Hey ! First post but long time lurker  so go easy! I did have a search and a look around to see if already answered.

 

Getting a new (to us) Skoda estate to replace our 2017 one… it’s the 

 

1.4 TSI iV vRS 5dr DSG (Estate)

 

struggling to find real world mpg anywhere… we basically do 2 things…

 

20 mile round trip commute

500+ mile trips to Newcastle or south of france…

 

so I think the daily commute will be great… but just want to know if going to be frustrated on the long trips. Our current deisel gets 65+

 

cheers!!

 

chris

 

I have the iv hybrid not the vrs, as a company car, now i dont use it how maybe you should, i.e keep the battery topped up and use hybrid mode all the time. When i do trips to edinburgh i will get 60 mpg when using the hybrid system and 45 when not. I dont hang around, so not an economy driver. Personally if it was down to me i would just get the full petrol version as its lighter and should offer better mpg - i think. 
 

For me it was all about tax, vrs was lot higher on the bik etc 

I have the 2 litre vrs estate and combined petrol with 90% short hop driving in town with 10% freeway is about 9 litres to 100km's. Best I've gotten with it being the other way round is 7.8litres to the 100. I'll be spirited where I can but in traffic really can't where I live.

In theory a 20 mile commute with a plug in hybrid could have infinite mpg, if it was plugged in, fully charged each night, and restricted to electric mode only.   And if you had your own solar cells and a home battery storage device could be using free electricity too.   In reality the mpg for short journeys is going to depend on how much or often you choose to charge it.

 

Probably going to be getting 45-55mpg on long journey, the hybrid system cannot do much if you are cruising at constant speed (and you didn't indicate the speed, and French motorways vary), at constant speed just store bit of energy when retarding going down a hill, and releasing it going up next hill.  If traffic is heavy and some slowing and speeding up then figures will be more variable 

 

9 hours ago, Chrisg2021 said:

Personally if it was down to me i would just get the full petrol version as its lighter and should offer better mpg 

This was my thinking jumping into a self-owned petrol vRS after years of diesel company cars. No regrets at all mileage-wise, plus the weight of a hybrid defeats the object of most agile hot hatches 

12 hours ago, Zedboy said:

This was my thinking jumping into a self-owned petrol vRS after years of diesel company cars. No regrets at all mileage-wise, plus the weight of a hybrid defeats the object of most agile hot hatches 

Yeah that's what I would do tbh, plus the None Hybrid VRS sits lower and looks really nice, My IV is nice, great to drive, very good at overtaking, needs lowering if it were my car but its a company car. MPG I aint really bothered about hence I cant answer the question 100% on what MPG does it do in the real world

Totally with you on ride height … iV just doesn’t look right being taller 

On a long trip (mainly motorway / A roads, 300 miles) and driving at speed limit (+15%), I averaged 42mpg in IV TSI VRS. Honestly, I was quite impressed by that - I get 20-23mpg for town driving which is OK I suppose.

I’ve averaged 31mpg in 2:0 TSI over 20k. Mixture of fast roads and school runs so a good real world average 

Just done 1300 miles in my 2.0tdi FWD VRS getting between 60-64mpg up and down to work 24 miles each way 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/504883-hybrid-versus-petrol-diesel-a-comparison-of-real-life-fuel-consumption

 

http://briskoda.net/forums/topic/499923-vrs-octavia-iv-range-motorway-driving