New V40 D2 - Real Life MPG

[kloeffon]

Hi guys,

Anyone got experience of mpg in the real world for a D2 V40? I'm tempted for the next company car, but as it's sub-1600cc business miles get reimbursed at a lower rate... just want to make sure I'm not going to loose money trolling up and down the motorway...!

[SiDon]

Hi. I have the D2 in my V60. I get 48-49 mpg driving a mix of urban and motorways using a fairly heavy right foot (eg 80mph on motorways) and with the Drive button turned off to improve performance slightly. On a run, driven carefully, I can get 60mpg but it's not much fun!

Your V40 is a lighter car so expect slightly better figures.

[kloeffon]

Thanks for that. I've currently got a 2.0TDI A3 and get around the offical urban figure on a heavy-footed commute and the combined on a long run (with some 50mph average speed camera roadworks to help).

On the D2 V40 even the urban figure's >70mpg so I'm a bit sceptical until proved otherwise... that's a big number!!

[GreatGranny]

Just to compare I get 53 from my 59 reg S40 DRIVe. Official combined is 72 mpg.

Thats 75% A road 25% dual carriageway.

No doubt with moe motorway driving it will do 60.

[5harp3y]

I've just taken delivery of my V40 D2 SE

Done 700 miles in a week and have averaged 58.8 mpg with a mix of motorway and around town according to the car.

Very impressed, miles better than the 2010 Seat Leon FR (2.0 TDI) it replaced.

[kloeffon]

Cheers all, went for the new A3 2.0TDI in the end (more power, more torque, more economy than I get at the moment, and more headroom than the V40 - I'm 6'5"!). Not as exciting inside though... maybe I'll be able to return to wafting around in a Volvo next time (which might be estate time :-D ).

[5harp3y]

kloeffon said:

Cheers all, went for the new A3 2.0TDI in the end (more power, more torque, more economy than I get at the moment, and more headroom than the V40 - I'm 6'5"!). Not as exciting inside though... maybe I'll be able to return to wafting around in a Volvo next time (which might be estate time :-D ).

at 6.5 you would struggle in the V40 ... best mate is same height and even with the seat on the floor his head skims the roof lining.