Hello - I am going to buy an Octavia this week, as have sold my car and need to get something urgently to get to work and back.

 

In my budget I can either get a 1.6D Estate Mk 3 or a 1.0TSI Mk 4 hatchback. Prefer the look and interior of the mk 4, but the practicality and economy of the estate mk 3 1.6D.

 

We really need good fuel economy as do quite a bit of driving.- driving is either rural roads for school commute etc or mix of rural and motorway from commute to Oxford (50 miles each way).

 

Looking to see who has got or had either of these engines and what sort of real economy they get?

 

Thanks

 

James

You might have been better off posting in the mk3 section for some responses on the two engines.

 

I've only got experience with a 2014 1.4tsi (which I have been, and still am, pleased with) but I follow all those reporting their consumption with interest.

As you would expect the 1.6d can get about 10 to 15% better consumption than the 1.0tsi, mainly due to the 10% greater caloric value of a litre of diesel over petrol  but that really depends if you get a good example of the diesel. For some reason there is greater variation (some surprisingly poor) on consumption reports for the 1.6d than the 1.0tsi.

 

On a motorway run it is possible to expect up to 70mpg from the diesel (with the mentioned caveats) and about 55/60 mpg from the 1.0tsi (based on the mk3). Obviously that changes for the worse when you hit traffic or urban areas.

The mk4 has better aero than the mk3 and maybe a bit higher gearing so the 1.0tsi in the mk4 should be even better?

 

Be interesting to know what you are achieving for the journey currently: type of vehicle, engine, transmission, journey time, average speed and whether you travel in peak or off-peak traffic. It would help assess what you are likely to get with the Skodas.

 

Whatever your preference try and get a good test drive to include a highway stretch with the 'instant fuel' consumption display on to see if you are getting a good example of the type.

 

Edited 4 January, 20242 yr by Gerrycan

You may also be better off just looking at comparative figures on spritmonitor.de where there tends to be large datasets of crowd-sourced brim-to-brim records.