Supercars like the brand-new 740HP Ferrari F12berlinetta may be what most of us dream about, but when we…touch back on Earth, we have to face the harsh realities of life.
With the current fuel prices making stopping at a gas station almost as…cheerful as a visit to the dentist, it helps if your everyday means of transportation nips rather than guzzles fuel.
UK Banzai Magazine editor Joe Clifford and journalist Andrew Biddle took a Toyota Avensis Tourer powered by a 2.0-liter D4-D diesel engine linked to a six-speed manual transmission and traveled from one end of Britain to the other.
The run from Lands End to John o’Groats via Toyota’s Burnaston UK plant, where the Avensis is made, is a 900 mile (1,448 kilometers) journey. To be more precise, the odometer read 904.9 miles (1,455.9 kilometers) at the end of the three days it took the pair to reach their destination.
Although they did make a stop at Burnaston to see how Toyota’s D-segment model is built, they made the entire trip without stopping at a gas station.
That’s right: even though the car’s trip computer indicated a 580-mile range, they managed to coax more than 900 miles out of a 60-liter tank of fuel by driving in an “eco-friendly” way. This equates to an average fuel consumption of just 3.95 lt/100 km (71.5 mpg UK or 59.5 mpg US).
“The Toyota shrugged off the mileage with ease and showed such frugality for fuel that we wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it highly,” Clifford commented.
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