Q5 V6 TDI, fuel economy?

[PLuKE]

Hi.

I am looking at purchasing 12/13 Q5 3.0 TDI V6.

I have done some searching for the fuel economy.

What are people’s experiences? Town driving and motorway trips, driven conservatory.

Thanks

[therams]

I’ve got a diesel sq5

Trip computer is showing 33.5 mpg over 3 years and 50,000 miles

[PLuKE]

Thanks.

Ok, what I guess that’s mixed driving, the 3.0 V6 has less power and one less turbo, so possibly 5-10 mpg more. It was a toss up between a 2.0 TDI and the 3.0 V6, need some economy as it will be the wife’s daily car.

Luke

[RammyMP]

I was looking at these for the wife a few years ago and the petrol looked a better option for her, it was a fair bit cheaper with similar power to the 3.0 tdi.

Got an evoque in the end with was a piece of st!

[PLuKE]

We would need a diesel, as it would be used for 15-20k per annum, I also would be using the car, and the rattley 4 pot doesn’t do anything for me to be honest. It’s the fuel cost that would be the main factor to be honest.

My F31 330d has returned great fuel economy over the past 10k, 42mpg!.

[A900ss]

I haven’t driven the car but ‘5 to 10mpg’ more than the ‘trip computer’ of a different version getting 33 looks a little optimistic to me.

Honest John says about 33MPG if I’ve got the car right.

https://www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/audi/q5-2008/...

The best one on Spritmonitor gets 34 and the worst 26. These are true brim to brims.

https://www.spritmonitor.de/en/overview/3-Audi/111...

Good luck either way.

Edited by A900ss on Sunday 9th September 09:49

[PLuKE]

Maybe I am wear rose tinted glasses.

I shall have to some more research. My pocket and head say 2.0 TDI, my heart says 3.0 TDI!

But the running costs have to come into play for us.

Many thanks

[caiss4]

Your head and heart should say 3.0 V6 petrol but I guess at 15-20k miles p,a even I'd think twice.

PS, the 3.0 TFSI is a nice place to be as proven by my wife who has increased her annual mileage from 6k to 9k since getting ours 2 years ago for no obvious reason.

[keo]

My Dad has got a 3.0tdi a4 avant. Me and my brother used it to skiing in, in Andorra. Fully loaded, 4 up and average 85ish mph in France we got average 44mpg.

I know it’s not a q5 but could be similar

[PLuKE]

Maybe I am wear rose tinted glasses.

I shall have to some more research. My pocket and head say 2.0 TDI, my heart says 3.0 TDI!

But the running costs have to come into play for us.

Many thanks

[Dr G]

I reckon you'll average around 30 and do around 40 on a run. Bit more if you're smooth, bit less if you press on or are in traffic a lot.

[ZymoTech]

If it's any help my 3.0 tdi (also an A4 Avant) produces 35-36 mpg when I'm generally pottering about or on a cross-country run. Things improve to 38-39 mpg on a good motorway run but drop below 35 when around town. These numbers aren't consumption read-outs from the trip computer but proper brimmed tank to brimmed tank calculations.

[Kell]

We've got a 2014 3.0TDi and I'm afraid I'm only going off the trip computer here - so your guess is as good as mine as to how accurate that is, but on a run I tend to get +/- 40mpg and around town around 33mpg.

It replaced a 2008 A6 3.0TDi and does seem better on fuel - particularly in town. Maybe some of that is down to the stop/start tech and maybe some is down to it being a wallowly car that I perhaps don't boot everywhere quite so much.

My only real complaint over the A6 when it comes to fuel is that the A6 had and 80 litre fuel tank and this has a 60 litre (might be 65). Definitely means more stopping off on longer journeys.