What sort of economy would you get from one of these in ute form with a manual gearbox! How much would its usage go up towing a trailer! Thanks
monaro17,
Aug 14, 10:47pm
As with most aussie sixes you can expect a realistic 11-13L/100km town running and 7-9L/100km highway. As for the towing figure, what weight is the trailer!
jasoo,
Aug 14, 10:56pm
Approx 600kg loaded.
monaro17,
Aug 14, 10:59pm
Oh ok that's not too heavy- probably around 12L/100km on the highway. My v6 ve commodore does 17-18L/100km towing 1800kg
chris_051,
Aug 14, 11:02pm
My old xr6 manual ute would do 8.5 highway and about 11 around town, great utes one of the best cars I've owned.
hamishcookie,
Aug 14, 11:05pm
My EF auto sedan used to get low 9's on long trips, towed a tandem car trailer from Te Aroha to Auckland and averaged 9.7 according to trip computer loaded my brothers commie on and drove back to Otorohanga at a reasonable pace and averaged 13.7. was a Ghia and had lower ratio diff in it used to sit at 2000rpm at 100kph
smac,
Aug 14, 11:14pm
Towed a 500kg trailer (empty) with a BA XR6 auto - was sitting on 12.5l/100 on the open road. As above should be under 10 otherwise. Economy certainly does take a hit towing.
twink19,
Aug 15, 4:47am
my old AU tow car, uses 10.5 lt / 100 towing car, about 1100 kg.
monaro17,
Aug 15, 11:00pm
It also depends on the physical proportions of the towed vehicle. If you tow a boat you would use less fuel than if you were towing a caravan. Its said that towing a 2000kg boat is like towing a 1500kg caravan because a boat is more aerodynamic and cuts through the wind better.
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