Tank range

[Throttle Monkey]

What’s the realistic tank range of the A110?

[s111dpc]

I would say realistically somewhere between 350 and 400 miles depending on driving style and road type.

[xondat]

300 +/- 20 miles for myself in a stock '21 S. I've managed 340+ a few times, but those were pure UK motorway miles.

[Life110]

For a continental trip it will do a predicted 410 mile range with likely 380 miles before filling up.

On track it will do less than 100 miles.

[bcr5784]

s111dpc said:

I would say realistically somewhere between 350 and 400 miles depending on driving style and road type.

I'd go along with that on a run - but, given that your nerves might give out when you have less than a gallon in the tank, reallistically you might reduce that by 30 miles or so.

[Hoofty]

Here's some data from about 14 months of mixed road use (motorways plus being silly on fun roads) - but no track days:

Theoretical ranges (tank mpg x tank capacity):
Average: 335
Min: 258
Max: 443

And the points at which I actually filled up:
Average: 242
Min: 109 (in Scotland, stopping at every Super pump)
Max: 352

Clearly I'm a cautious sort.

Nick

[Meonstoke]

See the Alpine Road Trip thread for a summary of our recent 3 week tour which was a mix of small mountain roads and some high speed autobahn moments.

We averaged 14.8 Km per litre. 650 KM to 680KM is certainly feasible on such a trip. Not that l’d push it to the last drop. For pottering around, l assume 620KM as the approx tank range.

[Miserablegit]

I might have mentioned before but on my PE the range will drop very quickly from 85 miles to 37 to refill in the space of 10 miles on the road.

[johnnyreggae]

By extension I know its on the fuel lid but what is the fuel preference: 95 or 98 - in particular for day to day use rather than track days

[biggles330d]

I've not had mine that long and only 'extended the tank' once, but whereas in other cars the range slowly drops to 0, I found the Alpine got to 35 miles I think and then didn't drop further and just said "under 35 miles". Which I found rather less than useful. Anyone else found this?

[Miserablegit]

johnnyreggae said:

By extension I know its on the fuel lid but what is the fuel preference: 95 or 98 - in particular for day to day use rather than track days

Esso 99 as it has no ethanol in it - I “think” I can feel a difference from the diet stuff.

[bcr5784]

Miserablegit said:

Esso 99 as it has no ethanol in it - I “think” I can feel a difference from the diet stuff.

I've not used Esso Supreme+, but there is no doubt in my mind that the PE runs better on 99 octane whether it be VPower or Momentum. Pick up from low revs is noticeably better on the higher octane stuff. I'll have to give Esso a go.

[Hoofty]

biggles330d said:

I've not had mine that long and only 'extended the tank' once, but whereas in other cars the range slowly drops to 0, I found the Alpine got to 35 miles I think and then didn't drop further and just said "under 35 miles". Which I found rather less than useful. Anyone else found this?

Ha, yes - it ‘declines to comment’ under 35 miles. Bit odd as (in my experience) French manufacturers are amongst the more accurate mpg/range predictors. It’s derrière covering I suppose.

[Sporky]

From Fuelly, my Pure gas mostly done 38-40mpg, so around 330-360 miles on a full tank. Apologies for any rounding errors there.

[Pete182cup]

I think I’m at the lower end of the estimates here…I get around 250 from a tank but my driving is either rush hour commute (averaging 20mph for 40 mins) or a weekend blast.

Still waiting for the opportunity to see what I can get on a steady long run!

[LE62NDE]

Surprised/delighted/mildly amazed to have achieved 45mpg on a motorway run from Hertfordshire to Cheshire yesterday. Not sure our 1.5 litre XC40 would have done as well, and know the SL350 (which was traded for the A110) would have been in the low 30's.

[Pete182cup]

I have a 20 A110S and use it for daily commuting which is pretty heavy traffic and would say I get around 250 from a tank.

On a long run it’s more like 350. Remember the tank is only 40 litres not 50 (I think) as per most “standard” road cars so it equates to really strong mpg

[bram070]

An average of 45mpg is quite an effort. I managed to do that only once while driving mainly routes nationales from Valence to Luxembourg (400 miles), knowing that I might not be able to find any petrol in the NE part of France. Doing so really takes all the fun out of the A110 though.

After 5,000 miles in my MY22 GT I have an average fuel consumption of 37mpg, varying between 32mpg for curvy mountain roads and that 45mpg highway only.

The tank is certainly bigger than 40L, on one occasion I have managed to squeeze in 43.75L. I believe that the instruction guide says 45L, but I can imagine that it is a bit more than that. Not really wanting to test that though: the MX-5 ND's tank size is supposedly also 45L, but even after running out of fuel once, it would only fit 44.5L.

Edited by bram070 on Monday 24th October 10:53

[biggles330d]

Over the first 5000 miles mine is hovering around 40mpg average measured tank to tank. There's a lot of 'road trip' type miles in there though, almost no town nor trackday stuff.
I'd comfortably get 400 miles to a tank although tend to fill it at about 350 each time.
2021 Pure.

[LE62NDE]

This was my first long trip in the car, so I was just enjoying driving her; I wouldn't say it took the enjoyment out of the journey -if anything, it convinced me that A110 ownership could be a wise 'head' decision as well as an impulsive 'heart' one! The car is a late Legende (ie 252bhp) and is a beautifully poised cruiser: comfortable, quite quiet and with a good turn of speed 50-80 (plus!) that makes overtaking a real joy . I certainly wasn't bimbling along the inside lane at 65 mph -hence my surprise at achieving that level of economy.