Peugeot 308 HDi fuel efficiency record
27 Feb, 2008
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Peugeot has set an unofficial Guiness World Record for fuel economy, driving its newly released 308 HDi to victory in a 14,580km trek around Australia.
Narrowly surpassing the Hyundai i30 CRDi which previously achieved an average of 3.2-litres per 100km, John and Helen Taylor driving the Peugeot 308 HDi managed a slightly more efficient 3.13-litres per 100km across a 25 Day Round Australia Trip.
This also breaks the previous official record held by the Peugeot 307 which managed an average of 3.49-litres per 100km.
Over the 14,580km journey, the 308 HDi needed only 7.59 tanks or 453.94 litres of diesel in total, costing a mere $703.93.
Its best tank achieved 1988km from 58.98 litres, with the average falling slightly below this mark at 1919km.
The 308 was also fitted with Michelin Energy XM1+ Tyres, which offer a lower rolling resistance via innovative technology that actually reduces fuel consumption.
The specific model used in the record attempt was a 308 XS HDi manual which has an RRP of $29,990. Featuring a 1.6 litre turbo-diesel engine, it produces 80kW of power and 240Nm of torque.
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February 27th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
NO NAME touched on the unreal ability of Euro cars on economy and gotta admit he is close as spot on there.
“the aurion does 0-100 in 15.3 secs”
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
Right on Naughty Max.
Vote:VW always wanted a 3.0litre car meaning 3litres per 100k’s. that was five years or so ago. Now wee are just about there.
What did I say (which was contested by someone) the French make the best diesels!
Diesel does it again but streuth that must have been soul destroying journey.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:15 pm
Thats crazy, good on peugeot and the couple. Should drive more interest in economical cars with this acheivement!
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
Also not mentioned here is that teh couple also had to outrun the hurricane in WA, not sure if this was part of the test…
Also this couple has put in the Guiness book attempt for the 80th time.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 7:19 pm
With the money they saved on fuel they can now afford the divorce!!! LOL…14,580 k’s with the wife now that’s what i call doing hard time.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 7:22 pm
Good to see it was a married couple. They’d tune in to each other’s BO on a journey like that with the windows up.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Not agreeing with your last comment. I dont stay with my other half for BO with windows closed.
Yes Carl that would be like a sentence for life with a ball and chain on eating bread and water….doesnt get much harder then that! LOL
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 7:29 pm
This bloke’s cheesy grin is bigger than Alborz’s sitting in a Veyron!
Vote:what was the average speed and what were the tyre pressures set at?
February 27th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
hey no name,
i know you love your diesels and thought our aussie cars drink like fish but did you know that ford has put its falcon around australia for under $1000?
good work by peugeot.
i can see a few manufacturers playing this game now so they can grab the bragging rights
imagine if Alborz (sorry i mean old mate with the Alborz grin) lost 20kgs how much better they would go
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Hey Andrew M – I’m not totally of the opinion that all cars in Oz drink more than I do. I am amazed frankly at how little the Falcon uses. 10’s are pretty good really but and a big but most of them are driven in urban environments where they are not designed to be and where they are less efficient. What consumption rate do they achieve in cities, not 10’s for sure.
Vote:In the UK consumption figures are given separately for ‘urban’ ‘extra urban’ and ‘combined’. you can then judge what you should be getting more accurately. Good idea I think.
February 27th, 2008 at 8:15 pm
They’ve probably read my post. Apologies to John and Helen for a silly remark and well done for a good result, is what I MEANT to say. :)
I imagine that cruising speed was modest, tyre pressures high, air-con off and windows up. I know that windows were up for the Hyundai i30 result.
At a cruise controlled 110, my Golf indicates an average consumption of about 4.4 so theirs is a good result.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 8:20 pm
from John & Helen Taylor’s top 10 tips for Economical Driving (peugeot.com.au)
8. “Slow Down – If the cameras don’t catch you, your wallet will. Travelling at 90 kmph on the open road uses 25% less fuel than at 110 kmph in most cars.”
ok, so who wants to get in the Guinness book of records? cruise set at 80kmph… xmas here we come!
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Oh god wait till my Dad see’s this……….my next Christmas dinner is going to be un-BARE-ABLE!!!!!!!!
