Ford Focus v VW Golf - fuel economy

DylanII

Does anyone know what MPG would be expected out of a 2001 1.6 Focus and out of a 2005 1.9 Golf.

I have looked around online and the figures are all over the place with some claiming 29mpg for the focus and others saying 43mpg!!

Alanstrainor

There is no definite answer to this. Depends on the driving conditions, urban, motorway, mixed? Driving style? Etc so you won't find a definite answer.

Id say 30 mpg would be be a decent ball park for mostly urban with some extra urban motoring

Jimbob 83

MPG is all about how you drive in reality.

I get 43-45mpg in my Focus ST on my 13 mile trip to work and generally 24mpg on the way home giving it the beans

That being said i would say a 1.6 focus would get mid 30mpg as my auntie has one and she is always complaining about it's fuel economy.

Alanstrainor

Jimbob 83 wrote: »

MPG is all about how you drive in reality.

I get 43-45mpg in my Focus ST on my 13 mile trip to work and generally 24mpg on the way home giving it the beans

That being said i would say a 1.6 focus would get mid 30mpg as my auntie has one and she is always complaining about it's fuel economy.

You must push it to work to get that kind of mpg:p

Hal1

I get about 7.5 l/100km from mine.

Jimbob 83

50mph in 6th and no boost, it's like a game i play

I'd say the poor car has no idea wtf is going on

DylanII

Thanks and what would the golf be like in comparison to the focus a 1.9 mk 5 tdi

Jimbob 83

Golf would be miles ahead in terms of economy, you would be spending about half as much money on fuel same milage.

Unfair comparison tbh as a 1.6 TD 90bhp Focus would be just as good as a 1.9tdi on fuel if not slightly better

Hal1

The inside of a golf is about as lively as a changing room in arnotts :pac:.

Henry Ford III

Focus 1.6 - from experience gives c.33mpg in urban driving, c.40mpg in quick cross country driving, and somewhat more if you drive relatively sedately.

Best average mpg in a Focus ST I ever recorded was c.28mpg.

bazz26

The OP is comparing a 2001 1.6 litre petrol Focus against a 2005 1.9 diesel Golf. You need to compare either a petrol Focus against a petrol Golf or diesel Focus against a diesel Golf.

Otherwise it is like comparing an apple against an orange.

DylanII

bazz26 wrote: »

The OP is comparing a 2001 1.6 litre petrol Focus against a 2005 1.9 diesel Golf. You need to compare either a petrol Focus against a petrol Golf or diesel Focus against a diesel Golf.

Otherwise it is like comparing an apple against an orange.

The reason for that is because I currently have an 01 focus and am planning on getting a golf.I want to know if there will be much of a difference in fuel economy.

scudzilla

Not the spec you're looking for but i have an 03 Focus, 1.4.

I have an App on my droid that watches my fuel and have been using it for the past 3 months.

Highest i've got is 44.56mpg, average over the 3 months is 41.22mpg, pretty happy with that.

Jimbob 83

You will spend just slightly over half on fuel what you currently do on the focus i reckon, between MPG and price difference.

However you will have smelly diesel hands faaaaaaaar more often