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What economy does the V get on the EU cycle?

Discussion in 'Prius v Main Forum' started by Dolce_Vita, Jan 26, 2011.

  1. Dolce_Vita

    Dolce_Vita Member

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    Has any efficiency numbers been released on the EU test cycle? The readings on the EU cycle are usually very different to the US cycle, so i was wondering what it gets on the different test? (in Australia we use the EU test cycle as well)
     
    #1 Dolce_Vita, Jan 26, 2011
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    I have been trying to find out if the V will be officially imported to Europe to compete against the Auris hsd and the Prius. As yet I haven't heard. One dealer dropped a big hint we'll get it in about a year but that's about it.

    I'd say the V will be a little less economical than the Prius. The US mpgs for the Prius are 50 and the V is 40. I guess you could then say the Euro test cycle would be similar. The Prius gets 70 mpg on the Euro using UK gallons, so the V would probably get high 50's or low 60's which is about 4.5l/100km?
     
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    Below the line: what really matters is real life MPG. On my experiences I can say that US MPG is far more realistic than EU. Lying to yourself isn't right way to solve things (I think of EU environmental and other policies here).
     
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    Agree but real life mpg differs vastly from car to car with a lot of factors involved...in my mind official "local" figures simply allow us to compare the mpg of one car against another in vague terms...e.g "this car here is likely to be slightly more economical than that car over there" rather than "it will give me 5mpg more" etc
     
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  5. Dolce_Vita

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    In a sense yes, although the US system has it's flaws. It barely allows for any stop/start scenarios so the economy benefits of a car with a non-hybrid Stop/Start system barely register, and in Australian cities we have lots of stop start traffic so it makes sense to have a text cycle that registers systems like S/S. I view the US cycle results as worst case scenario economy, and then EU economy as best case scenario when looking at the figures of a car...
     
    #5 Dolce_Vita, Jan 26, 2011
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