50 - 70 km/h is the sweet spot to get the best fuel efficiency figure from the hybrid SUV.

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Introduction

I have been using Hyryder for the past 4 months and covered 11,500 km. These are my few observations after driving through various conditions. I have also attached a few pictures as there are very few posts reviewing the Base Hybrid variant.

1. Colour: Cafe White
2. Variant: S hybrid
3. Current ODO reading: 11,500 km

Mileage Status: (Tankfull Method)

• Max: 27.53 km/l
• Min: 20.03 km/l
• Average: 23.5 km/l

What I Like

1. Excellent Fuel Efficiency- Keep the speed between 50 to 70 km/h to extract maximum mileage
2. Base Variant VFM – This variant is pretty much loaded (ACC, Cruise Control, Wireless Apple CarPlay, Drive Modes )
3. Toyota ASS
4. Ground clearance boon on Indian roads
5. Comfortable seats over long drives
6. Extra Headroom (No Sunroof)
7. Minimal use of chrome

What I Don’t Like

1. Takes time to get used to the Hybrid driving style
2. No Rear Wash and Wiper.
3. Interior Quality feels cheap
4. Performance not adequate for highway Drives
5. Engine sounds louder in hilly areas and sometimes struggles to overtake when fully loaded.

Upgrades

• Graphene Coating
• Body colour side claddings (Toyota Service Centre Paint Job)
• 3M Antiglare Front Windshield
• Garware side Tint
• 16-inch Infinity Alloy Wheels in stock tires (Better Stance)
• LED Bulb Upgrade for headlamps
• 3D Floor mats

Service History

• 13/01/2023- 997 km (Free Service)
• 21/02/2023- 5056 km (Free Service)
• 20/04/2023- 9737 km (Rs 3,136/-)

Pictures

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I'm not an enthusiast who zig zags and revs without any reason or rather accelerates just to break hard after a fraction of a second.

BHPian manpreetsj recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

The first full tank gave 10.58/L: used in the city 80%, with intermittent AC in the month of Feb/early March. Includes 100 km of Jim Corbett trip - Highway portion improved overall avg.

The next one gave 8.53/L: Jim Corbett trip in which good highway patch gave 11.5-12/L and poor rather worst patches gave 6.5-7. Both are almost 50:50. With AC.

The next 2 refuellings gave 7.25/L: 100% city drive with AC, with ~10 km trip per run, a speed of 20-27 km/h. I would say this is the worst I can get from this car in a peak utilisation scenario. Includes waiting inside the car with the engine on and AC full-blown in the Delhi heatwave for 30mins while the wife is busy shopping!

I drive normally, as I used to drive my previous car. I'm not an enthusiast who zig zags and revs without any reason or rather accelerates just to break hard after a fraction of a second. I don't compromise by making a conscious effort of keeping a light foot.

Separately on AC controls, I just love how easy it is to manage it with voice commands. Once you get used to it, even if knobs were there, I wouldn't have used it 99% of the time.

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The mileage figure was such a surprise that I had to double-check to ensure the SUV's MID wasn't broken.

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Hi fellow Nexon owners

I own a Nexon XZ+ Petrol, 2022 make. Although the car is excellent, I was a bit bothered by its low mileage numbers, particularly in the case of city driving. So when I had to leave for Dehradun from Noida, I decided to do a mileage test on highways.

The trip parameters were as follows:

• Car Model and make - Tata Nexon XZ+ Petrol, June 2022
• ODO reading before the trip - 5010 Kms
• Service history of the car - Only 2 free services done till date. No oil changes.
• Full tank of Petrol (44 Litres, filled till auto-cut at the station).
• Tire pressure - 30 psi in all 4 tires as recommended by Tata.
• Trip meter B reset.
• Road condition - Very good.
• Traffic - Light
• Passengers - 2
• Load - moderate
• AC - OFF
• Driving mode - City

Route map:

I started for Dehradun from Noida in the early hours of 14 April (Friday). The traffic was light and I drove consistently between the speed of 65 Km/hr - 80 Km/hr. When I eventually decided to take a small break from driving, I noticed the MID shows the mileage as 26.1 km/l

It was hard to believe, so I checked and double-checked the remaining bars of petrol to make sure that the MID is not broken. It wasn't. It was a pleasant surprise.

