Sentence examples for fuel consumption figures from inspiring English sources

VW warned last month that CO2 emissions and fuel consumption figures may have been rigged in 800,000 cars.

Motorists are being misled by official car fuel consumption figures and could end up paying much more to run their car than they expect, it was revealed today.

But according to the HonestJohn motoring website, where 68,000 drivers of all makes and models have posted their on-the-road fuel consumption figures, this particular model of the Golf has only managed 58.6 mpg on the road, just 66% of the figure claimed by VW.

VW last month said it suspected fuel consumption figures for CO2 had been unlawfully changed, but its investigation found the wrong CO2 figures amounted to just a "few grams" on the 36,000 vehicles affected, leading to increased fuel usage equal to 0.1 or 0.2 litres per 100 km.

Output and fuel consumption figures are forthcoming, but it's safe to expect the new model will at least match the outgoing Highlander Hybrid's 28mpg city/28mpg highway.

The GL was rated as "Europe's most economical car" according to the official EEC fuel consumption figures, bettering the previously triumphant Renault 5, but later lost the title to the Austin Metro.

Driving with the comfort of passengers in mind (i.e. as smoothly as possible!), the Audi returned its best fuel consumption figure to date (almost 47mpg!), proving that the 2.0-litre petrol engine can be frugal as well as fast.

While choosing that added versatility of 4x4 only dents the official fuel consumption figure by about 5mpg, the cost of that equipment is still too high to be a 'might as well' purchase for most buyers.

fuel consumption figure is a record that has not been achieved by any other vehicle to date," the company announced in press materials on Thursday, "showing that Volkswagen is redefining what is technically feasible in the automotive industry".

The 140 PS engine also has a cylinder deactivation system (Active Cylinder Technology in Volkswagen jargon) that means it runs on just two cylinders under a light load, helping it to a combined cycle fuel consumption figure of 58.9 mpg and emissions of 112g/km of CO2.

One of my colleagues at IBM, Jim Hafner, is co-inventor of a patent that would offer driving directions based upon fuel consumption, figuring out the most economical routes based upon traffic and terrain.