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Which diesel gives the best real world economy?
I want to buy a car with good real world fuel economy. I quite like the Mazda 6, Skoda Octavia and BMW 3 Series xDrive. Which would you recommend?
Asked on 21 March 2016 by Max03
Answered by
Honest John
Obviously the xDrive is safest because it it has four-wheel drive, but that will take the edge off the economy of a 320d. I averaged 63mpg over 8000 miles in a 320dED over a winter, which is the best I've ever done in any car.
The Mazda 6 2.2 Skyactiv 150 is very good to drive, 'feels' safer than a rear-drive 3 Series and averages 51 Real MPG. The Octavia is a decent. solid feeling car, best bought as an estate, and averages 54.2 Real mpg.
The Mazda 6 2.2 Skyactiv 150 is very good to drive, 'feels' safer than a rear-drive 3 Series and averages 51 Real MPG. The Octavia is a decent. solid feeling car, best bought as an estate, and averages 54.2 Real mpg.
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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