On 15 April (Saturday), from Dehradun, I drove to Haridwar and back to Dehradun. The chaotic traffic on Dehra's roads in the evening caused the mileage to drop to 22.3 Km/L.

I drove back to Noida on 17 April (Monday) using the same route as before, the driving conditions were the same and I took another picture of the MID when I reached home in Noida:

Mileage on MID after the entire trip - 24 km/l

Unfortunately, due to a very busy schedule, I couldn't immediately refill the petrol which would've revealed the true tank-to-tank mileage. I had to drive in the city for a week before refilling the tank yesterday and here are the final figures (in a hurry, I forgot to take pictures of MID, apologies):

Total Kms driven: 736.5 km

Total fuel added before auto-cut - 36.59 L

Tank-to-tank mileage - 20.13 km/l

Mileage on MID - 23.1 km/l

It is safe to assume that on the highway I got around 22 km/l of mileage.

Observed that if we want to milk out the best mileage from the Nexon, the following things must be considered:

Correct tire pressure and a clean air filter. The company has a recommended tire pressure value for a reason!

Resist the Sport Mode. It's understandably difficult but in order to get the best mileage, keep the car in City mode. Eco mode is very lackluster when it comes to power so I don't use it very much.

Drive with a very light foot. Nexon is a heavy car and it loses mileage very quickly with sudden acceleration. You have to treat the engine like a baby.

Verdict - It can be done with disciplined light foot driving!!

Would love to hear your opinions on the same. Can this figure be further improved?

I'm planning to do a mileage test in the city to see if I can breach the 12 Km/L mark in the city. Will create a post for that in the future.

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The trip involved Bangalore traffic, 4 lane highway and 2 lane Western Ghats.

BHPian Nahcus recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

After receiving the delivery, I took Hector on a long drive over the weekend. I had my apprehension about the fuel efficiency of the car hence I had opted for manual over automatic.

The trip was from Bangalore to Sringeri (340km) and return. Two adults and two kids with completely filled boots during the onward journey and on return I was alone in the car with the boot half filled. I covered an overall 715 km during this trip and it involved Bangalore traffic, a 4-lane highway and a 2-lane western Ghats road. AC was always on L1/L2 during the trip. There were a lot of barricades and checks on highways due to the assembly election. I tried to keep the speed around 80 during my highway run as I was trying to get the best possible mileage.

I was able to cover the trip in one full tank and I had spent 53 litres of petrol (Full tank to full tank). So I got overall fuel efficiency of 13.5 km/l which is similar to what I used to get on a Fiat Punto on the same stretch. For such a big car, I was not expecting this mileage.

But in Bangalore city traffic, I have been receiving 9-11 km/l.

Based on my limited usage, Mileage as per MGiSmart App is 1 to 1.5 km/l higher than the actual mileage calculated using full tank to full tank. Also, the App has a bug where it will skip some portion of the trip (data for the 70 km stretch is missing on the return journey).

Few Photos of car.

Mileage as per MGiSmart App: Bangalore and 4-lane highway during the early morning

Mileage as per MGiSmart App: Western Ghats (Chikkamagaluru towards Sringeri)

Mileage as per MGiSmart App: Sringeri to Hasan covering the Western Ghats and 2-lane highway.

Mileage as per MGiSmart App: Reaching Bangalore

Mileage as per MGiSmart App: Bangalore during peak traffic

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Nothing beats gen 1 Swift Diesel in the fast, fun and efficient category. One of the most fun cars ever sold in India, and consistent 20+ kmpl on diesel

BHPian DCEite recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

Generally speaking, fuel efficiency and performance do not go together. Case in point is cars like Scorpio Petrol/Diesel, XUV 700 Petrol/Diesel, even the XUV300 TurboPetrol (mStallion motor), i20/Venue 1.0 Turbo, the Safari DICOR (old), Octavia 1.8 DSG, Tiguan allspace 2.0, Tiago/Tigor JTP Twins, Jeep Compass Petrol+Diesel, and so on. While all these cars are immensely fun to drive, yet they are fuel guzzelers.

