Did anyone watch TOP GEAR tonight ?

Hmmmmmmmmm John

Dunno about those figures. 5.8l/100km equates to around 17.2 km/l(fantastic). Divide that in to 17000km around the block and roughly you get to use a 1000litres. Now even at low diesel prices as we have here(LOL) $1.40lt, that makes it $1400.

Am I right or has there been some creative accounting?

Nevertheless it is still good value for money

Cheers

Perhaps around oz for them is Sydney - Wollongong - Perth - Midland return with some help from the sea breeze.

Still all the road tests on this vehicle seem to confirm the usage rate but will be interesting to see in a few months. I noted on the couple that i test drove, the computer read out was showing just over 7 L/100 but would expect that with 200km vehicles and being moved around wharves and yards etc.

Worth taking one for a spin tho and makes me really consider if I should have my backside in one of those for a daily driver and leave the truck in the shed until it's bush time. I must admit to driving around in my Mazda 121 Bubble for the last couple of months, don't ask me how I got that but lets just say it was the spoils of war from a relationship break down, and its refreshing to go to the pumps and fill it up for $30 and run for 450Kms before refilling.

Do a search on one of the paper's website's auto section - you'll find stories on a dude who drives peugeots diesels aroud oz for fuel economy records - he gets 70-80miles per gallon out of them - forget exact figures and which website, i'll see if i can dig it up...