General New Bravo 1.9 Mjet 120 8 valve Fuel Consumption

[moonman5]

Hi All,

I own 2007 a Fiat Bravo 1.9, 8 valve mjet diesel,

I have only owned the car for about two weeks,

Can anyone give me any idea of what I should expect from the fuel consumption?

When I select the setting for displaying the fuel consumption I never seem to get above 44 mpg?

I have to admit I have not done a really long run in the car, but today I travelled up and down the A27 (10miles there 10 miles back) and I still only got to 44 mpg?

I love the car, but think I should be getting more mpg!

 

[neilshep]

All depends how you drive it. I've got the same engine, and I get about 48mpg overall, that's 15500 miles in 18 months. The best I get from a tank is about 50mpg, and the worst about 46mpg, loaded with a roof box! Worse in winter than summer. You need to calculate from the actual miles you get out of a fill up to be accurate. Don't rely on the trip computer to be accurate.

 

[JFL]

if my 150 drops below 48mpg average i get worried.... and that sometimes includes short trips of a few miles... as well as my commute of 10 miles to work.. and then from work... and then motorway trips... i usually see around 50ish plus...

and this is from a 150 and i dont drive like driving mrs daisy

 

[Rothy]

Hi I have a 57 plate 120 multijet with 41000 on the clock. Mine averages around 47 mpg and thats with mainly dual carriageway driving although I do put my foot down.

 

[flyingscot]

I have the 1.6l 120 Multijet and get an average of about 45mpg.

Cold weather and my commute which is includes a 5 min traffic jam and urban traffic for 2 miles then uphill on a motorway/duel carriageway for 15 miles all the way in the morning doesn't help, and drags me down to 40mpg-ish, but I get the 50-55mpg on the way back down, if I stick to below 60mph I can get up to 60mpg.

Stated economy is usually worse in real life. My previous diesel got 50mpg average and was smaller and less powerful- needless to say it should have been nearer 60mpg too.

According to eco:drive which does include my short runs and snow travel this year I get 45.0mpg since 11 December. If you isolate my 50mile runs to Edinburgh it jumps to an average of 60mpg, even with other journeys around it.

 

[moonman5]

Hi, Thanks to all of you that replied to my question, very helpfull!!

On a continuing subject, I still cant get much more than 42 mpg?
The car has 17" alloys would this make a difference?

I dont drive the car hard, but I do feel like some of you have said the cold
weather could be playing a part,

Is it worth re-setting the trip computer? I had this with a Renault Megane I had a new battery fitted, this zero,d the trip computer and after that I got better fuel economy readings?

I still need to do a good run in the car to get the best readings.
I am now trying the "eco drive" to see if this shows better results.

Once again Thanks for your replys,