Thread: Petrol v diesel economy

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

Yes and yes maybe.
Old autos were shit house to drive and shit house for economy.
New autos have lots of gears and lock up in every gear and in theroy could be more efficient than a manual.
However in theroy there is no difference between theroy and practice but in practice there is always difference to theroy

Yeah, my 3.6l Outback with the lineartronic CVT, gets around 8 to 8.5l/100kms on the open road.
Sits at around 1700rpm and just runs on the torque.

Gets a bit thirsty around town (especially when enjoying the acceleration 221kws gives you)but combined I average around 10, really impressed with it for a bigger displacement engine.

Must say too, the new generation of CVT are a MASSIVE improvement in the early ones with chains driving the coupling rather than a rubber belt.
I was always wary of them after the early ones but this Subaru one is fantastic to drive and very reliable.



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