Thread: Petrol v diesel economy

Originally Posted by Spudattack

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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Dunno about rubber belts, last one I saw in pieces had a nifty linked - well, I guess it's a belt but made of steel sections that are locked together. Absolutely zero stretch in the thing, really quite interesting to look at the guts of them as the two pulleys are like collets basically, one goes out as the other retracts in so not a lot of movement makes a huge difference in torque and rpm. The other really interesting thing is the power of the springs in the pulleys, whip your thumb off if you get it in the wrong hole!