Fuel Economy of cars can be measured in many forms for c02 per km to miles per gallon but in today’s climate it all comes down to cost. The UK government has launched a new service for you to browse the full car market to see on a number of different measurements the most Eco and wallet friendly cars available from your local showroom.
So if you take the cost of the fuel and averaged it out over your first 12,000 miles – how much in fuel has it cost to run the car?
The fuel costs are calculated as follows:
12000 x A x 4.546
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B
A = The current cost per liter of Petrol, Diesel or LPG (as applies to the car), i.e.1.06, 113 or 0.56
B = The Imperial combined Fuel Consumption figure (MPG)
4.546 = The figure for conversion of liters to imperial gallons
Well the vca car fuel data site shows that some misconceptions are out there in the market. Many people may thing the Toyota Prius or a similar Hybrid vehicle would lead the field. Well you would be wrong with an American Diesel leading the way!
Yes top spot goes to the new Ford Fiesta 1.6 Duratorq TDCi (90PS) (+DPF) costing you a paltry £808 for the first 12,000 miles in our new Economy sized work horse. The Prius 1.5 VVT-i Hybrid costs in fact £880 for the same mileage well behind other well known smaller hatchbacks such as the VW Polo 1.4 TDI (80 PS) BlueMotion 2 with DPF (£830) and another German the MINI Cooper D Hatchback – with particle filter (£851).
Although Automatic Car Hire search every car in every location supplied by our rental partners including manuals our primary focus will always be automatic transmission car rental. So which car leads the way for automatics? Automatic transmissions although similar to manual transmission fuel economy on higher speed or motorway driving is unfortunately lower than manuals on short or city driving. Unfortunately the convenience of an automatic transmission will cost you extra (fuel cost and rental costs).
The leading automatic car for fuel economy is from another German stable with the Smart ForTwo Coupe 52 kW mhd 175/195 Tyres at rear which has a 5 speed automatic transmission with a cost of £880 for 12,000 miles, exactly the same as the Hybrid Prius.
The website covers all makes and models from Fiat to Peugeot so please do check it out and factor the fuel costs, economy and emissions into your decision for a new, used or hire car.