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Originally Posted by TonyB65

My V70 Euro 4 D5 185 auto consistently does 32mpg mixed urban and rural driving on a commute and 28mpg towing a 1300kg+ caravan and one passenger with seats down and loaded with gear. Not fantastic but it's consistent and drives like new after nearly 100K miles. I knew what I was buying and love the car so I live with it. I'd probably be able to squeeze 500 miles out of a tank not towing.

Originally Posted by Tunneruk

I didn't realise that the Auto version made such a dent in the economy.

Wow, neither did I...

Originally Posted by big_yin

These figures are more normal for petrol cars.

This is what I thought too, is the auto really that bad or is there something else at play here? Perhaps one man's "mixed urban/rural" is another's "heavy traffic and steep twisty back lanes"...

Whatever the case, I would have expected maybe a 15-20% penalty with an autobox at worst?