I have an Audi A3 SE Sportback, with the 1.6 TDI engine and have found the comments about fuel consumption interesting. My car is 14 months old with 12,500 on the clock. Many years ago as a driver of company vehicles I always had to maintain fuel logs and have kept up this habit since. Overall average consumption has been 53mpg. At 2k it was 39mpg, at 5k it was 47mpg, at 10k it was 51mpg. I've recorded several tankfuls at 58 - 60 mpg. A typical top-up being 10-11 gallons. To put this consumption into context with my driving, I am fairly heavy with my right foot, but prefer anticipation to the use of the brakes. My journeys are about 65% local (under 30 miles) return, the remainder are longer trunk road / motorway trips. When it comes to the published fuel figures, who really believes them? Their only purpose is to serve as a comparison between vehicles.