A PUG and DIESEL! These are few of his favourite things…..
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
^& guess what his next fav thing might be? – Pugs DieselHybrid…
Vote:but that will have to wait till next next chrisie…….haha
February 27th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
So Hans Tholstrop was not good enough for Peugeot…blast from the past there! Sure he did some stuff at Hyundai?
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Na my dads like….doesn’t care about Carbon foot prints…..
hehehe
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Hi Bav – got me going as well. Although my desires for Peugeot have somewhat wained over the last month as the almost daily occurences of faults on our elderly 99 407 continue to wind me up.
Vote:-Can’t lock it, remotes buggered as are the door locks -made of putty.
-Airbag light flashing.
-Crankshaft pulley replaced $450
-armrest broke
-radio packing up
February 27th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Hahah Falcon… fuel efficient….hahaha.
Good on Peugeot, but try and get some performance now out of that engine.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 9:17 pm
Real world performance, TP? Guess who hasn’t driven a turbo-diesel then? YOU!!!
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Havent driven…. been driven by it though. I will take petrol thanks, yes torque is nice for effortless acceleration but its the surge of power that makes driving fun.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Trouble with TP and society is: we need more power and torque when want to be tear arse quick when no AUTOBAHN here. These same people demand car makers to come up with the 6.2 litre motor TP talks about on VE to South Africa story. Obviously life is a drag strip or maybe Formula One in the fast lane for Ferrari or McLaren as cant be Toyota in F1 can it (didnt Toyota spruik long and hard at success they will have at F1)!
Iam with you Golf on your last comment!
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Til HYBRID tech improves dramatically and distances covered are greater and less downtime plugging in to AC power to top up….your dreaming at this stage TP as it still has some way to go and they will find it but it will take some serious time me thinks (maybe couple years or more)!
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
TP you prat! My coments concerning the Falcons fuel consumption were really aimed at saying how efficient it is considering its a 4.0litre car with pretty good performance. Considering a 2.5litre Mondie only does 9.2’s 10’s are good.Period!
Vote:I can’t be arsed to look at the Aurion website to get the stats what will it do? Take off the rose coloured milk bottle glasses before you quote the stats please.
February 27th, 2008 at 9:48 pm
Another reason not to buy a Toyota hybrid.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Hybrid use away from cities will be a laugh hey. Think of driving lets say 350kms at say Oodnadata and have to stop overnight to charge it up. TP will stop overnight and live the dream! YEAH I BET YOU WOULD….not
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
I’m curious now TP. What were you driven in?
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
My Golf is fun when 250Nm kicks in at 1900 rpm, TP. Is that the sort of surge you’re talking about?
Probably not. You might be talking about the surge when your Corolla vvt engine finally finds its voice at 6500 rpm, by which time you’ve used a motza of gas and have to slow down anyway.
This post is for enthusiasts who love diesels so give us a break and find another post TP.
Vote:February 27th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
You call that a “voice”?
It sounds like someone threw a grater in the cylinders at those revs.
I don’t get how Japs can make smooth engines like in a Lexus, and then make rough as guts engines like in the rolla. They sound like they’re going to explode at anything above 3500RPM.
Cheers
Vote:Stevec
February 27th, 2008 at 11:58 pm
I guess it’s hit-and-miss, SteveC. I had an early Camry as a company car. That had a 2 litre twin cam. It was a jewel until it suffered a busted head gasket at 45,000 kms like most of the others in the fleet. Quite revvy and rorty. Then they replaced it with the first of the wide-body Camrys with their 2.2 litre four. It was reliable but YUK! They always sounded like they had something loose in the engine. Very tingly and uninspiring, but at least it couldn’t be heard on overrun.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 6:34 am
These 2 are WORLD leaders in squeezing every last kay out of a litre of fuel.
I would have liked to see UNDER 3L reached, maybe next vehicle trialed, its bloody close now.
What C/A do is interview the Taylor’s and get tips on how to drive for maximum economy.
A Yaris on LPG would still cost LESS to buy and $/km if tested.
Cheers
F-0
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Yeah, but the Yaris is smaller than an LPG tank.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 8:02 am
Wonder if *special* diesel-fuel was used?
Special tyres where used &.&.&.&….
