Fuel economy stats source

smac, Mar 10, 6:09am
Anyone got a better source for fuel use on 2nd hand cars than the NZ fuelsaver/rightcar combo! They state the economy on a 4 and 5 speed auto 2.3l mazda6 are the same.makes me doubt it. Or maybe the impact of that extra gear isn't as much as I thought!

jasongroves, Mar 10, 6:17am
Maybe join an online forum and speak to some actual owners!
Ive found the rightcar and manufacturers specs to be fairly optimistic compared to real world figures.

smac, Mar 10, 6:47am
Well fuelsaver/rightcar cite the manufacturers as the source.so in the case I mention above I'm wondering if perhaps they are not correctly identifying models they want the info for. i.e. just because their site mentions the number of gears, does that mean the info they sourced from mazda was for the 4 and 5 speed models!

patxyz, Mar 10, 6:51am

ashwattau, Mar 10, 6:55am

smac, Mar 10, 7:15am
Thaaaaaat's more like it. Thanks for those. The first one gives the 4 speed 9.6 and the 5 speed 8.9 whereas fuelsaver gives both 8.9. Backs up what I thought that their info isn't fine enough.

moosie_21, Jul 6, 2:19am
www.cars-directory.net

Great source for second-hand car information!