Fuel Consumption - How's THAT going ?

[GTI PP carbon]

We have recently replaced our Mk6 GTI DSG with a new MY 15 GTI performance, DSG.
I am wanting to know if any other owners are experiencing a high fuel consumption with their GTI.

I know these are performance vehicles and you don't buy them to get great fuel consumption however I am getting nowhere near what we used to get with the Mk6.

The car has done about 2000ks and the last 2 fills have returned 11.6 and 11.75 L/100, all city driving. No thrashing, just normal city acceleration.

We did a highway gentle run-in when we picked up the car of around 650ks and refilled with a return of 7.7L/100.

The Mk6 returned around 8-9 L/100 consistently for all city driving.


Are these figures pretty normal? No where near the 6.6 L/100 combined quoted by VW.

RP

[h100vw]

We have recently replaced our Mk6 GTI DSG with a new MY 15 GTI performance, DSG.
I am wanting to know if any other owners are experiencing a high fuel consumption with their GTI.

I know these are performance vehicles and you don't buy them to get great fuel consumption however I am getting nowhere near what we used to get with the Mk6.

The car has done about 2000ks and the last 2 fills have returned 11.6 and 11.75 L/100, all city driving. No thrashing, just normal city acceleration.

We did a highway gentle run-in when we picked up the car of around 650ks and refilled with a return of 7.7L/100.

The Mk6 returned around 8-9 L/100 consistently for all city driving.


Are these figures pretty normal? No where near the 6.6 L/100 combined quoted by VW.

RP

Don't be frightened to drive it hard. If that's your first 3 tankfuls then the engine is still going to be very tight. The consumption will improve as the engine gets the miles on.

Gavin

[jonoz]

As Gavin said, consumption on my R has decreased over time.

[Dam355]

I get around 550 - 600 km around town and 750km on long trips in my MK7 GTI.

[brad]

fuel economy will improve dramatically after 5000km but that still sounds kinda lousy...

Assume you are using 98ron?


BTW: I'd be inclined to get some boost happening & get some pressure behind the rings ASAP or it will be tight forever

[Dutch77]

I'm around 10% lower on my Mk7 compared to my Mk6 across the board - but no, you won't be matching the 6.6 quoted by VW.

I still get better economy driving it without watching the economy than my in-laws get in their Mazda 3 though - and I know which is more fun.

[irossiter]

All car companies have secret ways to come up with "official" fuel figures. At least VW are reasonably close to claimed. My now departed Merc A250 couldn't get within 25% to 30% of their claims. All of my VW's definitely improved over time. You could try the Eco mode in town but then the engine and gearbox loses any responsiveness and character and isn't that why we buy a GTI in the first place?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[Jimi]

That sounds high, even for a tight engine. Give it another 1000-2000km and if it's not into the 8s for normal urban driving then there's something funny going on

Also run ins shouldn't be gentle. Give it some stick asap

[brad]

All car companies have secret ways to come up with "official" fuel figures. At least VW are reasonably close to claimed. My now departed Merc A250 couldn't get within 25% to 30% of their claims. All of my VW's definitely improved over time. You could try the Eco mode in town but then the engine and gearbox loses any responsiveness and character and isn't that why we buy a GTI in the first place?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

There's a good thread in the Octavia section that explains the fuel consumption test. Basically, a turbo almost never gets on boost (IIRC, you're allowed 41 seconds to get to 100kph) & can achieve some amazing test figures. I assume the 41seconds was so that the Wartburgs & Trabants could pass the test.

I believe they are looking at revising some aspects of the test to make it more in line with how people really drive.

[blameturner]

Going very nicely in my Diesel