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bornwild
30th March 2007, 11:15 AM
"...After a week of urban driving (government ministers catch planes on intra-city trips, so open-road figures are irrelevant) the V6 had consumed an average of 19.25 litres per 100km...."

It is all city driving, but that is appaling consumption even for city driving...yet they say it's better than a BMW 5-series.

EDIT: sorry forgot the link, http://carsguide.news.com.au/story/0,20384,21462318-5003140,00.html
InsaneAsylum
30th March 2007, 11:21 AM
that's hard to imagine for the late model commodores.... could be something wrong with the trip computer?

what model commodore by the way?
xplosv57
30th March 2007, 11:25 AM
Yeah definetely something wrong, unless the foot was buried on the gas the whole trip!!! V6 commdores usually do 11-12l/100km moderate driving, but ive seen them go under 10l/100km if driven well, cruising on the highway!!!

Then again if its true, shows again how much better the V8 equivalent is haha!!!!
bornwild
30th March 2007, 11:31 AM
Forgot the link, gahh
dieselhead
30th March 2007, 09:24 PM
i don't think there's anything wrong with that figure-the Statesman is a very heavy beast. if driven in a busy city like Sydney 19 l/100km is nothing amazing :)
you can try to drive as sensibly you want, when traffic is bumper to bumper fuel is burnt inefficiently...
beep beep sri
31st March 2007, 12:13 PM
around my place i get 10.5l to the 100km and the BA is ment to be thirstyer than the commy.if i give it a hard time it can go as high as 13l
dustbug
31st March 2007, 01:01 PM
Well i wouldn't be suprised.

My mum's 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee has a 4.0L inline 6. She doens't thrash the car around and the average fuel consumption for city driving is around the 22L/100 mark. The car weights 1700kg so not much more than the commodore and it includes an 4WD system too.
bornwild
31st March 2007, 01:40 PM
Well i wouldn't be suprised.

My mum's 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee has a 4.0L inline 6. She doens't thrash the car around and the average fuel consumption for city driving is around the 22L/100 mark. The car weights 1700kg so not much more than the commodore and it includes an 4WD system too.

The commodore weighs 1800kg.
MatsHolden
31st March 2007, 02:51 PM
The commodore weighs 1800kg.

Depending on model designation... Bottom line Commodore Omega weighs under 1700kg. Statesman/Caprice weighs 1800kg+.

But that consumption does seem very high. My old man's VYII SS did around 15L per 100km(at worst) in stop start city driving... sure it was lighter than the Statesman but it had a 5.7L V8...
shoey85
31st March 2007, 04:35 PM
thoes figs are shhit!, my 3.2 vectra c gets a max of 13ltrs per 100k in city driving.

hywy driving it can go to as low as 6.6ltrs per 100ks
SKM_87
1st April 2007, 12:01 PM
theres somethin defently worng with that my vx commo i had used about 12-13L drivin in melb, sydney, other places i aint that easy on the throttle. i would get 20l wen towing my trailer and this is a box trailer that is the size of a land cruiser, not the best aero dynamic aid and it weighed about 900kg with my stuff loaded in it.