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Why isn't my Ford C-Max returning quoted mpg figures?
Last year I bought a brand new 2012 Ford C-Max Zetec, and I have got to say the mpg I am getting is nowhere near as good as the manufacturer stated. I understand I will not get 68.9mpg. However, I have never even got within 25mpg of that. I have been using Shell V-Power since the first hundred miles. My driving style is good and I always make the appropriate gear changes as the indicator advises. So why am I only getting 36mpg locally and around 43mpg on the motorway? I always ensure the tyre pressure is good.
Asked on 6 April 2013 by PS, Derby
Answered by
Honest John
The average mpg that other drivers are getting with C-Max is collected and reported here: www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/ford/c-max-2010. The real results vary from 94 per cent to 77 per cent of the EC lab test figures. I reckon there’s a difference of around 10mpg between cruising at 80mph and cruising at 70mph.
Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.
Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.
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