car mpg

Looks like I might be changing jobs meaning lots of miles in the cage. Just wondering if anyone has any ideas on which cars return the best mpg. Current one does about 25 hence the need to change. It's got to be fairly sensible I.e. not a tiny city car as that would not be a very pleasant place to spend hours on the motorway with its tiny engine screaming. The bike is not an option due to luggage restrictions. Was hoping for 60 mpg plus....

what u driving at the moment? and what's the budget for the new wheels?

most modern diesel's return pretty good mpg, I was getting 50ish from a golf gt tdi and was very impressed! I was driving it pretty hard as it was just a courtesy car and my commute was along country roads. but motorways and stuff were all good, pretty comfy car and still performed well!

pug 106 diesel- run it on veg oil / diesel mix crazy miles/gallon- one on ebay 53000 mile £895

My 206 2.0 turbo diesel is pretty good, just had 48.6mpg over a full tank of enthusiastic driving, the best I've managed is 53mpg. They're cheap to buy and insure, not too small I don't think.

I had a 1.2 Hyundai I10 for a few days.

Its turn of speed on the dual carriageway was perfectly acceptable.

But as the car was so small...it felt you were sitting on the engine.

The engine was noisy and buzzy and for 20 mins journey time drove me up the wall. Uncomfortable. Glad to get shot.

If you do motorway miles for hours on end...you will have to buy a quiet car.

I am getting a Citroen C1 as a coutesy car soon...earplugs at ready!

I get 50mpg from my golf tdi 110hp and thats not on long journeys, i also have a lead right foot.

i have an audi A4 1.9TDi. have had it over 7 years now and constantly returns over 46 mpg (with a best recordrd 58 )and embarrases quite a few 2.0 petrol cars

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Depends on your budget. Chap I used to work with had a Citeron C3 with a small 1.4 diesel engine in it, was regularly returning 70mph on the motorway.

If you are going new something like a Polo Blue motion or a maybe a Golf Blue Motion. Should get over 60mph with those and the tax IIRC is band A so cheap as chips.

The C3 as a budget car fits nicely as they are cheap to insure and cheap to service and fix.

remember diesels always have a markup on them so a good petrol engine...can still get good mpg without the paying extra.

If you really bang the miles out then buying a new car is out the question as depreciation will be a killer...and servicing will be much higher.

I am in a similair position and will check out Corsas and Fiesta as well as my good old Citroen brothers....Looking at a 1.4 petrol or a similair diesel.

If you start getting bigger then you start spending proper cash.

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I have Yaris 1.4 diesel. It does 60 mpg everywhere, comfy enough and swifter that most of the other runabouts.