On the other hand, there are cars which are fuel efficient, yet, fun to drive, like the new Verna Turbo 1.5L (more Fuel efficient than 1.5 NA) , Ignis K12B, Nexon Diesel, Scross 1.3/1.6, Ford Figo/Aspire TDCi, and so on.

Note: Not mentioning strong hybrids and EVs here just for the sake of keeping discussion only among petrol and diesel mills as Hybrids/EVs have are a different game altogether.

Do list out your favourite fuel sipper yet Fun to drive car (current or past, discontinued or still in production).

Here's what GTO had to say on the matter:

A clear "head as well as heart" car discussion. Some thoughts:

• Almost all quick diesels will fit here. Including some luxury German cars.
• Cars of the 90s & early 2000s were very light (no safety norms then) & didn't have strict emissions equipment. Many cars of that era would fit the bill, the one that comes to mind immediately is the 1st-gen City Vtec. Beautiful engine and quite fuel-efficient too.
• Turbo petrols are massive guzzlers when driven hard. Almost all of them.
• How can we forget quick electric cars that are also fun to drive . I enjoyed zooming in the MG ZS EV, Hyundai Ioniq 5, Mercedes EQS...
• Cheap (relatively), fun & fuel-efficient = Ignis! Am amazed at the kind of numbers being reported for this car in the sipper thread. Then, we also have Marutis like the Alto K10 & Swift.

Here's what BHPian Dr.AD had to say on the matter:

Well, both "fun to drive" and "fuel efficient" are subjective terms. There is no absolute definition of either.

However, with some subjectivity that is unavoidable, I would say my current car, F30 BMW 320d is both fun to drive and fuel efficient.

On fun to drive front, the car has all that I need - a low-slung RWD sedan with 50:50 weight distribution, a lovely steering, a fast and accurate ZF8 gearbox, and perfect ride and handling balance. The car is fun to drive on fast highways, hilly roads, sweeping corners (it loves cornering), and even on the scenic two-lane country roads.

And while doing all this, it returns somewhere between 14km/l to 18km/l on my typical highway drives (and on a couple of occasions, I got more than 20km/l). The car with a 2.0L diesel with 190hp and 400Nm, that I drive quite spiritedly, and yet returns such fuel efficiency numbers (and in the process gives a range of about 900km to 1000km) would be my entry in this thread.

Here's what BHPian Eddy had to say on the matter:

Nothing beats gen 1 Swift Diesel in the fast, fun and efficient category. One of the most fun cars ever sold in India, and consistent 20+ kmpl on diesel which enjoyed a lot of subsidy back then.

Here's what BHPian giri1.8 had to say on the matter:

Swift Diesel:

Enjoyable on the highway, efficiency never dropped much even with wide open throttle. Handling was good too. Could do 20kmpl easily even when driven hard on the highway.

Jetta TDI stage 1:

Never knew car could be this fast and efficient at the same time! Never drops below 18kmpl on empty highway even with aggressive driving. Biggest issue with this car is finding a worthy replacement within 40L.

Here's what BHPian Shreyans_Jain had to say on the matter:

Turbo diesels are going to rule this tread.

The diesel versions of all cars with the VW 2.0 TDi were strong performers while having good fuel efficiency at the same time. Everything from Octavia to Laura to Jetta to Tiguan to Kodiaq. As long as that engine was sold in India, it was THE powertrain of choice.

This mantle has now been taken over by Fiat’s 2.0 MJD. Every car with this engine is fast as well as fuel efficient. Jeep Compass diesel is the enthusiast’s car of choice, it also delivers 20kmpl on highways. Harrier, Safari and Hector are also similarly quick and about as efficient.

Here's what BHPian condor had to say on the matter:

The diesel Fiat's (Punto/Linea), the Ikon 1.4D are two that come to mind immediately. I had the Ikon, and should not have given it up.

Here's what BHPian shankar.balan had to say on the matter:

My lovely old 2011 Model Skoda Yeti 4x4 2 litre TDi Elegance manual used to give happily 21 on the Bangalore Madras Bangalore run. Lovely engine. Big regret that I did not use it enough in the 8 years I had it and sadly I sold it in 2019. In hind sight, that vehicle was a real ‘keeper’.

