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I appreciate there has been discussion about the fuel consumption of the Ecosport and the variations experienced but it appears there is a new way of working the prospected fuel consumption of a new vehicle.
The advert for the new Peugeot has perhaps been seen by several but I have only come across it today in a magazine. It appears to be a competitor for the Ecosport and a few others being named the All New Peugeot Rifter. The car shown has a 1.2L engine with fuel figures of Combined 37.5 -42.6 worked out by the WLTP test going on about other tests. My point is that we have complained about the figures given by the manufacturers and the difference in real life. I have an automatic which is returning just under 37 mpg. This is very mixed driving, given the Peugeot figures I feel quite happy, one assumes and there are members that understand this jiggery pokery when it comes to fuel consumptions this WLTP is a new test which is long overdue given the farce of the old way of working it out.
An advert in the same mag for a ST Line 1.0L Eco>
boost engine gives the fuel figures as Combined 42.6 mpg which appears to be a more realistic figure for a manual gearbox. However Ford do not publish how they arrived at the figure.
Looking at the ad more closely the Peugeot looks amazingly like a customised Peugeot Partner.
The advert for the new Peugeot has perhaps been seen by several but I have only come across it today in a magazine. It appears to be a competitor for the Ecosport and a few others being named the All New Peugeot Rifter. The car shown has a 1.2L engine with fuel figures of Combined 37.5 -42.6 worked out by the WLTP test going on about other tests. My point is that we have complained about the figures given by the manufacturers and the difference in real life. I have an automatic which is returning just under 37 mpg. This is very mixed driving, given the Peugeot figures I feel quite happy, one assumes and there are members that understand this jiggery pokery when it comes to fuel consumptions this WLTP is a new test which is long overdue given the farce of the old way of working it out.
An advert in the same mag for a ST Line 1.0L Eco>
Looking at the ad more closely the Peugeot looks amazingly like a customised Peugeot Partner.