Sorry if this has been done to death before but found it interesting.

Looking around this site at the fuel figures, I must say I'm mightily impressed how close Skoda get to their claimed mpg compared to some others, they tend to be within a few mpg of claimed.

My vRS CR170 was always giving me around late 40's mpg and swmbo's Citigo is always up in the 50's and this site confirms it.

Looking at Ford's claimed figure for my ST they reckon 47.9mpg, the best driving like a granny was about 39mpg

Real world are at 38mpg which is a long way from the claimed 47!

Link if anyone is interested, especially if mpg is a big part of your buying decision.

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/

Good to  see that Golf manual out performs ,in the "real world" the DSG. on fuel consumption. Might be a bit slower in drag to 62mph So saving on purchase  price and on long term running costs with a manual? 

 

Form me, a bonus is the driving experience of a manual - what value to you put on that.

I've never had an auto in my life on the "R" I took the plunge as I like the idea and the dsg's are just nothing like the old torque converter days of lots of engine noise and rpm but not much go!

Still, I think the way forwards will be CVT transmissions. Any farmers on here driven a Fent with a Vario box? But I don't want to move from manual. my Pug was an auto and that was ridiculous.

Which Skoda gets close to factory mpg?

 

Nothing powered by the 1.2TSi I'll bet.

 

I find Fuelly has the best figures overall.   Not convinced by the What Car site or Honest John TBH. 

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by camelspyyder

Easy to understand why they will not match 'Factory mpg'.

 

You will want to take the car out of a building, not have it in a temperature controlled area, fill the tank, maybe have some options on the car,  maybe carry some passengers, and drive more than a few miles on rollers.

http://skoda.co.uk/pages/fuel-consumption-statement.aspx

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by goneoffSKi

Easy to understand why they will not match 'Factory mpg'.

 

You will want to take the car out of a building, not have it in a temperature controlled area, fill the tank, maybe have some options on the car,  maybe carry some passengers, and drive more than a few miles on rollers.

http://skoda.co.uk/pages/fuel-consumption-statement.aspx

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/skoda/fabia-vrs-2010/vrs-hatch

 

What are you achieving George?

I better Skoda figures on a regular basis,

but i am a hypermiling king.

 

Once i can gather together £50,000 i can just drive and not bother about the cost.

So in just another 20 years.

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by goneoffSKi

It's good they perform strictly controlled tests at least it gives us a bench mark figure to go from knowing they have all been tested using the same regulations.

Some of the smaller engines with turbos can be deceptively in economical if it comes on boost all the time.

I had a Fiesta "eco boost" thing the other day and it was achieving high 30's only!

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by Defenderben

I better Skoda figures on a regular basis,

but i am a hypermiling king.

 

Once i can gather together £50,000 i can just drive and not bother about the cost.

So in just another 20 years.

Are you Fracking in your back garden. Hope you are not over looked by your neighbours.

No,

but i will need to move to stay next to Edinburgh Airport to be beside a free Tesla Supercharge Point,

so now as i start to cost it out, i maybe better stick with just getting between 33 & 53 MPG on Tesco Momentum and the odd 23 mpg.

 

I have been looking at how cheap you can get a used VW E-UP! & E-Golf though,

obviously not a run away success for Volkswagen in the UK.

 

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by goneoffSKi

Electric cars for the average user are still very expensive and very, very frightening, that feeling of being stuck without a plug scares so many.

In a few years charging stations will be all the rage at all the local coffee bars/MacDonald's etc....ummm there's an idea.

That is why i think i would go for a Golf GTE if i needed a new car and could afford one.

1.4 TSI 150 ps minimum & run on 'Free' (to me) Electric around town on short journeys.

 

It can be possible for some to save buying a tank of petrol a week, so that would nearly pay what it cost weekly to lease one.

(and i would less likely to get wound up by Reps right up my jacksy in their Rep mobiles.)

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by goneoffSKi

Honest he may be, accurate he is not.  According to his page on the vRS it was "Dropped from range late 2013 due to severe oil consumption problems." and "Many engines have had to be replaced."

 

I understood that the Mk. II vRS continued with the CTHE engine until some time in 2014 and was dropped when the range was rebadged as the Mk. III with Skoda understandably deciding to concentrate on volume rather than on a small, unprofitable niche market.

 

What the hell is "Many engines" supposed to mean? 10%, 50%, 90%? Utterly meaningless waffle.

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by vxh26

Electric is actually almost viable for us as a second car right now.

 

But the planning involved with it probably makes it not worthwhile yet. The right car would need to be with the right persona ll the time.

Anything unplanned would screw us. i.e. I suddenly need to go 100miles to visit my folks but I've got the ev.

 

I note the Accord I've got gets 103% of the stated figure. I actually beat that but I drive a route that is very favourable to mpg. I used to get very good figures with the VRS as well.

 

From what I've seen the eco cars are by far the worst offenders with mpg fibbing. Those cars that don't make much claim to be very eco are often close to the truth or at least their mpg is achievable.

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by Aspman

My 11yr old ALH mk1 octy is still capable of 60-63mpg on my daily 25miles commute averaging 50odd mph. And touch 50ish mpg at motor way cruising speeds of *cough 120kph +10% +2...

Which pretty decent

The older my car the more likely it was to get or better the EU figures.

 

My hideous Proton Wira diesel did 45-50 mpg right through the winter I had it.  Factory combined figure 37 mpg.

 

My '52 Punto did 45-50 mpg for 10 years.  Factory combined figure 49 mpg.

 

My shiny '14 Toledo TSi does 45-50 mpg.  Factory combined figure 56 mpg.

 

Strangely consistent overall mileage.  However, someone's clearly telling lies.

Edited 14 July, 201510 yr by camelspyyder