Fuel efficient family car/suv

seaniewicklow

I had previously posted looking for a hybrid car but from some posts non plug in hybrids may not save much.

Any recommendations for a decent sized family car/suv that if decent on petrol. 2 trips to work per week about 70km round trip and then school drops a few km. maybe a bit of use on the weekend but 100km round trip all around

looking for something with decent room in the back for 3 children and decent on fuel.

currently have a 1.2 petrol Nissan pulsar and find it awful on petrol

any advice or recommendations appreciated

kanuseeme

Budget? any chance of work charging? If you get 30 km from a phev, your 70km trip would use 2.2 litres of petrol, thats using figures from the old niro phev, might get more electric range than 30 km, but you need work charging to cover it in electric mode.

For the 100 km trip its nearly 4 litres per 100 km + the 8 or 9 kwh.

Some of the newer phevs have more electric range,

seaniewicklow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120704279#Comment_120704279

sorry, budget would be about €25k including my trade in.

there is chargers in work but no option to have one at home

bazz26

I really cannot see how spending 25k for the sole purpose of saving you money on fuel over your existing car given the mileage your doing. Unless your changing car anyway then it would take you years to claw that money back in fuel. And these SUVs or crossovers are tall and designed to be bulky so they are not more fuel efficient than a family hatchback.

Also what are you comparing your current car's fuel consumption against that you think it's awful?

seaniewicklow

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120704538#Comment_120704538

Hi

i am wanting to change the car anyway to get a more spacious car for our family of 5. My partner has a Kia sportage 1.6 petrol and I seem to be spending more petrol than her, I do school runs 3 days and travel to work 2 days

she travels to work 5 days and does school runs 2 of the days. I just find the pulsar quite bad on fuel

djan

Unless you're doing big mileage fuel consumption isn't that much in the total cost of car ownership. Given that you find a paltry 1.2 petrol thirsty, even modern hybrids etc. won't do all that much better as charging the battery isn't free either.

If savings are your priority keep what you have, otherwise look for the best car for your needs and given the low mileage preferably petrol and unless you're going the 3L+ engines, consumption shouldn't be a substantial deciding factor.

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120704411#Comment_120704411

3 pin plug at home? or is it, that you have no drive way?

I reckon any hybrid is a 50 mpg car, driving nice and easy, hard acceleration any car will drink juice.

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/kia-niro-phev-5dr-auto-reversing-camera-sensors-h/34137378 a guy in the EV forum got 50 mpg cork to dublin in one of those.

seaniewicklow

Thanks for this I’ll have a look at the Niro. No driveway at home is the issue

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120705047#Comment_120705047

https://evchargingstations.ie/installations/

It swings out or down, so no cable on the foot path, chances are you'll have some monkeys/apes swing out of it

bazz26

Oh I can just see the passing ballbags having fun swinging out of or vandalising them and then suing you for injuring themselves.

Casati

They aren’t the worst option - Ie better than running a trailing cable on the footpath but the biggest issue for that one pictured in Glasnevin is that you have zero right to park you car outside you door. Major pain if you come home late needing to charge overnight for a long drive the next day etc

kanuseeme

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120705444#Comment_120705444

Only a problem for a EV, for a phev is just some disappointment and extra fuel use.