Here's what BHPian CoconutCar had to say on the matter:

I was taught to drive on a non power steering Maruti 800. That car was light, nimble and and accelerated quickly till 60 km/h. I had fun learning to drive on it in curvy rural roads which were empty and had ponds and lakes around. Fuel efficiency was always over 16-17 km/L.

Ford Fiesta 1.4 TDCi Engine : very fuel efficient (16-17 in City, 19-20 on highway) and fun to drive car. I still have mine.

Renault Fluence 2013 - 1.5 Diesel had lots of torque. Fuel efficiency hovers between 15-18 KM/L. The car had great build quality and stability on roads.

Renualt's Diesel Duster are also great to drive. If driven calmly, they are capable of returning over 18/19 KM/L

Ford EcoSport S MT 1.5 TDCi - 4 years ago, this car was on shortlist to replace Fiesta. But didn't buy.

Fuel Efficiency - 16-18 city/highway mixed.

Around 2010, Skoda Fabia came with TDI Diesel in price range of 6-8 Lakh. That car was not very fuel efficient despite being a diesel, but it was not bad either. Handling and steering feel was similar to Fiesta

I think the formula is - Sedan/Hatchback car with decent body weight + Hydraulic power steering + Diesel Engine + a suspension that is neither too soft, nor stiff (it should not be tuned entirely towards comfort).

Here's what BHPian SoumenD had to say on the matter:

Fun+Fuel-efficient means primarily Diesels. All the yesteryear's 1.5TDIs(VW/Skodas)/1.3 Multijets on small cars like swift etc. Most examples given in this thread would have been phased out by now.

Pure petrols are almost always inefficient when you are having fun with them. Current crop of turbo-petrols even more so being ultra sensitive to the right foot.

I know you have asked to keep hybrids out of the discussion but in absence of diesels these days, only those can come close to being 'efficient' while giving you some fun. We don't have too many options yet but hope these become mainstream sooner as EVs are still far off considering out infrastructure.

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If it was more highway, no doubt it could hit 900 km+ on a tankful.

BHPian MarutiGuy1977 recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

So my first tankful to tankful measurement.

• Total km driven = 690
• Amount of fuel taken = 45
• FE by tankful method = 15.3
• FE on MID = 15.4

Fuel filled - Normal Indian Oil petrol.

• 70% city drive
• 30% highway

On the highway drive which was at the start, I hit a peak of 20 km/l and overall on that drive it settled down to around 18 km/l

Post that it was mainly city driving and that dragged it down to an overall 15.4 km/l approx.

Could have filled in around 7 litres more so it would have gone for 100 km more approx giving a full tank distance of approx 800 km.

If it was more highway, no doubt it could hit 900 km + on a tankful.

When the DTE was less than 100 km, it started to fall very fast. Soon it didn’t indicate DTE and switched to “Low Fuel”. I believe I filled in fuel when the DTE would have been 40 km.

Now after a full tank, it is showing DTE at 730 km.

The DTE indicator is not very predictable in my view. The variation is not exactly as per the FE. But approximately a good indicator.

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The odo on the SUV now reads a little over 22,000 after 26 months of ownership.

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We drove the Thar (P AT HT) for a museum weekend in Hyderabad.

I had filled up around 36 litres of petrol the previous weekend to make a full tank because my plan was to take the Thar to Madras and back but I ended up taking the Cooper instead. Anyway, I had done some amount of internal driving in the Thar during that week but the tank in any case was showing full. The last fill was at 20,867 km. We left my house for Hyderabad with the odo at 20,900 km.

We filled petrol about on the way to Hyderabad in a big HP pump someway after the halfway point marked by Hotel Hampi Blue Moon Delight where we stopped for breakfast and when the odo was at 21,900 - 323 km since the last fill. The vehicle took in 30 litres so the FE is around 10.8 km/l. (normal petrol is expensive in TS at Rs 111.13 per litre) We then drove straight on to Hyderabad with a few short stops here and there and the usual battling through city traffic and so on and finally reached the odo reading showing 21489. Inside Hyderabad, we drove a little around Husain Sagar Lake early morning the next day and a little bit here and there through the city. The main visits to museums etc were done in the hotel car with their driver for reasons of pure convenience.

