After reading time after time that people are dissapointed with their "real World MPG" compared with the official estimates, I thought I'd do a little homework and discover the real difference. I found 2 popular consumer companies that have either done their own tests by driving the actual cars on a route with the latest high-tech equipment rigged up, or have had the general public submit over 60,000 entries of their MPG and compiled the results.
I was actually quite surprised, despite what you might think, the cars in question get an average of 86% of the somewhat manipulated lab figures. The Top Ten all got 58 MPG or above, and before I get accused of miss leading people, that's UK MPG folks!
A lot of cars even get slightly higher than the average figures.
Some links:
http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/real...-58mpg/1226015
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/
I think one day, these kind of consumer reports will start to use extensive data sites like Fully to compile their figures and give people the real figures they should expect!
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