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Toyota Yaris, Aygo win World MPG Marathon with 80+ mpg

OK, tell me who isn't on a mileage marathon these days? We're still rocking the Audi trip, and the Peugots and the Corvette were busy in the UK with the ALD event. Meanwhile, we get a note from Toyota that their fleet has "dominated" the ALD World MPG Marathon. ToMoCo's definition of dominating is that a Yaris got the highest overall fuel economy while an Aygo got the highest mileage with a petrol engine. The numbers are pretty astounding: the Yaris, driven by Andrew Andersz and Gary Luton, got 84.66 mpg while James Sutherland and Richard ... Read more →

Peugeot 308 gets 71.92 mpg in MPG Marathon Sebastian Blanco

This past week's MPG Marathon proved once again that, with a few technical improvements and careful driving, average vehicles can get some pretty impressive mileage figures. We saw a Chevy Captiva ...

42 mpg Captiva in the MPG Marathon = green SUV Sebastian Blanco

In this week's MPG Marathon, a Chevy Captiva with seven people on board returned 42.42 mpg. GM has helpfully done the math for us: that's 14.35 percent more than the official figure (37.2 mpg) and ...

Toyota Yaris, Aygo win World MPG Marathon with 80+ mpg 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

OK, tell me who isn't on a mileage marathon these days? We're still rocking the Audi trip, and the Peugots and the Corvette were busy in the UK with the ALD event. Meanwhile, we get a note from Toyota that their fleet has "dominated" the ALD World MPG Marathon. ToMoCo's definition of dominating is ...

Peugeot 308 gets 71.92 mpg in MPG Marathon 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

This past week's MPG Marathon proved once again that, with a few technical improvements and careful driving, average vehicles can get some pretty impressive mileage figures. We saw a Chevy Captiva 1.6-litre HDi 110hp SE 308 bested its own published figures by almost 20 percent to reach 71.92 mpg. ...

42 mpg Captiva in the MPG Marathon = green SUV 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

In this week's MPG Marathon, a Chevy Captiva with seven people on board returned 42.42 mpg. GM has helpfully done the math for us: that's 14.35 percent more than the official figure (37.2 mpg) and 15.1 kg of CO2 per person over the 334-mile route. I'll do my own math to turn that into 105.7 kg over ...


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