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savefuel · 08-03-2022, 03:08 PM

Officially (Guinness World Records) it is 1582 miles driven in Croatia in June 2011 with a VW Passat 1.6 TDI. The vehicle was driven until it ran out of fuel. Yes this record could be beaten: I drove a OPEL Insignia 1.5 D around Germany in October 2022 with 'less than a tank of fuel' over 1526 miles (start and finish at the same pump station in Ruesselsheim, still some reserve fuel in the tank). Both cars have a capacity of ~ 20 USG of usable fuel in their factory tanks. OPEL was not interested in a new record since they stopped production of that ultraefficient 3 Cylinder sedan this year.

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savefuel ECOKINETIC DUDE Join Date: May 2009 Location: CHAM, SWITZERLAND Posts: 14 ECO-DIESEL CABRIOLET - '99 VW GOLF CABRIOLET 1.9 TDI VSV 90 day: 71.42 mpg (US) STREETGLIDER - '10 VOLKSWAGEN POLO bluemotion 90 day: 80.03 mpg (US) Thanks: 3 Thanked 3 Times in 2 Posts	longest distance with one tank of fuel Officially (Guinness World Records) it is 1582 miles driven in Croatia in June 2011 with a VW Passat 1.6 TDI. The vehicle was driven until it ran out of fuel. Yes this record could be beaten: I drove a OPEL Insignia 1.5 D around Germany in October 2022 with 'less than a tank of fuel' over 1526 miles (start and finish at the same pump station in Ruesselsheim, still some reserve fuel in the tank). Both cars have a capacity of ~ 20 USG of usable fuel in their factory tanks. OPEL was not interested in a new record since they stopped production of that ultraefficient 3 Cylinder sedan this year.