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Update: VW Passat TDI
June 14, 2012
I’M GOING TO get straight to the point here. Five-point-seven litres per hundred kilometres. That’s right, if last month’s average fuel economy figure of 6.34ℓ/100km didn’t already relieve my pocket from the absolute disaster of the Volvo V60’s 14.1ℓ/100km, then the average figure I recorded after a typical trip around town in my 1.6 tonne Passat … well I just don’t know. It absolutely boggles my mind in the most fantastic way. It’s this kind of unprecedented economy that awarded its predecessor with a Guinness World Record.
You must understand that these are not economy runs, rather the erratic errand-running of a bona fide family man that regularly includes trips to the office, shops, schools, wherever the road takes me really, and it takes me plenty, more often than not at a fair pace. You’ll almost always find Sauerkraut loaded up with five occupants traversing the busy highways and byways and navigating the congested parking lots of shopping centres and such. You won’t, however, find me at the pumps too often courtesy of a 70-litre fuel tank.
Once a year, I take my long-term test car on a pilgrimage to the topCar Gauteng Motor Show in Centurion to see how it holds up over the 1540km journey and I reckon the Passat has what it takes to beat the 6.7ℓ/100km average recorded by the 2.0 turbodiesel Citroën C5 I drove last year. In fact, I reckon I can get it right down to five. Watch this space.
In other news, I do miss some of the extras the Citroën carried. No, not frivolous luxuries like massaging seats, but just a leather seat upgrade for easy wiping, and Bluetooth sync for my phone, tablet and media players. Responsible dad is also geek dad.
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