that 70mpg is “dream-world” economy. try the Honest John “real world MPG” page.
Still, it has to be better than the actual average 42mpg I got out of a 2004 320d Touring from 2005-10. Official figures were 51 on combined cycle. I know today’s engines are much more efficient than even 10 years ago but still…
my right foot is not particularly heavy but I did have to travel through Bradford in rush hour to get to/from work (still do, one day a week. ah the joys of WFH!)
anyways, I too am looking for a new car, needs to be big enough to get a 6 piece drum kit with stands, a couple of guitar amps, couple of guitars AND one or more passengers AND do more than 50 mpg. I like the shape of the small SUV/Crossovers so I’m doing some test drives at the mo. PCH or PCP
so far I’ve tried:
Mazda CX5 – nice but about £80pcm above my budget
Mitsubishi ASX – nice but luggage area not as big as CX5, quite shallow in places
Skoda Yeti – I’ll report back on that tomorrow. Thing about this one is, back seats can be removed completely, giving you a van with windows.
still to come
Ford Kuga
VW Tiguan
Hyundai iX35
BMW 3 Touring and X1/3/5 out of my price range, 1 series too small
Don’t like Audis. or their (typical) drivers.