Quote Originally Posted by Adagio View Post
You Row it might be worth repeating that run to be absolutely sure as those figures are better than a diesel car of around 2 litres. Usually diesel gets 1/3 more out of their fuel.
Adagio you are correct in saying diesels can be very economical and are in general much better than a petrol Euro. The world record is held by a Peugeot 307 that got something like 3.5l/100km!!! Driving around Australia.

I'm hardly challenging any records here. As I said my consumption was achieved driving in a straight line on a flat smooth road at a constant speed.

Vehicles like the 307 are able to do it in a variety of conditions, mainly thanks to the torque at low revs they have. They deal with hills a lot better than the Euro when crusing at 100km/hr.

Either way, I'm tempted to plan a run of my own (not quite round Australia) perhaps Brisbane to Sydney or something.