[ahmad.007]

Originally Posted by AutoIndian

One question to all petrol Innova owners. How much Actual FE should I expect from an Innova Gasoline engine for highway driving. If I get a used Innova petrol at a good price (between 4-5 lacs or lesser), then I may consider it over the Innova diesel, because this is going to be exclusively used for outstation, highway trips along with family. It won't be clocking more than 500 kms on an average in a month.

Apart from the petrol Innova being silent & low on maintenance compared to its diesel siblings what are the other advantages of a petrol Innova over a diesel one? Is the engine as torquey as the diesel?

A used petrol Innova seems like a very good option for your kind of running! Highway drives would be a bliss! On the highway you may easily get 10-12 kmpl or more. I have heard people claiming 14.5+ kmpl for long highways, when driven very sedately on petrol Innova.
Ofcourse the engine is not as torquey as the diesel, but it is more powerful (AFAIRemember) and the topspeed is higher (160+).

[civic-dk]

Vehicle: Ford Figo Titanium - Petrol 2010 model, done 28,000 Kms
City: Hyderabad
Mileage Range: 10.5 to 11 kmpl
Conditions: Mixed (50% City, 50% Highway) with 100% AC. Speeds between 20 - 100 kmph

Vehicle: Honda Civic S AT - Petrol 2007 model, done 29,000 Kms
City: Hyderabad
Mileage Range: 8.3 to 8.7 kmpl (couple of times it gave 9.5 and 9.7, couldn't make out why and it never repeated)
Conditions: 100% City with 100% AC. Speeds between 20 - 60 kmph

[sathya_nars]

Maruti SX4 Zxi
City 10.5 kmpl
Highway 13 to 15 kmpl

[KEN-RAND]

XUV Goa to Mumbai 14 KPL round town and local driving in Goa 11.4 KPL

[Icarus_Deft]

My Amaze iDTech rendered smooth 20.1 kmpl during 4000 kms drive from Mumbai to Meerut and back with 20% in city traffic and 80% on amazing NH8. This is with ac on for full journey.

The average for Mumbai in-city commute is between 17.5-19.0 kmpl

[Memphis]

Originally Posted by punitkakri

Could someone please guide me with the actual efficiency of Nissan Teana in city driving. (New Delhi is possible)

Bumping this old query. Any responses would be appreciated. Punit - were you able to get any realistic figures for Delhi or any other city?

[sumitkalindi]

Tata Venture,

Worst 10kmpl, fully loaded with AC speeds in excess of 100kmph.
Normal In city Driving 13~14 kmpl
Best on highways, Speed around 70~80, 19.57 Kmpl

[manu1234]

Car: ANHC VMT 2009 85K Kms
I drove to Udaipur and then to Vapi and back to Gurgaon recently with family (4 people and fully loaded boot). Covered 2650 kms and petrol used was 160 litres.. 50% AC and around 200 kms in-city driving, rest highway...
Mileage around 17

[vikred]

Car: Swift Dzire VXi VVT - 2013 model
5 adult passengers with boot full of luggage
tire pressure @ 37psi (the manual suggested us to increase it by 5psi for continuous high speed driving)
Method: full tank to full tank

Route: Hyderabad-Bangalore (560kms highway + 10kms city) with 60% AC: 19kmpl

Route:Bangalore-Madikeri-Madikeri local-Mysore (lots of ghat sections, revving, 100% ac, 5 passengers with full boot): 15kmpl

[sandeepmohan]

Originally Posted by vikred

tire pressure @ 37psi

I was wondering how you managed such high economy and the answer is the high PSI rating. I would not go anywhere near 37psi. At speed, this can increase to 39psi or higher, reduce braking efficiency and you are looking at a possible tire blow out. The Vxi comes with skinny tires too. Braking is already compromised with the skinny tire foot print and increasing the pressure to such a high level will make matters worse. Apart from dangers of such high tire pressure, you are going to kill the suspension components. The ride will be very harsh.

32Psi is the highest I would go with a full payload. Please take advise from the forum regarding tire pressure. The car manual suggests values that favor fuel economy and nothing else.

[a4anurag]

Originally Posted by vikred

Car: Swift Dzire VXi VVT - 2013 model
5 adult passengers with boot full of luggage
tire pressure @ 37psi (the manual suggested us to increase it by 5psi for continuous high speed driving)
Method: full tank to full tank

Those figures are achievable due to high tyre pressure that is more suicidal for you, your family and other road users.

Don't misunderstand me but can you paste the screen shot or image of the manual that says 5 psi increase is required for highway/high speed driving?

Anurag.

[ampere]

With all kinds of mobile apps available out there, its very easy to collect statistics of fuel consumption. This way one can easily maintain a log of the car's fuel consumption over a period of time. All one needs is odometer reading along with the fuel consumption and price paid at each refill. It would be very good to see this running/cumulative FE log of the vehicle over time.

I think this FE plot would be a much better representative of the FE of the car rather than a single snap-shot/sample point. Would also make a confirming statement about the FE claim of the vehicle.

[Mahesh Prasad]

My Maruti Swift Lxi - 56k on the ODO,
Model: 2008, 2nd gen (Fuel hungry, but fun to drive).
Highway: 12 KMPL, City around 9-10.
These figures from about a year back when I did a round trip from Mangalore to Bangalore.
Bajaj Avenger 220 DTSI - 2011 (7,500 KMs)
City: 30 - 32 KMPL.
Highway: No idea - (Never rode it outside the city).

[shineshine]

Vehicle : Chevrolet Spark - Petrol 2010 model
Kms Done : 42,200
City : Trivandrum
Mileage : 14.5 to 15 kmpl
Conditions: Mixed (70% City, 30% Highway) with 100% AC. Speeds between 20 - 55 kmph

[Auto_Song]

Chevry Optra TCDI LT 2.0 (100% Single Drive) - Done 80000 Kms as of Now!

City with AC - Mostly One person on Board - First 50k Kms - Around 10-12 KmPl. (Driven like a Lunatic)
Last 30K Kms - Close to ~14 , (Changed my Driving style considerably)

Highways - I remember my First Hydbd trip – 550 Kms – 50Ltrs – I had to look for Filling station when I entered PV Narasiharao Flyover,Hydbad. But It took only less than 5.5 Hrs for me to reach Marthahalli to Hydbd entrance(Shamshabad) ( Speeds done were close ~195Km/Hr)

Last few Hydbad trips - Well above 16 KmPL - Speeds maintained at a steady110 to ~120Km/Hr. Almost Overdrive all the time (This is where I thought , Magnum should have had a 6th gear)

Lesson Learned – If you really rev / push her hard / Unreasonably , she won’t complain much but then it would be at the cost of your Wallet.