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Old 02-11-2018, 02:01 PM   #87
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Default Re: New car for under $18k driveaway

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Originally Posted by falcon_bandit View Post
"While Kia officially claims a combined figure of 5.8L/100km, we returned an indicated figure of 7.6L/100km over 440km of mixed driving favouring urban environments."
Manufactures fuel economy figures are not achieved by them testing it in the 'real world'.

They have to do it under Australian Design Rule (ADR) 81/02... https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2012L01037

I frequently get better than what my manufacturer states.
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