Better than you can dream about!

Before we start talking about fuel efficiency it would do well to remember that this is a very heavy car, at 1520kg it is heavier than even the C200 CDI. Aspi cruised between 80 and 100kmph in 6th gear for the highway fuel efficiency test. At those speeds the engine ticks over effortlessly at about 1800rpm in 6th gear and after the 102km run the car took in 4.97 litres of fuel. Divide the distance by the fuel consumed to get 20.52kmpl fuel consumption. Astounding? In the city, with the air con turned on in the blazing Pune sun, the car returned 10.25kmpl. Using our 75 per cent city driving and 25 per cent highway driving formula, the overall fuel efficiency works out to 12.82kmpl giving the car a range of 897km.