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Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by chrismorgan on Saturday November 21, 2020 @04:20PM (#25172852)
It seems insane to me as well. My 2010 Mazda 3, used almost entirely on country driving with an average speed of 81km/h since I got it, sits at an average of 5.2L/100km. I recall figures from a couple of family members with similar or slightly larger cars on mostly Melbourne suburban driving, and they’re something like 8–9L/100km. My parents’ Nissan Elgrand (2007 I think?) hit something like 13–15L/100km before it got switched to LPG, if I recall correctly, and it was acknowledged to be a huge fuel guzzler (so they got rid of it once enough of their children had left home that they didn’t need it), far more than the smaller-and-lighter-but-same-seat-count ’86 Tarago had been.
Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by CountHackulus on Saturday November 21, 2020 @08:30PM (#25174102)
Just to add another data point, I had a 2005 Mazda 6 V6 Wagon and I tracked the fuel usage for an entire year. Ended up a 10.2L/100km. Something I found was horrendous compared to my friends' Corollas and Civics.
Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by dzhiurgis on Sunday November 22, 2020 @12:52AM (#25175261)
Mazda Cx7 here. 10l/100km highway, 12l city. Pretty in efficient older Mazdas. That said much larger cx9 with 3.7l engine uses same.
Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by sjwright on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:59PM (#25173662)
Back in 2010 both me and my parents owned Mazda 3 (model year 2009) cars. They live in the suburbs with no traffic lights for a kilometre in every direction. I lived in an inner city (CBD fringe) apartment. Their car consistently reported 7.1 L/100km average whereas mine consistently reported 12.5 L/100km average. Both would get the same ~6.5 on highway driving.

Point is, road conditions and driving style affect fuel economy far more than the marginal difference between vehicles of a similar size class.

Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by rbg246 on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:12PM (#25173451)
Can confirm I do 8-9l per 100km in Melbourne with my Toyota Corolla.

But when Im in traffic in the morning the number of 'consumer' (non work purpose) SUV / 4WDs is fairly significant and they would all be doing at least the average.

Re:Victoria follows South Australia and imposes electric car... by chrismorgan on Sunday November 22, 2020 @04:29AM (#25176150)
(It occurs to me now, hours later, that I completely forgot to mention that my Mazda 3 is a diesel.)