Re: Fuel economy

Apr 25, 2008 1 Replies


I've just bought my first Jocus, I'm very happy with it apart from the


> fuel consumption. It's a 1.6 Zetec Climate, I don't drive it hard but I
> only get 28mpg around town. For a modern engine this is rubbish - my son
> has a 1.6 Peogeot diesel 206, he gets 45 mpg on the same sort of run. I
> obviously expected some difference, but not this much!
>
> Is 28 mpg around town/45mpg motorway normal for this car?
>
> Neil.

mine is 02 1.8 uk diesel just done 640 miles with out going over the speed limits,with a return of 54 miles to the gallon.this was on A roads B roads ,hope this helps anyone checking thier fuel economy .ps the car has done 86000 miles. bass .

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