Posts Tagged ‘mpg’

MINI John Cooper S Works returns 58mpg shock. Yes, indeed. And a real-life shock, as I proved over the weekend. I wasn’t doing anything particularly special on this 100-mile journey, ...

CITROEN wants to become Europe’s third-largest brand. No, I’m not sure how, either. Right now, it’s seventh-largest. Sixth? Its partner, Peugeot. So, a right old odd statement for new chief ...

BENTLEY’S Continental GT amazed me in many ways. Even though I’m not a Premiership footballer, I still quite fancy one. But, in two respects, it’s bad. Very bad. Fuel economy. ...

This week’s road test car is one I’ve put a load of miles on – now, check out my Audi A6 3.0T S line photo stream on Flickr. It’s my ...

STUDYING new car data is something I do every day at Motoring Research Ltd. Torque figures, combined fuel consumption, CO2, weights, boot capacities, the whole shooting match. So it was ...

DON’T buy an S line Audi Q5 if you want the best fuel economy possible. The Q5 scores a Cd drag coefficient of 0.33 – for all engines… fitted with ...

BMW Shows Off Its Emissions This is one of those images that I find oddly satisfying. Renault did a poster, years ago, with a tiny icon of every F1 car ...

Everyone’s least favourite Porsche is the Cayenne. (Yes, even the 924 has fans). But here’s why it’s suddenly cool: the Porsche Design Edition 3. Now, we’ve already seen Cayman and ...

Fuel economy is all nowadays. Not since the 1980s have manufacturers been so intent on producing efficient cars. It’s all in the name of being green, you see. That’s why ...

I was honoured to speak with the chief engineer of the new Toyota Prius, Akihiko Otsuka, at the Geneva Motor Show recently. Honoured, because the young dude is quite a ...