General Grande punto sporting M-jet 1.9 mpg economy

[Robert1031]

Hi,

Recently bought GPS M-jet 1.9 and am rather disappointed with its economy as i travel long distances to work and wanted a car which was fairly fast and economical. No matter how careful i drive i cant get much above 40 despite combined cycle figures stating 50. It has also recently been remapped this has helped by 1 or 2 mpg but is still poor. Was wondering what other people mpg was? Diesel only please!! Cheers Rob

 

[Shropshire_lad]

I'm not so sure remapping makes much difference.... It will certainly make your trip computer inaccurate, mine reads upto a couple of mpg too generous now.

I can get upto 50mpg on good runs (25 mile plus) and around 40-45 on my daily commute (around 8 miles each way).

 

[Ffoxy]

Red Dot re-mapped at 32,000 miles, now 42,000 miles clocked.

Trip B has never been re-set and overall MPG since I had the car (40,000 miles) is 45.8 Mpg, thats all and every trip, short and long.

Motorway trips I get 52 - 55 Mpg depending on the trip, conditions (weather and traffic) and how much I press on. I dont race around or boot it everywhere, I just drive it how I need or want to.

Very pleased with the car, does all I ask of it.

 

[wellfan]

Hi,

Recently bought GPS M-jet 1.9 and am rather disappointed with its economy as i travel long distances to work and wanted a car which was fairly fast and economical. No matter how careful i drive i cant get much above 40 despite combined cycle figures stating 50. It has also recently been remapped this has helped by 1 or 2 mpg but is still poor. Was wondering what other people mpg was? Diesel only please!! Cheers Rob

Yes this is what to expect. I am on my second GPS M-jet 1.9 and I get the same consumption figures. Got maximum 38 MPG over the 2 years I owned my last GPS M-jet 1.9 . My second one is ever so slightly better. Not that great. But what I expected.
My Mk2 Golf Gti (petrol) always gave 41 MPG, went like stink, and it was 20 years old. I have also got a 1994 Pug 306 diesel, never get less than 50 MPG. Recently purchsed an 8 year old Corsa 1.7 turbo diesel some 10000 miles ago (120,000 on the clock) and I get 64 MPG (with a diesel leak).
So not a great car in terms of fuel economy. I am sure it makes up for it in other ways.

 

[wellfan]

Red Dot re-mapped at 32,000 miles, now 42,000 miles clocked.

Trip B has never been re-set and overall MPG since I had the car (40,000 miles) is 45.8 Mpg, thats all and every trip, short and long.

Motorway trips I get 52 - 55 Mpg depending on the trip, conditions (weather and traffic) and how much I press on. I dont race around or boot it everywhere, I just drive it how I need or want to.

Very pleased with the car, does all I ask of it.

Ffoxy, my daily commute is a round trip of some 60 miles, mostly motorway. I have never got anywhere near your figures in either of my Multijets. 42 MPG has been my absolute max. No matter how I drive, the figures are pretty much the same.

 

[Ffoxy]

Yes this is what to expect. I am on my second GPS M-jet 1.9 and I get the same consumption figures. Got maximum 38 MPG over the 2 years I owned my last GPS M-jet 1.9 . My second one is ever so slightly better. Not that great. But what I expected.
My Mk2 Golf Gti (petrol) always gave 41 MPG, went like stink, and it was 20 years old. I have also got a 1994 Pug 306 diesel, never get less than 50 MPG. Recently purchsed an 8 year old Corsa 1.7 turbo diesel some 10000 miles ago (120,000 on the clock) and I get 64 MPG (with a diesel leak).
So not a great car in terms of fuel economy. I am sure it makes up for it in other ways.

Nah.... just wrong IMO. You just dont drive properly or the roads by you are not great for economical driving.

 

[Ffoxy]

Ffoxy, my daily commute is a round trip of some 60 miles, mostly motorway. I have never got anywhere near your figures in either of my Multijets. 42 MPG has been my absolute max. No matter how I drive, the figures are pretty much the same.

See above, I can only suggest there is something wrong with your car Mr Wellfan. I can say my Trip comp is 1 - 2 mpg optimistic. However, doing the "full tank to full tank" method those are the figures it comes up with.

Mine is economical, nothing to gain by lying I dont have anything to do with Red Dot either, just a very satisfied customer.

 

[adamcot]

Mine is economical, nothing to gain by lying I dont have anything to do with Red Dot either, just a very satisfied customer.

Agreed I do a lot of stop-start driving, and I see 40mpg with that, if im good I get 47 mpg on the motorway

 

[wellfan]

See above, I can only suggest there is something wrong with your car Mr Wellfan. I can say my Trip comp is 1 - 2 mpg optimistic. However, doing the "full tank to full tank" method those are the figures it comes up with.

Mine is economical, nothing to gain by lying I dont have anything to do with Red Dot either, just a very satisfied customer.

Ffoxy, not sure what you are suggesting. I have not suggested you have been lying. Think there may have been a mix up in posts. If you read my posts again I am sure there will be no ambiguity about my comments.

