"…..Then Shell undid everything when they announced the results of the open category. They made a mockery of their own challenge and insulted all participants by allowing the results to stand. The grand prize winner clocked an astonishing and unbelievable 183 km per litre of petrol. For cars under 2 litres, the top three winners managed more than 80 km per litre of petrol. There were angry rumblings amongst the participants. Shell even emailed a letter to all participants the next day trying to pacify teams. But to me, the damage was done. It was a public relations disaster…."

see their very very flawed system of measurement was as such. cars would be filled until the first click of the pump nozzle. then off they go. Then at the end of the rally when they return, they will refill the tank till the first click of the pump nozzle again.. now as all car owners know, the first click does not always mean the tank is full. It just means that the fuel didnt go down so quick and the backflow triggered the stop valve…. but that was it.. that was their measurement of fuel usage….

even those guiness record holders of fuel economy who were present there facetiously went down on their knees and did the i'm not worthy when the results were annouced….

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= RM0.0477/km

I can’ believe it. It is total bullshit. Even my car running on NGV can’t get this figure.

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If we refer to the conversion table:
1 UK gallon = 4.54609 Litres
or 1 Litre = 0.21997 UK gallon
also,
1 mile = 1.609344 KM
or 1 KM = 0.62137 mile

This was how the figures were derived.
For the fun of it, you could try it yourself.

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kasey: 56.5831km/L is 133.09mpg
35mpg is 14.88km/L
45mpg is 19.13km/L

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besides, its not about which car sux or otherwise. i personally believe nissan cars have good fuel consumption, but the figures shown here are pretty hard to swallow.

be realistic, and try to imagine doing the same thing yourself, then you will understand why the disbelief. 159MPG is crazy numbers. look below please.

Peugeot 308 sets world records for fuel consumption!
http://motortorque.askaprice.com/news/auto-0805/peugeot-308-sets-world-records-for-fuel-consumption.asp

The Peugeot 308 HDi 110 has secured a place in the 2009 Guinness Book of Records after setting two new world records for fuel consumption.

Husband and wife team John and Helen Taylor drove a completely(sic) Peugeot 308 HDi 110 hatchback on a 25-day, 9,000-mile journey around the coast of Australia, recording 1192 miles on just 60 litres of diesel fuel and an average fuel consumption of 90.75 mpg.

The Peugeot 308 HDi 110 hatchback now holds the world record for both the highest average fuel consumption on a journey, and the record for the furthest distance travelled on a full tank of fuel.

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i believe all the figures except for the best grand livina.

but, you may not believe it the grand livina weighs about the same as latio. 1.2 tonnes. thats why figures are similar.

but still good proof to dis-believers that claim nissan cars sucks.

better than rip off altis anytime!

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That’s really hard to believe. Even kancils have difficulty getting that figure.

My personal record in a 1.5L CVT Jazz was 4.2L/100km or 23.8km/L … And that was driving on a highway back from the airport at a constant 70km/h @ 1300-1500rpm. No traffic at all as it was 2′ish in the morning. It was autumn so the aircond was off as well.

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i thought my 22cents/km of city drive is already admirable, but apparently not!

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having a bigger engine usually means its having a better torque at its peak torque… and also higher speed at the same rpm with the smaller engine… smaller engine might consume less liters per second (good for traffic jams), bigger engines consume more liters per second but make up for it by a higher speed at the peak torque and it means u can reach the destination faster (good for highways generally)…

correct me if i am wrong.. but thats how i train myself to drive economically when i am sane (or fuel warning lamp blinking)… well, when i am insane, then its another story

btw, back to competition topic:
1. I think they drive within peak torque…
2. I think they throw the 3rd row seats, spare tyre, off air-cond, close window, fold the side mirrors and remove unnecessary items/accesories like windor visor, , change tyre toolkit, first aid kit etc…
3. Might have switched off engine (not so sure becoz when u startup the engine again, it will consume more fuel to crank it up)

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I wholeheartedly agree. Small cars with small engines are not necessarily fuel savers like most people believe or claim, for highway and/or traffic use.

People must learn to grasp the concept of choosing the right car for the right driving purposes. Bigger engines do not necessarily equal heavier petrol consumption. Most of it also depends on a person’s discipline of foot/pedal control.

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toyota prius, possibly the best hybrid on the market currently(2 times the price of this livina).. does about 65MPG, which is about 104.6km per 4.54 litres. on the same amount of fuel, the livina will do 254.6km for 4.54litres of fuel.

the best “eco diesel” on the market in europe today, a 1.4tdi from SEAT does about 70MPG… which is about 112km for 4.54 litres of diesel.

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Wow…cannot believe la. Maybe they dropped by Tanjong Malim and fill up RM30 bucks petrol but with the intention to buy Yik Mun paus…..

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