When we left Hyderabad we were at 21,526 km and we filled a full tank at Shamshabad at that point. The vehicle took in 34 litres (normal petrol is expensive in Hyderabad at Rs 109.58 per litre). So the consumption now is at 9.88 km/l.

We then drove through the day, with a stop at the Pyramid Food stop for cold butter milk and all. At a small place in Kurnool for a very light bite, then again outside Kurnool just off the road on a farm track to eating some fruit and again at an HP Pump in the middle of nowhere but which had an Amul outlet, because we felt the urge to eat iced lollies - it was in the afternoon heat. We kept driving until the DTE had come down to about 100km. And finally, after crossing the KA border after Lepakshi and Bagepalli, well before Nandi Hills and all, we stopped at a nice Big HP pump which had apparently just received fresh stocks of fuel (we saw the tanker lorry finishing up the fill and going out as we entered). We were at 22,022 km and we took in 45 litres. (Thankfully Petrol in that part of KA is priced more reasonably at 102.44) and luckily in the city, it comes down to 101.9 or so..) Anyway, this means the vehicle returned 11.02 km/l which is pretty good also considering driving through the heat of the day. I am sure that there will be some loss through evaporation etc especially when the vehicle is parked.

We got back through the city in the evening traffic and finally parked up with the odo sitting at a reading of 22,087 km in 26 months of ownership.

And now marks a nice long trip of 1,220 km on an excellent highway. Most of this Hyderabad trip’s driving was done with cruise control on and we stayed at the 80-90 km/h speed and never crossed 100 km/h. This was for the overall comfort of everyone in the vehicle (Dad, me and my wife plus light luggage by way of soft duffel bags and small knapsacks and the usual water and fruit and sandwiches). I drove most of the way up and down. My 80-year-old Dad took the wheel for a couple of hundred kms just to ‘spell me’. He also drove at a constant 70-80kmph with cruise control on.

I was never tempted to go at higher speeds and was quite happy to be overtaken by all manner of vehicles. Mostly kept to the left lane. There wasn't all that much traffic. The occasional bit of trucks trying to overtake each other and block the lanes and some helmetless rider-propelled two-wheelers but not much else.

For us to overtake required sharper acceleration to get past a few slower vehicles and the occasional unruly traffic needed sharp braking. And of course, the regular stops and starts and minor detours to pit stops etc eat away at the mileage.

But on the whole, if one drives steadily and uses cruise control it is possible to get reasonable mileage from the Thar considering the big powerful and thirsty 2.0-litre turbo unit that propels it.

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Travelled the whole distance from Bangalore to Hyderabad & back with a slight deviation on one tank of fuel

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A few months back, I did a trip from Bangalore to Hyderabad and back. During this trip, on my way back, I decided to try out if I could complete the trip without having to refuel. I almost made it to Bangalore, but had to refuel near Chikkaballapura, since the car was running on fumes by then.

This got me thinking if I could do a Bangalore-Hyderabad-Bangalore trip on a single fuel tank if I planned my trip better and drove consistently from the beginning. My relative's place where I stayed in Hyderabad, is around 568 km from my home in Bangalore, so I would need to drive around 1136 kms on a single tank of fuel.

I was planning to do a trip again during the 4th week of March, so I set this goal as part of the trip.

I decided on a few ground rules to achieve this, many of which are pretty obvious:

Drive in a relaxed manner with as little accelerator input as possible.

Maintain a speed between 80-105 km/h as much as possible. Only cross these limits if absolutely necessary.

Brake as slowly and as little as possible. I noticed that sudden braking and sudden acceleration are the biggest reasons for low mileage. So planning your braking as much as possible is an easy way to increase the mileage.

Reduce the number of starts and stops of the engine. We decided to have a maximum of 3 breaks in between (Breakfast, Coffee and Lunch).

Start as early as possible, so that we can take advantage of the lesser traffic, as well as the lesser temperatures (which would lead to lower use of the A/C).

