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Originally Posted by RedDevil
My neighbor at work has a Fabia 1.2 TDI Combi as a lease car. Says it is a slug even if you rev it. He just got it for the space, drives it hard and gets maybe 18 km per liter, say 40 mpg US.
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In spite of the forced-induction downsized engine, and the more advanced engine management system, it doesn't sound any better than a Volkswagen-powered old Suzuki Vitara an uncle of mine used to have. In spite of having worse aerodynamics, a driveline not so optimized for fuel-efficiency, and that 50hp 1.6IDI Diesel, it would get 18 km/l constantly, either in city traffic or highway. And my uncle is not a hypermiler, he actually enjoys speeding...