General Abarth 500 Real World MPG

[306maxi]

you cannot compare a clio 200/200 cup to an A500 its in a totally differnt league, i owned a clio 200 with full cup chassis, carbon bonnet and a rear section roll cage for 7 months and on track and a fast b road there isnt much that can keep up.

my firned has an astra vxr 'ring edition and asoon as it got twisie on a road i was off, he couldnt keep up at all, with the clio its all about staying in the 5k rev band and staying on the power.

also tracked it and it was flawless

lynden

The cost of an Essesse Abarth puts it up there with a Clio though.

 

[jimbro1000]

But it isn't about price - it is about what people are happy to pay for it.

People are willing to pay more for the A500 than they are for a Clio - at least that is what Fiat are thinking. It has nothing at all to do with performance (beyond the faster Abarth being more expensive than the slower base fiat 500)

 

[iraklas]

The facts:
Abarth 500 stock
mileage 850 miles
only driven in heavy city traffic so far
average speed 11 miles per hour
driven very very easy, sport mode always off, changing gear @ 2500 rpm
MPG 29!!!
I think with my kind of driving the mpg is dreadful. There must be something wrong. What do u guys think?

 

[DraigFlag87]

Mileage 850? It's not even run in yet, give it a chance. You need to do 10 times those miles for it to be run in fully, then you will see an improvement.

 

[abarth_178]

The facts:
Abarth 500 stock
mileage 850 miles
only driven in heavy city traffic so far
average speed 11 miles per hour
driven very very easy, sport mode always off, changing gear @ 2500 rpm
MPG 29!!!
I think with my kind of driving the mpg is dreadful. There must be something wrong. What do u guys think?

It won't get run-in if you drive it like that! put your foot down.

 

[gib1970]

The facts:
Abarth 500 stock
mileage 850 miles
only driven in heavy city traffic so far
average speed 11 miles per hour
driven very very easy, sport mode always off, changing gear @ 2500 rpm
MPG 29!!!
I think with my kind of driving the mpg is dreadful. There must be something wrong. What do u guys think?

i had an abarth 500 for about 18 months and and most of my driving was in city traffic...even at the end of my ownership averaged about 28/29mpg round town. ok so i did have sport on, but your figure isnt too far off my experience. i often averaged over 40 on longer cruises so its swings and roundabouts, but they are very poor in stop/start driving.

even my replacement car (a lotus elise with a 1.8 engine) does about 35mpg round town!

 

[iraklas]

It won't get run-in if you drive it like that! put your foot down.

I've done a couple of WOTs. I like to keep things relatively easy until 1500 miles.

 

[DraigFlag87]

Went to Bristol and back this weekend, 400 miles, 37.8 MPG for the entire trip, but 44 MPG on the way home, and i'm not the kind who hangs around either!

 

[PercyCravers]

Good evening all, i'm new. Approaching 60,000 in my A500 now and the economy is great! I get an average of 40 MPG, but I reset my trip MPG every trip (it helps me drive more efficiently)

On a 60 mile trip at the weekend I got 51.6 MPG, not exceeding 60 MPH. It's a very economical car/engine if you drive it properly.

 

[jrkitching]

Good evening all, i'm new.

Hello and welcome :wave:

 

[Funky Spike]

Holy Thread Resurrection!

Put a couple of thousand miles on my Abarth 500c and I thought I'd see what sort of MPG I could get if driven sensibly.
I covered 339 miles on a tank, a mixture of roads and speeds, no sport button usage and even got the roof down for around 100 miles.
The range counter went --- just as I pulled in to fill up and she took 33.79 litres of V Power which gave an MPG figure about the same as the indicated 45.7.
Quite happy with that but I expect I'll be back to my more normal 36ish soon enough.

Spike