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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo
The fuel economy figures are interesting.
We've got two Fiesta's (WS CL and WZ ST) and they both do about identical L/100km figures.
WS CL is 6.3L/100km
WZ ST is 6.5L/100km
It seems conventional 4 cylinder engines in small cars are stuck around that 6L/100km mark.
By stuck I mean that manufacturers aren't really interested in putting money into the $15K-$30K segment - no real innovation happening at the entry level.
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They could get low 3's per 100 with a diesel.
Ford have a 1.5L diesel - no reason why they can't make a modern day Fiesta Econetic that can match the output of the Yaris hybrid.
It can be done. For a while I drove a Fiat Punto 1.25 diesel. Got low 3's per 100 on the freeway and it wasn't anything special, just a run of the mill car with a small diesel engine that would be 15 years old now.
I wish Photobucket still worked - I have a picture where the 'low fuel' warning light came on and the DTE was still 265ish km!
Before that the only sub 3L /100 car was the VW Lupo - but that was a very small 3dr micro car that was around the 2000's. Now a mob in India that sells Suzuki's or something have developed a 800cc diesel that uses bugger all and surprise surprise they are all over the local news as the most fuel efficient car available.