The Extra Mile
Winter has arrived again, by the time you are reading this, or it very soon will, and it brings with it some of the biggest challenges to fuel economy. Once warmed up to their optimum working temperature, diesel and petrol engines actually operate with good efficiency in moderately cool conditions, as the cold intake air […]
The Extra Mile: October
This month, Victor Harman takes a look at the predecessors to Volkswagen’s BlueMotion technology.
The Extra Mile: September
We seem to have reached something of a critical point in diesel fuel economy, with a good number of smaller diesel cars now offering EC combined figures of around 80mpg.
The Extra Mile: August
This month Victor Harman is talking holiday economics.
Official fuel economy figures
Doc Diesel takes us ‘Back To Basics’ as he explores fuel economy figures and how accurate they really are