Just compl;eted my first drive over a decent distance 860 miles, Somerset to  Stirling and back over the weekend. Car took it in its stride no problems at all. Used the ACC extensiveley for the first time. Didn't like it when I first got the car but persevered and now wouldn't want to do without it. Weather was atrocious with heavyweight rain and gallons of spray. Goty a bit hairy at times and down to under 30mph on the motorway because of it. Because of the varying speeds i' don;t know what the mpg whould be but it reckon I was getting 45 to the gallon - 2ltr petrolf. Well pleased.

Hi BillyParker,

If you drove in bad weather conditions with lots of varying speeds I think getting 45mpg is very reasonable for a 2ltr car.

 

I live in Manchester and kids are down South - I regularly do 500 mile round trips - I have a 1.5 SEL Exec and always use ACC on motorways - I'm getting between 55-58 mpg (in good conditions). This is simply a beautiful car to drive. I always have a competition with myself to keep my green score as close to 98 / 99 as possible. Having said that, I've noticed the Sports mode - which I've used now and then, which blows economy out of the window.

 

During bad conditions - my mpg drops down to 51mpg

 

I do think that if you repeated you 850 mile trip in decent weather & driving conditions then you'll defo get into the low to mid 50's for sure.

Happy Driving.

Blimey… I can only dream of 50mpg on the motorway. I get 25 urban and the best I’ve had is 39 on a number of trips to/from Ireland. But then again, a 330bhp car returning 39 ain’t bad, is it?