Does anyone know how much difference  there would be in mpg running my car in sport mode as opposed  to eco.

At the moment  I'm  getting around 60 mpg around town and over 70mpg on a motorway trip in eco mode. We're driving  to Italy in September and wondered  what difference  there may be in sport mode. Handy to have a bit more power on German autobahns. Having said that, I'm not really sure how much more power sport mode would give me.

Any info would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks. 

 

The MPG achieved will depend on your driving style. Try driving some of your regular routes in sport mode and see how much difference there is. 

 

I use sport mode most of the time. I recently tried Eco mode for the journey to the office - 10 miles across country - and it made no difference to MPG. 

4 hours ago, Gross9661 said:

I'm not really sure how much more power sport mode would give me.

it doesn't give more power, just quicker access
in D mode have reached 218kmh, measured by GPS

 

The modes do not change the power available from the engine but they do change throttle response and auto gearbox change points (Sport Mode will hold higher revs in gears, Normal and Eco modes progressively less so) , so as Daveo138 says it is largely dependant on your driving style.

The exception is that Eco mode with a DSG box allows 'freewheeling' similar to coasting in neutral in a manual car.

 

Impressively low consumption by the way,

 

Thanks everyone for your replies. I have been using sport mode for  last day or so and have noticed no change in mpg. It does however feel more responsive. I'm  not a person who drives a car hard which probably accounts for decent mpg figures. (I am a hgv driver and my wife says i drive my car like i drive my truck!!!)

The claim of having more power in sport mode would have admittedly been better phrased as more "ooomph"

But having a 1.6 greenline..... its never going to be a sports car.

 

HGV driver, that explains a lot!

Obviously anticipate traffic conditions well up the road.

16 minutes ago, Gerrycan said:

HGV driver, that explains a lot!

Obviously anticipate traffic conditions well up the road.

Driving an hgv is just the same just everything is in slow motion. Parking and reversing is a bit differentl though.