Polo BlueMotion on tonights Top Gear

[phaeton]

Seen this on the net its a good challenge of fuel consumption.

Go TDI

[gldgti]

just a hint.... 78MPG!

[Coaster]

*cough*80mpg*cough*

or 3.53l/100km

[Seano]

Honestly instead of any of those cars I'd have selected a Toyota Prado diesel which might've had slightly worse fuel economy (9.2L/100km) but (in Oz spec at least) can carry 180 litres of diesel....which'd give you the best part of 2000km range.

....but that would've been cheating.

[RhysQ]

yeah i don't think the test was really that good to be honest. it was an 'economical' test but they didn't say how much they spent on fuel in each car to begin with. fuel tank sizes would have significantly varied. a real test would have been to put the same amount in each car and then see how far they get.

although it was not a great test, it still was very entertaining!

[gareth_oau]

the objective of the test wasnt about who had the best economy, but who had the best range. thats why May used the subaru, he said it had a 'reasonable economy' but had a good sized tank to give it the overall distance.

And focussing on entertainment, I dont think there is any way that Clarkson could have gone that distance given his driving technique early on, but that wouldnt have made it an amusing watch