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Fuel Consumption XC60 D5 and D3Views : 28758 Replies : 177Users Viewing This Thread : |
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Jul 21st, 2011, 22:27 | #21 | |
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"VCA is responsible for the creation and management of the New Car and Van Fuel Consumption and CO2 databases used by individuals and organisations" ....and this is a link to their Q&A about how the stats are produced and the problems with them: http://www.vca.gov.uk/vca/fcb/faqs-fuel-consumptio.asp also, a pic of the official xc60 figures from the directgov database:
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Jul 22nd, 2011, 08:39 | #22 | |
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I am very happy with the car but I am not happy about being mislead by figures that are so far out they are bordering on false advertising. |
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Jul 22nd, 2011, 09:06 | #23 | |
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These figures are an average over all my driving over the last 14000 miles and were started from a mileage over about 500 miles from new. The last few tank-fulls have averaged about 43mpg. Most of my general mileage is a 55 mile round trip commute which is a mix of urban stop start traffic (20%) and fast A and B roads. My latest tankful has included a long motorway run (250 miles) and the in-car computer is displaying 50.7mpg. |
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Jul 22nd, 2011, 10:12 | #24 | |
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The reason why the MY12 should return a better mpg than the MY11 cannot be only attributed to the start/stop function, there are a number of small improvements that theoretically/hopefully should have a positive effect in real life driving (probably too early to quantify). |
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Jul 22nd, 2011, 11:12 | #26 |
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Even with the recent price hike, 95 grade is 27p/litre and 98 is 31p. Of course fuel is heavily subsidised by the government since the local populus consider cheap fuel to be their God-given right.
Up the road in KSA and Kuwait, it's even cheaper....
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Jul 22nd, 2011, 11:45 | #27 | |
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i'm not sure volvo would have a case to answer. as far as they're concerned, it's not false advertising. they're publishing the figures to meet regulations and according to regulations. not publishing them would show them to be in breach. that said, if they were publishing unapproved figures, that would be another story, e.g. if the web site say 51mpg, but the VCA figures state on 49, there could be a strong case for misinformation.
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Jul 22nd, 2011, 12:38 | #28 | |
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You would assume (well I would) that the improvements would be read across to the D3 engine, but all they say is: "The refined D5 engine now offers 215 hp and maximum torque is no less than 440 Nm, while the D3 remains at 163 hp and 400 Nm. However, the two-litre diesel engine's driveability is now far improved thanks to fine-tuning of the turbocharger." Driveability is obviously important (I don't really have an issue with the current one) but headline mpg is the most important marketing factor I would have thought. |
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Jul 22nd, 2011, 17:15 | #29 |
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Here is a comparison from the Volvo UK website. The D3 AWD is on the left and D5 AWD on the right. Comparing the performance v fuel consumption, something doesn't add up.
[IMG]c:temp\XC60 Comparison.JPG[/IMG] |
Jul 22nd, 2011, 17:19 | #30 |
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Image doesn't seem to work, so here it is as an attachment
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