MPG DIFFERENCE

mezuk04 · Post by **mezuk04** » 26 Aug 2005, 21:15

Whats the rough difference regarding the MPG between a 1.9d R-reg ZX and a 1.6 petrol R-reg Xsara mainly on motorway journeys.
Regards

mezuk04 · Post by **mezuk04** » 26 Aug 2005, 21:20

and even a 1.8 petrol xsara to

Post by **Peter.N.** » 27 Aug 2005, 00:44

I would say about 30 percent, or less if its a non turbo.

James.UK · Post by **James.UK** » 27 Aug 2005, 01:01

Hmm Well I think a ZX 1.9D should do about 55-60 mpg.. But have no idea about the petrol egined cars..
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Simon Canfer · Post by **Simon Canfer** » 27 Aug 2005, 01:58

You'll struggle to get 40mpg from the xsara, ZX D should do 50+mpg.
Simon

James.UK · Post by **James.UK** » 27 Aug 2005, 20:14

Simon? I get 40ish mpg on ave, and have had 55 mpg from my ZX 1.9D on motorway runs and it's an automatic.. My ZX would average a lot higher if it was able to get into top gear round town, but it doesn't change up into 4th gear under 40 mph.. Hence the low average. Based on that, I expected the manuals to do quite a lot better, i.e. 55 ish at least.
I am surprised that the Xsara is so heavy on fuel, being ugly is bad enough (Xsara Picwhatsit) [8)] without being thirsty as well!! [:D] lol..

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 28 Aug 2005, 00:17

My Xantia TD gets 48mpg, the non-turbo engine is more economical than the turbo diesel and a ZX is lighter than the Xantia so I'd expect the ZX to be getting mid 50s mpg. The Xsara I'd expect to give about 40mpg.

mezuk04 · Post by **mezuk04** » 28 Aug 2005, 05:03

Why would a diesel Xsara get such a poor MPG???

jeremy · Post by **jeremy** » 28 Aug 2005, 13:21

Xara diesel will probaly do about 50 - HDi may do more but the subject here is a petrol xara and I would have thought 40 was about right.
jeremy

Kowalski · Post by **Kowalski** » 28 Aug 2005, 19:21

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Why would a diesel Xsara get such a poor MPG???
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I'd expect a Xsara diesel to get better mpg than a ZX diesel (the Xsara comes with the HDI where as the ZX has the 1.9 XUD) but the original post was a petrol Xsara vs a diesel ZX.