S60 D5 FUEL ECONOMY

[spikeymikey12000]

Hi all,

Ive just got a new job with a car allowance rather than company car and I will be doing about 20,000 business miles a year. Ive seen a low mileage S60 D5 Geartronic I like the look of but am hoping to get an idea of MPG.

Most of the driving should be motorway and just wondering what experiences you all have? Am I dreaming to hope to get mid 40's with the auto box?

Hope you can help.

Mike

[Petrolhead_Rich]

spikeymikey12000 said:

Hi all,

Ive just got a new job with a car allowance rather than company car and I will be doing about 20,000 business miles a year. Ive seen a low mileage S60 D5 Geartronic I like the look of but am hoping to get an idea of MPG.

Most of the driving should be motorway and just wondering what experiences you all have? Am I dreaming to hope to get mid 40's with the auto box?

Hope you can help.

Mike

Should be easily achievable with careful driving!

[A - W]

Whats more important the mpg or power?

If the mpg, get the D3 version assuming its nearly new.

[soprano]

Which model/engine are you looking at? I have a 2005 163bhp and OBC is showing an optimistic 55.8mpg. Brim to brim mixed driving but with motorway bias I get around 49mpg perhaps slightly more.

I suspect you may be looking at a newer model than this though? I think geartronics tend to be less frugal than manuals may be wrong on that though.

[pmjg66]

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Seight_Returns]

Easily achievable with the EuroIII D5 - probably not with the EuroIV unless you're very light footed.

Think the transition from EIII to EIV was around 2005.