2.2L Diesel Mazda 3

selous

Just wondering does anyone on here have the 2.2L Mazda 3 diesel, I like the look of the car and am pondering the idea of a change, the consumption figures sound good, but not sure how accurate/real they are, they are advertised as follows.
Town 60 mpg (4.7 L/100)
Country 81 mpg (3.5 L/100)
Combined 72 mpg (3.9 L/100)

But, looking at the adds of them online I seen a pic of one dashboard showing the fuel consumption at 5.6L/100 (50 mpg) I know it's probably a demo but wouldn't that be down as Town driving?

So whats the true figure?

Thanks.

bazz26

Lol @ 60mpg around town. Diesels are not that fuel efficient if they are constantly stopping and starting in heavy traffic conditions or town driving. They are not designed for that.

Honestly, manufacturers claimed figures are pie in the sky most of the time designed to get people to believe them.

moleyv

Don't own one, but a use a family members one often enough.

Long term is 5.6/5.7, that would be 30% town, 40% local and N road, 30% motorway.

Doing the length of the M7 it would average anywhere from 5-6 for the journey making decent progress.

Looking on instantaneous readout it would drop down to 3 on the flat alright, but what road is flat.

Also that's going on the trip computer, so add salt as needed.

Atlantic Dawn

Whatever you do don't go spending tens of thousands to save a couple of hundred.

whizbang

Its possible to get good economy from these; they are relatively light for such a big torque engine, so if you are good at reading situations you can do well, but it takes skill and hard work.

If you have a heavy foot, you are going to end up with worse than 6.0 L /100km

But in the end, if you are doing much town driving, this engine is not the one for you.

porsche boy

Has all the scandals about emissions & mpg figures recently not made you realise the manufacturers are all lying?

The quoted figures are theoretically possible under ideal circumstances but in real life expect a 15-20% reduction.

Everything from air temperature, tyre pressures, oil quality, road quality, weather & location on the planet will effect mpg.

selous

It would be mainly Motorway driving to work-home, almost 90km each way, my own is getting 5.6 -6.0 and it's AWD, so the only thing i'd be gaining is cheaper road tax, as Atlantic Dawn says, spending E15-20k to save E200 road tax a year, hmmm.
I did see that the same engine is in CX5 and the 6 and all have the same MPG for them, yet all different sizes and weight, the 1.5l is out now, probably more economical but.......

Thanks for the replies.

ianobrien

They are good long journeys but oil levels can rise. this is due to their DPF regeneration design of pumping unburnt diesel back into the sump if the regeneration is interrupted. If you are doing short journeys, don't get one.

Other than that, they are.a lovely drive, nice and light controls, good (for a family hatchback) feedback, etc.

Edit, fuel economy figures in diesels are ficton, measured in the lab and not on the road.

declan123

I've owned one of these for 2 years now and just got out of it a couple of weeks ago. For mixed motorway (80% motorway) city driving I was getting about 48/49 mpg. Could never break the 50 mpg even on long journeys with no stop start. I was disappointed with fuel economy to be honest. I running the VAG 2.0 TDI now and seem to be doing much better.

Its a nice car to drive with great handling and a lovely engine, a little too much road noise coming through on motorway though. Infotainment system can be a bit buggy also.

What ianobrien says about rising oil levels is correct. I had to change oil every 4-5k miles. Concerns over the long terms effects on excessive dilution with poor support from Mazda customer service made me get rid of it before I intended to

Mazda have been struggling with their own in house developed diesels since year dot at this stage and they can't seem to get it right.

R.O.R

I had a Mazda6 2.2 for a week last year on my 124km round trip commute. Average over 700 km (or so) was 4.3L/100km - mainly M1/M50 in rush hour.

I've delivered and collected a few Mazda6 2.2's over similar types of driving and they were also giving around 4.3L/100km according to the OBC.

We've very few Mazda3's on fleet, but enough 6 & CX5 2.2's to know that they frequently use no fuel at all - waiting for a tow truck, sitting on a tow truck or sitting in dealers waiting on parts to fix the numerous issues.....

Shame as it's a cracking engine when it runs, but the times they don't run are far too frequent to recommend one.

selous

The only thing I was wary about was the (too good to be true) fuel figures and now its oil and breaking down, always good to ask the real people out there, I did have a test drive, it fitted me, head and legroom were great, Back to the drawing board now,
I sat in a Volvo V40 too, massive interior, but what's with the sunvisor in the line of vision, (I like the seat high) I didn't drive it though so the position may be different.

selous

Had a look on "Honest John" website the fuel consumption is 71% accurate to actual figures, I never believe "actual" figures I usually knock off 1-1.5lt, but that must be 2lt or more.

FREDNISMO

Have one for the last 6 months average mpg would be around 50mpg, very happy with it
nice to drive and decent enough power for a car in its class had considered A4 S60 and accord, hopefully won't regret it.

valdigre

selous wrote: »

Just wondering does anyone on here have the 2.2L Mazda 3 diesel, I like the look of the car and am pondering the idea of a change, the consumption figures sound good, but not sure how accurate/real they are, they are advertised as follows.
Town 60 mpg (4.7 L/100)
Country 81 mpg (3.5 L/100)
Combined 72 mpg (3.9 L/100)

But, looking at the adds of them online I seen a pic of one dashboard showing the fuel consumption at 5.6L/100 (50 mpg) I know it's probably a demo but wouldn't that be down as Town driving?

So whats the true figure?


Thanks.

I bought mine in May, 2.2l top spec, sedan, 18 inch wheels, now 3.5k I'm on the clock.

My gf uses the car to commute to work, the average we are getting since is 6.1l per 100 km. 40 km daily commute to work, 20 km one way, 20 km back. 60% of this is Dublin traffic, starting in city center, rest is a stretch of m50/m1.
Other than that I am driving the car on weekends for a bit on motorways and curvy roads, just for fun and pleasure. I make the proper use of power and rpms.

We took it for a trip to county cork over a weekend. Motorways to cork, after that country roads. In total it was 700-800km trip for us. The average again was around 6 yet again, 6.4 if I remember correctly, but... I have a heavy foot.

Having a sixth gear makes a difference and the road noise is fine for me. I love this car and check oil level weekly just in case, no rising as of 3.5k yet.