Akasha Posted September 4, 2016 Share Posted September 4, 2016 Hi all. I collected my brand new Kuga titanium 2ltr tdci just two weeks ago and so far it's chewed through £50's worth of diesel. It's only done 365 miles! The trip meter says it's averaging just 39 miles to the gallon. At this rate I may aswell of got a petrol engine! My question is - is this just 'running in' or this is what I'm to expect from this car? I've had a diesel ford before (Fusion 1.6 tdci) and always got 50-60mpg but I can't remember if it drank more fuel to begin with. I'm not a girl racer by any means and my trips out in it have varied from long journey's and the odd short trip - nothing unusual. I had a nissan Juke 1.5 diesel before this and averaged 55mpg in that. My driving style hasn't changed but what I have noticed is the accelarator pedal on the Kuga is very over sensitive. Have I saddled myself with a gas guzzler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jezza54 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 My 2009 Kuga AWD is doing around 42mpg on mixed driving - going easy on the throttle. I think your mpg will improve as the car engine "beds in" I use the Govt. urban figure as a guide - is yours 2 or 4 wheel drive, manual or auto? A 2WD powershift 2 litre diesel 148bhp has an urban figure of 46mpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexp999 Posted September 6, 2016 Share Posted September 6, 2016 45 will be the most you see from a 2.0 tdci Kuga. 39 sound about right on average. Kuga is bigger than both a Fusion and Juke, weighing around 200-300 kg more. 2.0 TDCI is also a higher performance engine than the 1.5 and 1.6 which are aimed at being more frugal. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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