They would have done EVERY single trick in the book to get the figure down as low as possible, all *legal* of course but hardly -production- is it?
BP now have a HiPo/Premium diesel fuel for sale which *claims* to save fuel
BP – “help you get more kilometres per tankful” no actually figures mentioned, but even a 1% would have helped
The new diesel is called “BP Ultimate Diesel” kind of like what PULP is to ULP
BAD news only avail. in 40x WA servos for now……groan
Cheers
F-0
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 8:12 am
WOOPS -
BP DO indeed list the saving, its between at least 1% to a maximum of 3%.
3.13% *COULD* have been reduced [-3%] to 3.03%, NEARLY under my target of 2.9999999L/100km.
5 Things though -
1/Peugeot are now ugly [Whats with the stupid looking large front opening?].
2/They are expensive in Australia.[Buy,parts&service]
3/They stuffed up the handling/comfort equation.
4/The quality is not a patch what the ASIANS do.
5/They have *issues* and dont last like they use to.
More diesels in Asian cars and these guys are finished!
Cheers
F-0
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 8:16 am
“the aurion does 0-100 in 15.3 secs”
I don’t get it?
Isn’t that the 1/4mile time?
Aurion are the quickest to 100kmh of any aussie “NA” 6, and EASILY the best powertrain in Oz for the money.
Cheers
F-0
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 8:47 am
Frugal, you’ve previously always gone on about how efficient LPG is and better than diesel etc. This may be true to some extent in the cities, but I’d like to see a LPG car go 14000k in any direction in Australia without having to stress where to next fill up.
This is where a diesel comes into its own, diesel is sold everywhere, particularly when heading bush.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Well done Peugeot, but the real story here is HYUNDAI.
How good are they to be pipped by a few decimal points, for 10 grand less in initial outlay on the car.
Hell of a lot of driving to recoup this cost by Peugeot!
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 9:17 am
SteveV -
LPG is NOT efficent, it uses 20 – 30% more fuel than ULP, the winning-point is the low PRICE of the LPG fuel.
NOT a issue with travel, Ford already drove around Australia in a mono-fuel Falcon, using racedrivers!! for
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 9:24 am
SteveV -
LPG is NOT efficent, it uses 20 – 30% more fuel than ULP, the winning-point is the low PRICE of the LPG fuel.
NOT a issue with travel, Ford already drove around Australia in a mono-fuel Falcon, using racedrivers!! for
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 9:38 am
FO, once was enough! lol.
I realise the obvious, efficient not the right word, distance for dollars perhaps.
A LPG / diesel dual fuel is the answer at the moment, particularly in large 4wds.
East coast is fine for gas, but struggle elsewhere from my experience.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 10:29 am
If recouping $$$ is the name of the game, SteveV, then the Pug’s down the drain.
But what if it’s not about recouping $$$? My purchase wasn’t. I wanted a Golf Diesel. If you sit down with a calculator and compare this to that and so on, and realise that $$$ will only be recouped after X thousand kilometres, diesel cars wouldn’t have buyers in the first place. If you extend that logic, nothing above Toyota level would have a market, whether it was diesel or not.
So it’s not really about that. This Pug will sell on its own merit to people who want one, and there won’t be a shortage of those. I still give the i30 credit for being a good car with a great price and an undoubtedly very good engine, but that’ll sell on its own merit to different people again.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Just musing, but:
Vote:14580 km, 25 days, guess 8 hrs/day,
then ave speen is about 73 km/h.
How tedious would that be, putting along at 73 km/h for almost a month straight???
February 28th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
Wow, with admonition like that (uses 25% less fuel at 90 instead of 110) I can’t wait for my next country trip on single-lane, double-white-line roads.
Pathetic. It wouldn’t be a problem with dual-carriage ways as everyone has the option, but to clog up our roads in the interests of saving some fuel is a ridiculous suggestion to make.
Catch a train or something if you want to save on fuel on your next country trip.
Having said that, this is a great achievement for economy, but driving around with no air-con is just an exercise in “What if”, not for the real world.
But the latest range of turbo-diesels give excellent fuel economy and are rivalling hybrids. Why you’d want a hybrid when you can have one of these is anybody’s guess.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
BRET -
Yes, tedious, depends what wifey gets up to in the car :-)
Cheers
F-0
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 12:54 pm
TheOrigonalTom -
Great point!
