Efficiency of vans?

[clv101]

Looking at any car comparison website or the manufactures sites, it's easy to see the mpg of cars and compare them. The same data doesn't seem as easy to find for vans.

The T5 is available with five different 2.0 TDI engines ranging from 84 to 180PS, with 5, 6 or 7 speed boxes, with or without 4-wheel drive and in SWB or LWB. Loads of numbers on the websites but no mpg figures!

Surely from a commercial point of view this is useful information - why isn't it provided? What kind of efficiency does a 2800 kg 2.0TDI 140PS SWB T5 return? That same engine in a 1500 kg Golf will return 70mpg on a run - what would the T5 return?

 

[clv101]

Tbh I don't think they bother listing mpg as any person with a van will include fuel expenses in the prices they quote for the job they do.

That's a very good reason to know the fuel expense. A more efficient van allows lower quotes!

 

[clv101]

Hidden away, not included in the data tables like with the VW car website site, I've found the efficiency data:
https://www.volkswagen-vans.co.uk/fleet/reduce-your-costs/fuel-efficient-vans/

So the 104PS standard Transporter is returning 37.7mpg combined, the BlueMotion version increased that to 44.8mpg. the Golf the same engine will be getting around 60mpg combined. I guess as a rule of thumb you can expect a T5 to use around 50% more fuel than a car with a similar engine. Does that sound reasonable?

 

[clv101]

http://vanfueldata.dft.gov.uk/vehicles.aspx

Brilliant, just what I was after. Thanks.

 

[clv101]

Is that on a run at the EU's NEDC test centre?

Just a 60mph trundle down a motorway... fairly easy to exceed 70mpg these days.