Keep the A/C at 23 degrees for the entire trip. No need to sacrifice being comfortable just because I'm on a mileage-maximization drive.

With these rules set, I filled up my car on the night of the 22nd and we planned to start early on the 23rd of March. Unfortunately, I had to violate Rule Number 5, right at the beginning of the trip. Our son was running a fever for the past few days and we had hoped that it was behind him. But on the morning of the trip, I woke up early at 4:30 AM and got ready, but the kid had a fever. So we thought that we may have to cancel the trip. But in a few hours, he seemed to be ok, so we decided to go ahead with the trip.

Unfortunately, this meant that instead of starting at around 5:30 am, we started at 8:40 am and it was already pretty hot by that time. So the fuel consumption would be a little more than I had planned for. Since we had started late, we didn't have to stop for Breakfast, which reduced our number of stops to just 2.

I maintained a constant speed of around 90-100 km/h for most of the trip and there was very little traffic, so we made good progress. We reached our destination in Hyderabad by around 5:55 PM.

This was the summary of our onward trip:

It took a total of 9 hours 16 minutes (including 2 breaks totalling 1hr 07 minutes). At the end of the trip, the dashboard showed an available range of around 610 kms. I was happy since I only need to cover another 568 kms on the way back.

Unfortunately, as they say, even the best-laid plans can go awry, and in my case, they did. My original plan was to keep the car idle till our return trip, in order to save fuel. Unfortunately, we had to go to another place, which was around 31 kms on the other side of Hyderabad. So this added around 62 km to our original plan. So now, I had to be extra careful on our return trip.

On the day of our return, we started at around 6:00 AM from the other side of Hyderabad and reached home by around 4:50 PM (including 3 planned breaks totalling 1 hr 44 min). I stopped for refuelling at KR Puram, which was 25 kms from my home and the dashboard still showed around 40 km of range left. I could probably have reached home without refuelling, but I didn't want to risk getting stuck in the unpredictable Bangalore traffic, with no fuel.

The conditions were also not very favourable, since it was pretty hot during the day, and the A/C had to work on overdrive to keep the car cool at 23 degrees. In spite of this, the car completed the trip without refuelling till almost the end, for a total of 1198 kms ( 1178 kms from the fuel pump to the fuel pump). I think I can call this experiment a success, considering all the parameters. In more favourable conditions during cooler temperatures, I think this can be done quite easily.

A summary of the return trip:

Details of the total Trip:

• Car: Skoda Rapid DSG (Oct 2017)
• Total Distance Covered: 1198 Kms (1175 between refuelling)
• Total Driving time: 17 Hrs 20 min (19 Hrs 58 Min including breaks)
• Cost of Fuel: Rs. 4530/- (Approx)
• Number of Passengers: 3
• Breaks: Coffee Day (Gooty), Hangouts (Kurnool), Birbal Darbar (Kodathi Gate)

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Our Nissan Sunny's motor is consistently economical, no matter the driving condition or how heavy your right foot is.

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Rules: Please post on this thread ONLY if your City FE is 13 km/l & up, or highway FE is 18 km/l & up.

The last thread on fuel guzzlers was a smash hit with 14 pages of discussion & ~70000 views. This is the opposite lock.

Are you driving a fuel sipper? Of my 5 cars, just one is a light sipper.

Nissan Sunny - City FE is 15-16 km/l, while highway FE is 21 - 23 km/l. The motor is consistently economical, no matter the driving condition or how heavy your right foot is. It might be an old-school engine, but it is a true workhorse with excellent driveability, fuel economy & durability. No wonder the same engine was a hit with the Logan taxis.

Who else is driving cars with excellent FE? I expect to see a whole lot of Marutis and diesels here.

23 km/l on the highway! Drove from Mumbai to Nasik and the fuel gauge hadn't moved:

At 395 km:

DTE said we still have 596 km before the tank runs dry. Regardless of the DTE readouts, in every tankful-to-tankful calculation method, the Sunny has given us 15 - 16 km/l in the city and 21+ km/l on the highway:

A place the Sunny doesn't see too often:

Here's what BHPian d3mon had to say on the matter:

My Amaze Diesel CVT is a certified fuel sipper. 18 km/l (moderate city traffic) - 20 (free-flowing city traffic) without even trying. The best part is that even if you can do it, the numbers don't drop too much at all, because the motor is detuned (160 Nm instead of 200 Nm in the manual) and it runs in peak efficiency mode all the time.

