You can use google to translate this links and the unit conversion tools to understand figures.
Some tips on translating fuel consumption:
- the same car with average 34 mpg EPA rated (6.92 L/100km) using EU rating is about 5.0 L/100 km. Differences between homologation could allow proportional unit conversion of the average consumption because of arithmetrics. I realized after the explantion of not that "yes, we can" convert but I invested a lot of time on wrting this post. But in this post I will compare highway/extra-urban values.
- but it will be useful to know that "Consumo Extraurbano: ... L/100km" or "Consumo Interurbano: ... L/100km" means fuel consumption at 93 km/h (57.8 mph) cruise speed with no wind, hot engine, and a temperature of 20 º C (68 ºF). Sometimes "L/100km" is only "L" or "l". "Consumo" means average fuel consumption in L/100 km.
- according to law's laberynth defined in
715/2007 CE regulation and the NEDC (
Desmitificando el ciclo de homologación europeo (NEDC) in spanish) it's mandatory doing your own on road data measurements and you will obtain the empirical extraurban cycle equivalence to 93 km/h cruise speed. (The average speed on cycle is 63 km/h but mean force equals the force at that speed as I measured on 4 cars and vans using OBDII Vag-Com interface)
- "Ficha Técnica" means Technical specifications or data.
- EPA higway equivalent cruise speed (calculated from equivalent drag force when empirical fuel consumption equals EPA rated (
Detailed Test Information), i'm doing PhD as physicist) is aprox. 123 km/h (76.5 mph). Conversion calculations:
"XX.XX..." [EPA equivalent USmpg] = (173)/ ("extraurban european f.c." L/100km )
Example: Volkswagen Lupo 3L: e-u fc = 2.7 L/100km equals 87 us mpg but will be around 64 us mpg if EPA higway homologation was used.
- VAG makes include low consumption version with names: Seat ... Ecomotive, Volkswagen ... Bluemotion, Skoda ... Greenline, Audi ... e (a lot of <140 g CO2/km):
These cars (small, large, suv, state, hatchback...) are selling now in Spain with extraurban fuel consumptions of 52 to 78 mpg on European Extra-urban (doing some magic calculations it will be a range EPA higway equivalent of 38 to 57 us mpg):
Volkswagen:
Precios de Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion nuevos. Ofertas y descuentos oficiales
Volkswagen España
Car configurator:
Volkswagen España
Seat (spanish VAG manufacturer):
SEAT.es -> START
SEAT.co.uk -> HOME in english
Skoda:
Homepage ?koda Auto -
Precios de Skoda Fabia Fabia GreenLine nuevos. Ofertas y descuentos oficiales
Precios de Skoda Octavia GreenLine nuevos. Ofertas y descuentos oficiales
Skoda Octavia RS 2.0 TDI CR 170 CV DPF ficha técnica, prestaciones, consumos, dimensiones de este coche - km77
Precios de Skoda Superb GreenLine nuevos. Ofertas y descuentos oficiales 16.2 ft long extra large car
Skoda Yeti GreenLine 1.6 TDI 105 CV ficha técnica, prestaciones, consumos, dimensiones de este coche - km77 SUV
Precios de Skoda Yeti nuevos. Ofertas y descuentos oficiales all turbo engines very efficient SUV
33 us mpg higway EPA equivalent, 7.3 s 0 to 62 mph, 140 mph max speed.
Skoda Fabia RS 1.4 TSI 180 CV DSG 7 vel. ficha técnica, prestaciones, consumos, dimensiones de este coche - km77
Audi:
km77.com. Audi A4 2.0 TDIe. Modelo 2009. Información general.
Audi A4 2.0 TDIe 136 CV DPF ficha técnica, prestaciones, consumos, dimensiones de este coche - km77
Audi A6 2.0 TDI 177 CV ficha técnica, prestaciones, consumos, dimensiones de este coche - km77
Audi A6 3.0 TDI 204 CV ficha técnica, prestaciones, consumos, dimensiones de este coche - km77
Audi TT Coupé 2.0 TDI quattro DPF ficha técnica, prestaciones, consumos, dimensiones de este coche - km77
Precios de Audi A1 nuevos. Ofertas y descuentos oficiales
And last a very efficient van (equivalent eficiency is founded in Renault Master, Iveco Daily, Fiat Ducato...)
Volkswagen Crafter (Light Truck Van, same as MB/Dodge/Freightliner Sprinter) 22-24 us mpg EPA equivalent with 163 cv biturbo 2.0 4L:
Motores < Nuevo Crafter < Modelos < Bienvenido a Volkswagen Vehículos Comerciales.
Maybe this post will become two separated post. One for European vehicles and one for fuel consumption conversion European/USA/Australia/Japan/etc.