I have recently sold my 2002 1.9 TDi 105bhp Elegance and have bought a new 2.0 TDI 140bhp Elegance. I'm very pleased with the new model and all its innovations EXCEPT that the fuel consumption is very much worse. In the 'old' car I would consistently get around 60mpg on a 120 mile trip, mainly on m'way (keeping to 70mph max) whilst the new model can only manage around 46mpg.

I've been advised by the dealer, the very good Simpsons of Colne, that the fuel consumption will improve with time. The car has not yet done 1000 miles, so am I being unduly pessimistic? At the moment I'm using 50% more fuel than previously. Given the price, it's not good news.

Comments would be appreciated.

The 2.0 does use a bit more, and you've got more car to pull around, and more power and torque.

It might get a bit more, but then again it might not. Still good though

Mine improved by at least 10% if not more over the first 10k miles.

My average on the fuel computer (don't know the accuracy) is 53 mpg average over 3 years.

I regularly see motorway runs of >56mpg. Best ever was sat at 70mph with cruise on (where possible) over a 40 mile trip and car returned indicated 67mpg!!

My longterm average is 36mpg! I've been doing quite short runs lately.

The 2.0 is a lot more thirsty compared to the 1.9 in my opinion, at least 15mpg difference!

Just gotta turn a blind eye to it!

My longterm average is 36mpg! I've been doing quite short runs lately.

The 2.0 is a lot more thirsty compared to the 1.9 in my opinion, at least 15mpg difference!

Just gotta turn a blind eye to it!

That can't be right, - you might as well have a petrol VRs as you can get 30mpg from those!!

That can't be right, - you might as well have a petrol VRs as you can get 30mpg from those!!

But if you drive a Diesel VRS hard enough to get down to 36mpg average then a petrol one driven in the same fashion will be well down into the 20s.

But if you drive a Diesel VRS hard enough to get down to 36mpg average then a petrol one driven in the same fashion will be well down into the 20s.

Its not a diesel VRS though its an L&K 2.0TDI... from what Vimto2000 said it was short journeys not hard driving that had led to the 36mpg.

It's a fair point though

Hi, got my 2.0 TDi Elegance on the 17th Jan. So far a mix of town and twisty back road driving has given an average of 47 mpg. On the other hand, and not wanting to hijack your thread, the oil consumption is scary. After two weeks and 1000 miles the Low Level Warning light came on, i checked and it was below the minimum level. Called the garage who said that when the car was prepared it would have been filled up. Therefore i've used over a litre of oil in two weeks !

I know it likes the stuff but hell, that's more than I was hoping for.....

The 2.0TDi unit is undoubtably a lot thirstier than the 1.9TDi. Mine averages mid 40's generally, that's on a mix of town and country driving. On a run, motorways and a-roads, I'll usually achieve 50mpg. I'm quite happy with that given the peformance, as well as the smoothness of the engine over the 1.9 unit.

I usually achieve 40mpg on higher speed motorway runs but the boot is always loaded and i've never driven it anywhere empty.

I can just about reach 48mpg if I drive at about 55 mph behind a large truck but I don't do that very often.

I also had a 1.9 TDi and would average 52 MPG mixed traffic running average, and around the 60 mark on a run. My 2.0 TDi has only done 2,000 miles but driving carefully around town achieves 35-40 MPG and on a run at motorway speeds around the 45MPG mark. But considering the way it goes compared to the 1.9 I think its worht it!

I usually achieve 40mpg on higher speed motorway runs but the boot is always loaded and i've never driven it anywhere empty.

I can just about reach 48mpg if I drive at about 55 mph behind a large truck but I don't do that very often.

From when you quoted your figures...I seem to be getting exactly the same!

Except I have a hatch. I do drive briskly..but not flooring it everywhere.

I've done that on a few occasions and I can get bellow 30mpg.

That can't be right, - you might as well have a petrol VRs as you can get 30mpg from those!!

I was gonna get teh VRs TDI, had my heart set on getting it. But when I saw the spec level, and found everything had to be an option, it didn't look so great!

Plus the VRS really comes into its own above 50! Not only that, its a higher insurance group...and at the time I got the car, I had 9 points (which are all gone now) but that limited me on what I could get.

Hi

I've a 140 PD Octavia which has now done about 12,000 miles. The MPG does seem to improve after about 10K and the oil consumption seems to have fallen. I have also experimented with tyre pressure and climate control settings and with tyre pressures set to about 34 PSI and cc set to "Econ" I'm getting about 50 MPG on a decent run.

Hope this helps.