I drive to Adelaide from Melb. a lot.Around 750km
We DON’T need people sitting on 80kmh and making a congo-line behind them, its very annoying.At least if the would MOVE the *uck over, and have the courtesy to let everyone pass…..
I get around them, the semi and double-B’S will just push them out of the way, and rightly so.
Please do the 100kmh, THAT MEANS U CARAVANERS!!![Should been in a retirment village! :-)]
Cheers
F-0
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
F-O,
Vote:Mate watch out in couple of weeks, the FAMILY caravan comes out for another run down to Mount Gambier. And no I don’t tow it at 100km/h, more like 90. What that does is allow those who want to do the “100 plus a bit” a greater speed margin to pass safely.
Retirement villiage? What, at 40?
February 28th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
I have a dedicated LPG ute and LPG fills are a lot harder to find in country areas in NSW anyway from experience.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
What a great effort by this couple (and Peugeot). Now could someone tell me why on earth you’d buy a much more expensive Prius over this?
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 9:55 pm
Something very funny happened a few years ago when Renault heard that VW was planning a 3 litre small car; they went ahead and stuffed a 3 litre V6 amidships in a Clio. It was sensational.
When VW released their 3 litre car at the same motor show, it turned out to be a 3.0litre/100 km car.
That’s a little trivia for Mr Frugal :)
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Awww Golfie – you make me laugh. Yep that Clio was a tad odd and didn’t even go that well from what I vaguely remember, and the golf clubs wouldn’t fit in the boot/trunk.
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
((“the aurion does 0-100 in 15.3 secs”
I don’t get it?
Isn’t that the 1/4mile time?
Aurion are the quickest to 100kmh of any aussie “NA” 6, and EASILY the best powertrain in Oz for the money.”))
F-O I think thats just to rev up TP a bit lol ;)
Vote:February 28th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Philip, perhaps the reduced pollution that comes out of the exhaust.
But if you looking fully on effeciency then I wouldnt see any reason that you should!
Vote:February 29th, 2008 at 12:06 am
Some of the other tricks that the Taylors use to conserve fuel:
1. Put the left wheel onto the white line on the edge of the road, as the smoother surface saves some fuel.
2. Disengage the clutch on long downhill stretches.
I tried these and a few others things that have already been mentioned like 38psi in the tyres, and I managed to get 5.2l/100km in a fully loaded Honda Jazz from Sydney to Melbourne, and I drove to the speed limit (110kph most of the way), not at 80kph.
Vote:February 29th, 2008 at 4:19 am
Good fuel economy but Pug can be problematic ..to see what I mean please check this site ..ihatemycar dot com dot au
Vote:February 29th, 2008 at 6:58 pm
No Name,
mate i agree that fuel figures should be shown separetly for urban and H’wy driving.
the only figures that split them up that i have seen is for an LPG 4sp falcon.
they give it 9L/100k on HWY and 16L/100k for city for a combined total and official figure of 15.9L/100k.
dont ask me how that works but thats what it is.
TP,
Vote:a falcon is just as fuel efficient as the smaller engined “game changing” aurion dont forget
February 29th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
“the aurion does 0-100 in 15.3 secs” – ANDREW M…what did you mean with this when you told me. Is that the quarter mile?
Vote:February 29th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
TuRD Aurion offer ends today. Apparently u get a free one if your arms aren’t dislocated after a spin around the block!
Vote:February 29th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
No bites… the Toyota Lovers must be pressing their cardigans.
Vote:February 29th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
The 308 is tagged as the gay car of the year.. Stay away hetero family types, it’s gay as gay can be!
Vote:February 29th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Gay Review you really are a ponsie slackarsed w*anker.
Vote:If you want ot contribute to this website least do something intelectual.Moron
February 29th, 2008 at 11:13 pm
Hey Gayreview most of the gays I know have got pretty good taste when it comes to cars!
Vote:March 1st, 2008 at 9:23 am
NM,
Vote:that statement was designed to “flag” TP’s attention to questions he quite easily seems to miss
March 1st, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Realcars? You drive a ute on LPG. Bogan material that is..
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