Thread: Hybrid Hilux announced

Originally Posted by Buffer

So I have no dog in this fight either way, just my $0.02c... my wife's work car is a hybrid, I have a V6 petrol dual cab ute. When we drove hers 2400km across the country, we were using 5.2 litres / 100km travelled. When I did the same trip a few months later in my ute (admittedly towing a trailer), I got 20 litres / 100km.
so if my maths and memory serve, we spent $250 in fuel for her hybrid round trip vs $960 for mine. So in the short term, those savings add up.

that said, my ute is 20 years old... I doubt her hybrid will still be running in 20 years.

I hear you but 20L/ 100km is not a very good comparison. Most modern utes are between 8-9L/ 100kms. We do have RUC charges over here though which do push it up a lot.