Cupra extra urban economy

[mainaman]

Yesterday i made my second motorway journey in the Cupra and i got worse economy than my usual urban(but traffic free) driving.

I went to Dover and back and i was getting only around 37 mpg even when i was driving at only 80 mph.90-110 mph dropped that to around 33mpg,but that's understandable.

The AC was off,i admit that i didn't use the cruise control and the Cupra was literally bouncing on the crappy bumpy M20,heavy rain all morning!

How on earth you could get 50+MPG on motorways,has somebody even done it?

 

[FR_POWER]

Ummm isn't qoute figure 44mpg? 50mpg is possibly just need to be driving 40mph all the time

I got roughly 48mpg from towns, country roads and motorways before. But I was driving super super Eco. Lol

 

[mainaman]

The official figure is 55 MPG!

 

[Deleted member 49882]

Funny enough, did some motor way driving myself over the weekend and was getting only 37mpg and I was driving really easy. thought i would have seen mid 40s, but wasn't to be.

I have noticed that as soon as you fill the car up at the petrol station, the mpg always seems to be pretty high. for instance, filled up last week and drove back to my house (above 5 miles from petrol station) and was getting 42.5mpg by time i got home. bit strange

 

[s3dancupra]

I did a long motorway drive yesterday with not much traffic and we were only getting 30-35mpg. I am not sure that 55mpg is realistic!

 

[Deako]

Did all of you reset the trip computer and make sure you had it on (1) and not (2)?

 

[jc_boc]

mainaman the quoted figures are 44mpg mpg mate. Post us the link where you were told 55mpg please. I just can't believe that. My car has just under 1k now after 3 weeks heheheh and on open road I get the best of maybe 38mpg at the moment. 55mpg? NEVER!

 

[mardon]

Try not speeding.. I get 42-45ish at 70 and 47-50 @ 60mpg.

They are good on fuel when you drive them like a granny, I can also get low 20's to high teens when driven hard.

 

[techie]

Never got any better than 44mpg in mine and not seen that in a looong time.lol

Its about 50mph to get the economy iirc, need it in the turbo with the supercharger fully out though so its not dragging on the engine.

Still why buy a small capacity, high power sports hatch if your worried about economy?

 

[mardon]

Never got any better than 44mpg in mine and not seen that in a looong time.lol

Its about 50mph to get the economy iirc, need it in the turbo with the supercharger fully out though so its not dragging on the engine.

Still why buy a small capacity, high power sports hatch if your worried about economy?

^THIS^

or get the 2.0ltr TSI for some 260bhp giggles!

 

[FR_POWER]

I think he meant 53mpg in extra urban, combined is like 44mpg.

 

[Dave 77]

Best ive had is 32 mpg

As techie said didnt buy this can for economy

 

[EdHorny]

Best I got is 51mpg, that was whilst doing 50mph on the M6 bloody roadworks. Otherwise the best I find on motorway at 75mph, get 44 mph there. 30 and 40 are good speeds for economy, almost as if the car is geared for speed limits. These are my findings anyway.

ED

 

[M12ETM]

Try not speeding.. I get 42-45ish at 70 and 47-50 @ 60mpg.

They are good on fuel when you drive them like a granny, I can also get low 20's to high teens when driven hard.

Yeah ill vouch for what you said there Mardon!

 

[mainaman]

I don't care that much for economy or i would have driven at 60 mph on the motorway.

But sometimes i am getting 40 mpg in town(steady 50 mph when cars are in front),so i kinda thought that extra urban would be even more economical!

Fuel consumption matters in these times,but not enough to buy a diesel.

BTW Evo declared the FR TDI more enjoyable car than the new CRZ and the Scirocco 1.4 TSI in a Frugal Hot Hatch Group Test!

 

[jc_boc]

WOOHOO!!! hehehehehehe

 

[CupraDean]

dont know why any of you complain... me and my lead foot has my average of 24mpg! not good!

 

[jc_boc]

Hahahahaha well done dean!

 

[gaffer1986]

If the extra urban economy is 55 mpg, then you should be able to get this on the motorway once the car is broken in. My grilfriend has a clio dci 80 bhp with a combined figure of 67 mpg, we did a 200 mile trip two weeks ago and go 76 mpg at 70 mph. This car has 60,000 miles on it and is therefore well broken in.

See below for how the MPG figures used by car manufacturers are achieved.

Imperial combined fuel consumption (mpg):
The combined figure presented is for the urban and the extra-urban cycle together. It is therefore an average of the two other parts of the fuel consumption test, Urban and Extra-urban cycles, weighted by the distance covered in each part.

Imperial urban fuel consumption (mpg) (cold):
The urban test cycle is carried out in a laboratory at an ambient temperature of 20oC to 30oC on a rolling road from a cold start, i.e. the engine has not run for several hours. The cycle consists of a series of accelerations, steady speeds, decelerations and idling. Maximum speed is 31mph (50 km/h), average speed 12 mph (19 km/h) and the distance covered is 2.5 miles (4 km).

Imperial extra-urban fuel consumption (mpg):
The extra-urban cycle is conducted immediately following the urban cycle and consists roughly half steady-speed driving and the remainder accelerations, decelerations and some idling. Maximum speed is 75mph (120 km/h), average speed is 39mph (63 km/h) and the distance covered is 4.3 miles (7 km).

 

[mainaman]

If the extra urban economy is 55 mpg, then you should be able to get this on the motorway once the car is broken in. My grilfriend has a clio dci 80 bhp with a combined figure of 67 mpg, we did a 200 mile trip two weeks ago and go 76 mpg at 70 mph. This car has 60,000 miles on it and is therefore well broken in.

See below for how the MPG figures used by car manufacturers are achieved.

Imperial combined fuel consumption (mpg):
The combined figure presented is for the urban and the extra-urban cycle together. It is therefore an average of the two other parts of the fuel consumption test, Urban and Extra-urban cycles, weighted by the distance covered in each part.

Imperial urban fuel consumption (mpg) (cold):
The urban test cycle is carried out in a laboratory at an ambient temperature of 20oC to 30oC on a rolling road from a cold start, i.e. the engine has not run for several hours. The cycle consists of a series of accelerations, steady speeds, decelerations and idling. Maximum speed is 31mph (50 km/h), average speed 12 mph (19 km/h) and the distance covered is 2.5 miles (4 km).

Imperial extra-urban fuel consumption (mpg):
The extra-urban cycle is conducted immediately following the urban cycle and consists roughly half steady-speed driving and the remainder accelerations, decelerations and some idling. Maximum speed is 75mph (120 km/h), average speed is 39mph (63 km/h) and the distance covered is 4.3 miles (7 km).

39 mph on the motorway!No wonder nobody can get close to the official figures!