Starts from R130000 on special and no cam belt
 
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Honda Jazz. Best runaround vehicle in my experience so far with the lowest fool consumption.
 
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