Posts Tagged ‘mpg’

The biggest influencer of fuel economy is the driver. Low rolling resistance tyres save 3%; auto stop-start can save 5% or more.  The driver, however, can save 20% – and ...

Ford in North America will, by next year, have fitted Auto Start Stop to all new cars on sale. This will save at least 4% in fuel used, for every ...

BSM has used an escape clause to cancel its high-profile deal with Fiat for thousands of 500 instructor cars. Apparently, it was the wrath of driving instructors that led to ...

Sub-100g/km is the Holy Grail of Emissions right now. If your green car fails to meet this, you’re done for. Poor Honda, then, with its 104g/km green Jazz Hybrid. Tell ...

Range Rover grabbed a sure-fire headline when it revealed the Evoque last week. Victoria Beckham Designs New Baby Range Rover. Yup, Mrs Beckham was the surprise celeb who stepped up ...

BMW’s latest 5 Series marks the introduction of 4-cylinder engines into the F10 platform. Until now, it’s been all 6-cylinders or V8s. Powertrain manager Jan Kretschmer revealed what’s been keeping ...

ELECTRIC cars are a new technology with different standards that require familiarisation. To help, I’m getting my head around it all – and plan to blog my findings as I ...

1 in 4 people in the UK buy the same colour car each year. In 1998, revealed the SMMT, this would be a red car. In 2008, though, it was ...

RENAULT and I won our class in last year’s MPG Marathon – a right ol’ result, it was, after 400 miles’ somewhat steady driving. But how? All down to the ...

Is this the single most important feature a car can have to encourage economical green driving? It is, no less, an ETA for sat nav journeys. No more than that, ...