Comments on: Fuel Challenge: final results http://100mpg.ca/fuel-challenge-final-results/ 100 mpg scangauge smart car diesel fuel economy efficiency Sat, 19 May 2012 11:13:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.2 by: Mike T http://100mpg.ca/fuel-challenge-final-results/#comment-183 Sat, 22 Apr 2006 05:08:19 +0000 http://100mpg.ca/fuel-challenge-final-results/#comment-183 Impressive? Yes. But it's not an ordinary Golf; it's a gasoline direct injection 1.6 engine that is not available in North America. Had they used a TDI, it'd have done it on maybe 10-15% less fuel and better driveability. I think this was - as much as anything else - an opportunity for Shell to use its experimental fuel. I think someone SHOULD do this trip in a smart fortwo cdi. It'd massacre the Golf FSI, even on regular diesel. 3.2 L/100 km, anyone? Impressive? Yes. But it’s not an ordinary Golf; it’s a gasoline direct injection 1.6 engine that is not available in North America. Had they used a TDI, it’d have done it on maybe 10-15% less fuel and better driveability.

I think this was - as much as anything else - an opportunity for Shell to use its experimental fuel.

I think someone SHOULD do this trip in a smart fortwo cdi. It’d massacre the Golf FSI, even on regular diesel. 3.2 L/100 km, anyone?

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