[PrideRed]

Just another day and was casually checking supercars and their prices in popular Indian websites. Something surprising popped up-Fuel Efficiency. A potential buyer would hardly care but was surprised to see the figures mentioned anyway. What's even more surprising was the numbers! Just look below:

NDTV Auto: 16.0KMPL for Aventador


Link: https://auto.ndtv.com/lamborghini-cars/aventador-s

Cardekho:


Link:https://www.cardekho.com/lamborghini...ifications.htm

Are these figures for real? One of the website even mentions that these are ARAI approved figures. If this indeed is true, the figures are not that bad compared to our daily workhorse. For example i20- one of the best selling hatches with 1.2 petrol mill has rating of 17.xx!

[TusharK]

As far as I know, the Lamborghini Huracan has a boot capacity of 150 litres and not 480 litres as one website suggests.

The Aventador's fuel economy figure is also way off. It should be around 17 litres / 100 km, which translates to 6 km/l approximately.

[Flyer]

That's the result of a lousy copy-paste job. When you search for Aventador fuel economy in google some results show 11 MPG. (Miles per Gallon). They just copied it and published in KMPL without even caring to convert the figures.

The actual combined consumption as per Lambhorghini website for Aventador SVJ Coupe is 19.6L/100KM, which is roughly 5 KMPL.

[rosh_aveo1.4]

Dang! Either way it's better than my Honda CRV 5 kmpl mileage....! Wonder even if those figures are accurate.

[Flyer]

Originally Posted by rosh_aveo1.4

Wonder even if those figures are accurate.

5 Kmpl is the claimed fuel consumption by Lamborghini. Real life FE that one gets on these cars will be much less.. Maybe 2 kmpl.

[giri1.8]

Originally Posted by Flyer

5 Kmpl is the claimed fuel consumption by Lamborghini. Real life FE that one gets on these cars will be much less.. Maybe 2 kmpl.

Some of these supercars have cylinder deactivation tech, so if driven like normal cars, they return decent FE(by supercar standard at least). But hey, who gets a Lambo to drive it like a Maruti

[Sahil]

I don't think these ARAI FE figures stated are unachievable. If the car is driven sedately and shift up at approx 2500 rpm it in every gear on a highway run it could well give such figures.

[Porcupine]

If it's any yardstick to go by, my 4.7 V8 Maserati GT give about 4-6 km per litre in the city

[GTO]

If you don't revv hard, why buy a Supercar? I'd put their FE at 2 - 3 kmpl. Even the humble Mustang 8-cylinder does 3 - 4 kmpl in the city.

[awini]

the Porsche 911 Carrera S gives about 5-6 in the city with some spirited acceleration thrown in. I however have achieved 10kmpl plus in the city, by upshifting early and not crossing 60-70 kmph, over a distance of about 35km. even the G63 AMG has a similar figure, the GLA 45 however is less fuel efficient, barely going over 5 with even a little hard accelaration mixed in. also because its just a 2 litre, one tends to keep the revs up so that the boost stays on.

Originally Posted by Flyer

5 Kmpl is the claimed fuel consumption by Lamborghini. Real life FE that one gets on these cars will be much less.. Maybe 2 kmpl.

maybe on a racetrack, but unlikely on the road. the Hurracan i think has a capacity of 80 litres, 2kmpl would mean a realistic driving range of just about 150km per tank.

[dexter78]

Originally Posted by rosh_aveo1.4

Dang! Either way it's better than my Honda CRV 5 kmpl mileage....! Wonder even if those figures are accurate.

well its still better than my 3.5L V6 Pajero i get a the same millage as the engine size except the L is replaced by KM

[PrideRed]

Makes me wonder if smaller/lesser powerful engine are efficient as claimed in real world. For example, my humble 800cc Kwid has claimed figure of 25.xx. But take it on a highway and to maintain a pace to match other cars(doing 80-100) Kwid needs to be pushed, resulting in FE of 17-20, which is similar to a 1200cc petrol Swift maintaining speed of 80-90. I often feel the bigger engines can outdo smaller engines as the larger ones can maintain decent speeds without breaking a sweat(probably coast longer as well).Another example i remember- We went on a vacation to Ooty from Mangalore in 2 cars- Ikon 1.6 and and Ikon 1.3(Rocam variant, not the pushrod one). After we reached Ooty, we calculated FE, 1.6 manged 15.5kmpl whereas the 1.3 managed just 14.3. The ghats were steep and 1.3 was struggling big time(frequent gear shifts, more revs) to keep up with 1.6.

[VSD]

Originally Posted by awini

the Porsche 911 Carrera S gives about 5-6 in the city with some spirited acceleration thrown in. I however have achieved 10kmpl plus in the city, by upshifting early and not crossing 60-70 kmph, over a distance of about 35km. even the G63 AMG has a similar figure, the GLA 45 however is less fuel efficient, barely going over 5 with even a little hard accelaration mixed in. also because its just a 2 litre, one tends to keep the revs up so that the boost stays on.

That is strange, I get 5kmpl in the city with rpm mostly kept between 4-5k to get lots of pops and crackles. Though out on the highway I use cruise control at 80-90 kmph and I get about 11kmpl easily. Once on Yamuna expressway, without being tempted(to push too hard) I drove all through at 100kmph and got 14kmpl.


VSD

[awini]

Originally Posted by VSD

That is strange, I get 5kmpl in the city with rpm mostly kept between 4-5k to get lots of pops and crackles. Though out on the highway I use cruise control at 80-90 kmph and I get about 11kmpl easily. Once on Yamuna expressway, without being tempted(to push too hard) I drove all through at 100kmph and got 14kmpl.


VSD

hi, are you talking about a 911 or GLA 45? unlike my 86 year old dad, who gets upto 6.25 in the city, i doubt i can ever get much out of a GLA, its more fun keeping it at high revs, on boost, wherein it backfires and makes noises like an old school WRC rally car when you let off throttle, it really startles pedestrians sometimes. the 911 is too quite in comparison, till you really rev it.

[hok kolorob]

Originally Posted by GTO

If you don't revv hard, why buy a Supercar? I'd put their FE at 2 - 3 kmpl. Even the humble Mustang 8-cylinder does 3 - 4 kmpl in the city.

I hope your US is visa still valid, else if they are reading this, they are never going to allow you! a "humble Mustang"