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[sussex]

After 2,000 miles in my ZS I get 42.5-43.5 driving it relatively hard and 45/46 normally and up to 50 if I drive like a saint

[Chris Ecc]

I'm getting about 42MPG now, which im happy with, if i drive really slowly and eco-friendly I can get about 47

[TitaniumBeard]

I'm getting about 42MPG now, which im happy with, if i drive really slowly and eco-friendly I can get about 47

good, to be honest after reading this thread i was worried that the MPG of the fiesta would be poor, but im actually very happy with it!
either way its a massive change from my old Mercedes S280, that got an average of 16MPG!

[Josh_89]

lowest ive got mine was 26....... highest was 61 goin down a hill in 5th with foot on the break lol average 36 to and from work and 34 in town so not all that bad

[sussex]

average of 36? do you caine it all the time?

[Josh_89]

i work 37 miles from where i live and its a country road so get alot of trucks tractors n people that dint know the road to get past, it all depends on the traffic to be honest though some days i get upto 40!!

[Josh_89]

but i do also carry 2 other passengers and never have less than half a tank of fuel n my boot is like a jumble sale/wardrobe haha

[pouly]

titanium 1.4 5 door 4500 mls now and i get 44 to gallon normal driving to work and social

[JFD85]

I do about 450 motorway miles every weekend which gives me a return of 58.4 MPG so chuffed to pieces. Especially since my last vehicle a Land Rover Freelander 2.5 v6 averaged at 13.9MPG costing me £110 in fuel each weekend!!!!

[pkr]

59 plate tdci zetec s
just creeped over 4k miles & averaging around 54mph, if im very careful like i was when i took my girlfriend home just then i got a return of 64mpg after resetting the trip.

only had the car since tuesday and im more than happy with this return!

[irononreverse]

My mpg has been about 40 mpg with air con on so I'm pretty happy with that so far. I did get up to 57mpg on a short stretch of 50mph road...

[Josh_89]

i reset my mpg guage as it hadnt beed done since new that and i didnt know how to lol gettin about 45mpg now

[AndrewL]

I reckon we should get some kind of competition going.

My last tank was my second most successful one ever - the economy is definately improving with age! The tank was more or less exactly half motorway and half urban driving, I tried to go fairly easy on the throttle for the most part and took it easy, but still went 70 on the motorway and kept up with the traffic in other conditions. Seeing at the official average economy for the 1.6 Ti-VCT is 47.9mpg and official figures are notoriously unrepresentative I'm very happy with the cars performance.


Could've done better - had it at 47.9 at one point but it tailed off.


Approx 100 miles per tank better than my old standard.


Average speed included to put the figures into context a bit - it's easy to sit on the motorway at 60 and do 55 mpg!

Beat that mothertruckers. (Any one with a diesel may find this pretty easy)

[toneman]

The trip computer on my 1.6 TDCi Zetec S is showing 57mpg, mostly A road driving at speeds up to 60mph.

[Vix]

Had the car a week and I'm getting 41 MPG - VERY happy I do a short stint on the motorway on a morning and then dual carriageway coming home, plus a little of of town driving. Loving it!!!