My other car, the 530d is a fuel sipper on the highway if your right foot is kept in check. 20-25 km/l is easily possible if you can drive consistently at 90-100 (which you can't). Even at 100-120, you can just about touch 20 km/l. These numbers from a 3.0L Diesel are quite incredible in their own right.

Here's what BHPian Shreyans_Jain had to say on the matter:

I drive 2 sippers - City and Compass, both diesel manuals.

The City consistently delivers 16-18kmpl in local Delhi-NCR traffic. We don’t take it out on highways anymore, but it was difficult to get less than 20 km/l when we used to. My best has been 28 km/l over 200+km.

Jeep Compass is very efficient for its weight and performance. Urban fuel efficiency hovers around 13-14kmpl, and again, highway fuel efficiency is generally around 19-20 km/l. And I drive with a fairly heavy right foot. My father often manages to get 22-23 km/l and then chides me.

Here's what BHPian Keeleri_Achu had to say on the matter:

I guess my 2017 Ignis AMT is a sipper.

Can't really comment on the pure bumper-to-bumper efficiency as Kerala traffic is very different to other Metros. In my hometown, it is hovering at 16-17 km/l. The average speed is 30kmph.

On my recent trip to Hyderabad, the efficiency stood at 22 km/l. I was cruising all the way around 80-90 km/h and had to endure peak city traffic at Bangalore and Hyderabad for 3-4 hours.

K12 is a gem of an engine with the right mix of power, efficiency and reliability.

This reading is from 2021 when I was travelling from Trivandrum to Thrissur.

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Ignis 2022 Zeta MT (Fuel Type: Petrol):

• City: 16-17 km/l with 100% AC
• Highway: 21-22 km/l with 100% AC and speeds in the range of 70-90 km/h.

Tigor 2017 XZA AMT (Fuel Type: Petrol):

• City: 11-12 km/l with 100% AC
• Highway: 18-20 km/l with 100% AC and speeds in the range of 80-110 km/h.

I guess Tigor is a fuel sipper only on the highway. The 3-cylinder though struggles within the city in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

Here's what BHPian Reinhard had to say on the matter:

Tata Nexon Diesel MT 2019 (BS4).

The lowest number ever seen on the MID has been 23 km/l. I don't know if the MID can show lower numbers.

Before shifting to BS6 diesel - it rarely dipped below 30, for entire Pune-Goa return trips. Nowadays with BS6 diesel - the car returns an FE of 26.5 km/l for a Pune-Goa round trip including ghats, city travel, traffic jams etc. everything. And no - I don't hyper mile or anything. Speed is usually around 90-110 km/h on the highway.

This Tata 1.5 diesel is a gem when it comes to fuel efficiency and general usability. There used to be a 1 to 3 km/l error here and there in the MID FE. But then - the number is so high, to begin with - I have stopped doing T2T measures of fuel efficiency on the Nexon.

Previously - I used to always get 23 km/l with the 1.3 MJD equipped Vista with T2T calculation. And this was with daily traffic jams in the Hinjewadi IT park to Pune Kothrud journey.

(And the Polo GT - well it will feature in the other thread of gas guzzlers. I am never going to scroll the MID to the mileage counter in that one!)

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Managing an average of 10.5 km/l with 70% highway and 30% city use and a fair amount of stationary running with AC on.

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XUV 700 Petrol AT - 2.0L Turbo - 200hp

• City Mileage with heavy traffic - 5-7 km/l
• City Mileage with normal traffic - 7-10 km/l
• Highway Mileage (80-100kmph) - 12-14 km/l
• Highway Mileage (spirited driving) - 10-12 km/l

Average mileage since purchase (1,841 km) = 10.5 km/l with 70% highway and 30% city use with a fair amount of stationary running with AC on.

But it's still worth it as it's a hoot to drive!

Saw no change in FE after 1st service as they did nothing except update the software and check the mounts n bolts.

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