KIA Rio - 88mpg!
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Only on a motorway.... At 50mph....going slightly downhill.....with a tailwind.
It does look quite cool though for a cheap Korean ****box.
It does look quite cool though for a cheap Korean ****box.
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We had the 1.4-litre petrol version in last week. Despite the fact that it's smaller I'd have one over an equivalent Astra any day of the week. I guess the Corsa is more of its logical competitor but the Astra was the first thing that sprung to mind. Probably because I got out of one 
Very good bit of kit, in a lot of respects. Only thing I didn't like was a odd feeling deadzone when the steering was dead ahead and the lack of steering feel. There were a few minor trim buzzes as well but then I doubt it's had an easy life. I'd like more kit too but then it was the entry-level model.
I suspect in reality you'd probably see more like 65, 70mpg on average.
Very good bit of kit, in a lot of respects. Only thing I didn't like was a odd feeling deadzone when the steering was dead ahead and the lack of steering feel. There were a few minor trim buzzes as well but then I doubt it's had an easy life. I'd like more kit too but then it was the entry-level model.
I suspect in reality you'd probably see more like 65, 70mpg on average.
Still, no doubt it's the "in gear" performance that counts, and it's sure to offer "effortless" overtaking. Or not.
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wow, shock as a low power, lightish weight diesel returns good mpg even if this is 50-88mpg in real world.
but 11k man for a small super mini...to be lapped up by all the "making massive cost savings by buying a new car brigade" never mind it has just cost them 9k or so to change.
buy a 4k fiesta 1.2 petrol with 25k miles on the clock and you would never be worse off.
this will be an economic bargain in 3-5 years though when they are going used with 10k on the clock for 2-3k after the older person has traded it in having tootled to the shop once per week, safe in the knowledge it has cost them £0.90 per trip or more like ~ £90 per trip if they took full costs into acount
but 11k man for a small super mini...to be lapped up by all the "making massive cost savings by buying a new car brigade" never mind it has just cost them 9k or so to change.
buy a 4k fiesta 1.2 petrol with 25k miles on the clock and you would never be worse off.
this will be an economic bargain in 3-5 years though when they are going used with 10k on the clock for 2-3k after the older person has traded it in having tootled to the shop once per week, safe in the knowledge it has cost them £0.90 per trip or more like ~ £90 per trip if they took full costs into acount
These types of cars don't make sense. Whilst it might do 88MPG, high MPG starts to make sense the more miles you do, but who is going to want to do lots of miles in that. I wouldn't want to cover 12,000 miles a year or more in an underpowered supermini.
Also, new cars depreciate so much that fuel costs are far less significant. Therefore green mobiles usually make sense for company car drivers due to depreciation being taken out of the equation. Who is going to have one of those as a company car?
I just don't get where it fits in the marketplace. Saying that, if it does consistently get 88MPG, it's quite a feat. It's also a decent looking car.
Also, new cars depreciate so much that fuel costs are far less significant. Therefore green mobiles usually make sense for company car drivers due to depreciation being taken out of the equation. Who is going to have one of those as a company car?
I just don't get where it fits in the marketplace. Saying that, if it does consistently get 88MPG, it's quite a feat. It's also a decent looking car.
I bet the car manufacturers love using MPG in the US and UK. If you give the same figure in l/100km it all sounds way less significant.
In tracking my own fuel consumption I tend to use litres per hundred miles as I actually buy petrol and navigate / drive thinking in those units.
In tracking my own fuel consumption I tend to use litres per hundred miles as I actually buy petrol and navigate / drive thinking in those units.
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Why?
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The Audi A2 and Lupo '3L' variant also did.
To be fair the Rio is conforming to EU5 emission standard, calibrations and parts to clean up emission are at a sacrifice to outright efficiency.
How much faster IS a Ferrari at 70 mph compared to the KIA at 70 mph