 

[Ffoxy]

Ffoxy, not sure what you are suggesting. I have not suggested you have been lying. Think there may have been a mix up in posts. If you read my posts again I am sure there will be no ambiguity about my comments.

Lol no mate no worries, we just differ on our findings.

Thing is with these motors not to run at 1500 rpm or 50Mph on M/ways, they do much better when given a free reign and kept around 2,500 and 3,500 RPM. I only use 6th around 70MPH and stick to 4th gear most the time on Urban roads, using 5th on dual carriageways.

 

[wellfan]

Nah.... just wrong IMO. You just dont drive properly or the roads by you are not great for economical driving.

Just read your comment. Think you are a bit out of order. I am trying to add to this debate based on my very many years of Fiat ownership. Last 3 years as a GPS Multijet owner! I clearly stated that I do a 60 mile round trip, mostly motorway.

 

[Ffoxy]

Just read your comment. Think you are a bit out of order. I am trying to add to this debate based on my very many years of Fiat ownership. Last 3 years as a GPS Multijet owner! I clearly stated that I do a 60 mile round trip, mostly motorway.

No offence intended, just speaking as I find. Owned my MJet for 2 years now and had 3 diesel cars before this. An Escort, a Pug 406 and a Mitsi Carisma.

The Fiat is definitely the most economical, by a good stretch too.

 

[wellfan]

No offence intended, just speaking as I find. Owned my MJet for 2 years now and had 3 diesel cars before this. An Escort, a Pug 406 and a Mitsi Carisma.

The Fiat is definitely the most economical, by a good stretch too.

Then think we will have to agree to differ. My GPS is without doubt the
least fuel efficient car I have owned in the past 10 or so years. Certainly tries to make up for it it many other ways. However, I would have to say that overall it really has been a bit of a disappointment.
Anyway, so what. This site is all about the lived experience of owning a Fiat. My experience has tended to be pretty poor. Others, including you, have been more fortunate.
Life is way too short to get overly concerned about cars!

 

[Ffoxy]

Then think we will have to agree to differ. My GPS is without doubt the
least fuel efficient car I have owned in the past 10 or so years. Certainly tries to make up for it it many other ways. However, I would have to say that overall it really has been a bit of a disappointment.
Anyway, so what. This site is all about the lived experience of owning a Fiat. My experience has tended to be pretty poor. Others, including you, have been more fortunate.
Life is way too short to get overly concerned about cars!

I agree actually, bought this GPS after Mrs Ffoxy had her 1.2 Stilo for 3 years... thats been good too, just the airbag and front spring issues but its never broken down despite her mechanical ignorance and complete lack of empathy lol!

 

[Shropshire_lad]

I clearly stated that I do a 60 mile round trip, mostly motorway.

Gotta agree with Ffoxy on economy, although the GPS isn't the most econimical diesel, if I drive like my dad I can easily get over 50mpg on a good run.

@ Wellfan...I really can't understand how you can't get 50 mpg on a 60 mile motorway run if the traffic is flowing ok... Maybe remaps do make a big difference...had mine done at 1500miles so I can't really compare it to standard.

I tried the on/off economy driving approach a while back and even manage to average over 45mpg on my commutes to work and back. P1ss boring way of driving though.

 

[jmcand]

I do regular commutes from sheffield to Leicester and sheffield to leeds every week and i never see bellow 57mpg. Off £20 of diesel i got 240 miles this week which has improved considerably since the weather has warmed up!

I thing the differences in mpg is down to driving style, i stick at 70-75mph and don't really go above.
I try and stay in one lane rather than constantly swapping lanes and changing speed like i see a lot of people doing these days on the motorway as 70mph just isn't fast enough for most people.

When i remove my chip the fuel economy drops to around 53mpg because i find i have to press the throtle further to find the power.

 

[Whintersby]

I get an average of 38mpg, - but I'm not complaining as my driving style certainly isn't economical. To be honest, I think I'd struggle to get it below this as a continuous average...

 

[1.8Stilo]

the most ive seen is 55mpg on the clock on a long journey to germany!

but i get the same sort of mpg return as foxy and shropshire lad

 

[Jimrod]

Would any of this be greatly affected by how then engine is initially run in? In the couple of days I've had mine I'm seeing about 41-42mpg in mixed (though not heavy traffic) conditions. The car was registered in London, and serviced there since July '06 - in that time it's covered 17k, quite a bit below average for nearly 3 years use so I can only presume it's done a lot of busy commuting! I'd guess a lack of good long runs may be detrimental to an engine? All my daily runs are 25mins with 15 on a dual-carriageway at about 80mph (err, I mean 70 officer ) so it least it will get the chance to breath a bit now!

 

[Mattyk]

mine lately is glued to 38mpg, I cannot get it over that, I always used to get it above 50 If I tried, as per this picture, that was on a 75 mile trip, the car has done a good more miles than when I took that, im on 44k now, I reckon the EGR needs a clean