A sports motorcycle of 600cc and upwards will deal to most cars. I had an Evo 10 that used more gas than my V8 BMW, so economy and performance dont neccesarily go together. having said that, my mate has a Golf R with a stage two tune that had similar performance to the Evo, but was a lot less thirsty,and quite economical in daily use. The brakes werent as good as the Mitsi though.
mals69,
Oct 5, 10:25am
True, shame Tesla S so expensive.
What exists that gives good pin you in your seats torque but resonable economy, guess got to go down the diesel route ?
Petrol car that does 10L/100 KM on open road could live with.
"What's the biggest bang per litre of fuel" ?
morrisman1,
Oct 5, 10:35am
Are you mainly open road or around town?
mals69,
Oct 5, 10:36am
True, got two bikes that deal to most cars.
Evo and WRX I drove loved the gas.
See 2013 - 2014 V8 mustang can get 26 mpg on open road, not bad.
mals69,
Oct 5, 10:37am
Bit of both really, but have other vehicles for around town use if need be.
purple666,
Oct 5, 10:47am
Oxymoron?
afer_daily,
Oct 5, 11:48am
Dacia Sandero ?
trouser,
Oct 5, 11:57am
Bmw 123d is bloody rapid when moving. 335d is just quick everywhere.
ema1,
Oct 5, 12:31pm
Public transport. you pay for the ticket. that's it !
mals69,
Oct 5, 1:07pm
Nice - any particular years ?
bill-robinson,
Oct 5, 2:26pm
performance, looks, economy, choose any 2. those are your picks
sw20,
Oct 5, 2:41pm
I was always told it was fast, cheap, reliable. Pick two.
socram,
Oct 5, 2:58pm
Looks is very subjective. Two seats, or five seats?
Legal performance (ie only up to 110kph) or real grunt?
Our round town figure as at Friday night was 8.9L/100. By the time I'd done two runs to Hampton Downs and back, where at least the auto can get into 8th, 7.5L/1000.
stevo2,
Oct 5, 3:03pm
MX5, affordable and reliable as well
trouser,
Oct 5, 4:39pm
I cant give any advice on years but do know that the rolling acceleration on a 123d is quite noteworthy. Pretty much any bmw diesel that has a number above 20d is rapid.
cjohnw,
Oct 5, 4:43pm
Wow! Real economy there! Lol
thejazzpianoma,
Oct 5, 5:01pm
Golf GTI and Alfa MIto. Mito's are actually becoming exceptionally good value now. Get the multiair version (which are the later cars. starting 2011ish?)
karlp2,
Oct 5, 5:26pm
My FG XR6 turbo when it was stock was averaging 10.7L p/100 km for combined city/motorway driving. On runs to Hamilton I could consistently get it down to 9.1 - most big 4 cylinder cars aren't achieving this. Stock they get to 100 in 5.1 seconds. Not every ones choice of car but reasonable fuel consumption for a car that car achieve this level of performance.
socram,
Oct 5, 6:26pm
Ah, but that is a Range Rover Evoque, diesel 4WD, not a little buzz box!
snoopy221,
Oct 5, 6:28pm
7.5L/1000.
MMMMM?
snoopy221,
Oct 5, 6:29pm
Range Rover Evoque, diesel 4WD
Go on tell us it is the really unique Type O lol
lookoutas,
Oct 5, 6:52pm
Not picking on you mals, we're in the same camp. But that Mustang computer will be calculating in US gallons.
Bought an RX Subaru off a guy once, and while we were talking some time later he asked me how it was on fuel. I told him it liked it, and he said. "User pays"
He was dead right.
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