Hyundai and Kia - MPG in States

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Sun 17 Mar 2013 14:29
Hyundai and Kia - MPG in States - Hademall

Hyundai and Kia in the states have admitted that their mpg statements are flawed and have offered cash in recompense for false statemets to all owners of a stack of cars. I have an I30CRDi and the mpg is a heck of a lot less than promised. The full to full mpg over about 6000 is also a lot less than the trip readings suggest. Are Hyundai and Kia offering the same refund to british owners as they are in the states. The American mpg appears to have come from Korean figures just as the british ones do

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Sun 17 Mar 2013 15:05
Hyundai and Kia - MPG in States - martint123

www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/miscellaneous/2012-11/hy.../

"The admission from Hyundai and Kia in North America won't affect cars in Europe though. Due to the difference in the fuel economy tests between the US and the EU, Hyundai says there are no similar issues with cars in Europe or the UK and there are no plans to re-test any cars"

Was it the difference between US gallons and Imperial ones?

Edited by martint123 on 17/03/2013 at 15:06

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Sun 17 Mar 2013 19:16
Hyundai and Kia - MPG in States - RT

US and Canadian cars are tested to totally different regimes than the EC tests for UK cars.

There's no evidence that the error that occur in the US has been repeated here.

US cars are tested in US gallons. Canadian and European cars are tested in litres - they do a simple arithmetic calculation to convert to MPG Imperial for the UK.

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Mon 18 Mar 2013 09:15
Hyundai and Kia - MPG in States - skidpan

The American mpg appears to have come from Korean figures just as the british ones do

No they don't. The mpg figures quoted in the UK by ALL manufacturers are the EU official figures that are obtained under EU Directive 80/1268/EEC and has nothing to do with Korean tests.

OK, the results they give are total b******s but they are consistent b******s between all manufacturers and should only be used to compare cars. You should not expect and will not get the figures quoted.

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