Winner of the 1999 "International Engine of the Year" award in the "Best Fuel Economy / Green Engine" and "1.0-1.4 liter" categories:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Engine_of_the_Year
http://www.ukipme.com/engineoftheyear/previous04.html
Fuel tank capacity: 5.5 US gallons (21 liters), yielding a theoretical range of some 436 miles.
The all-time most fuel economic and carbon-friendly production car according to spritmonitor.de, based on real-life data submitted by everyday drivers: http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.spritmonitor.de/de/die_sparsamsten_autos.html&sl=de&tl=en and http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://www.spritmonitor.de/de/co2_emission_modelle.html&sl=de&tl=en
Remark:
* official ratings are _not_ EPA, but NEDC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_European_Driving_Cycle
* diesel price over here has hovered around 1.25 EUR/liter for the last few years, which equates very roughly to 6 USD/gallon; I won't be bothering to convert the exact cost of each fill between the 2 currencies
Build Thread:
Current Mods:
None, apart from inflating all 4 tyres (Bridgestone Ecopia B381 145/80 R14) to 44 PSI (maximum allowed as mentioned on the sidewall), whereas factory recommendation is 36 PSI front / 33 PSI rear.
Planned Mods:
Mount the original, aerodynamically friendly windshield wiper that was custom made for this type of Audi A2, replacing the current generic wiper that my latest service put on
Block heater; those winter trips are definitely hard on fuel (and your ears).
Last but not least: teach my wife how to eco-drive and pulse & glide/burn & coast. Almost all sub-70 MPG entries here are her driving
