Guinness Book of World Records (1998) - Fuel Economy: United States Drive
I found this interesting article:
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That would be rediculously easy to break for most of us (with the right car). I dare say many of us could do it with our currently vehicle. Unfortunately for them, a car like mine is much better on the highway than a metro, even though the metro will spank me in town.
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In other words, most of us can beat that without even trying.
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I wonder what the record is now? I looked at the 2000 edition (already over 7 years old!) and found nothing in terms of longterm FE. I did find a record by Stuart Bladon who drove a Citroen AX 14DTR 112 miles, 18 yards on one gallon of fuel while driving on a superhighway in United Kingdom.
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Dan and his crew hold the tank record for over 150 mpg in an insight...
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Hmmm... So if I can idle around a parking lot for 80 hours and average 160mpg I can have a world record? :D
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44 mpg ain't ****. With a 500 pound weight reduction, drag coefficient reduction by 50%, LRR tires, synthetic tranny oil, and optimized last gear ratio, our cars would be doing that with no horsepower or displacement reduction, no fancy new types of engine technology, and no driving style changes.
You know what would impress me? Hypermiling a Loremo AG. |
I think the record would be better if it required the car to use the interstate and be within 10mph of the speed limit.
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I bet if you used the tricks found on this site, you could do the same route in 80 gallons (though it might take more than 5 days). I bet that would set a new record.
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And no-one has mentioned the Lupo yet...?
(Notes in [brackets] are mine) "The Lupo 3L TDI is no stranger to the record books. In 2001, a Japanese economy driver, Dr Miyano, used it to set a new world record for the most frugal circumnavigation of Britain in a standard diesel production car, with an average fuel economy figure of 119.48 mpg [99.5 MPG US]. In 2000, a ‘Round the World in 80 days’ journey produced 118 mpg [98.2 MPG US], while a Lupo TDI has won outright the RAC/Fleet World MPG Marathon for three years in succession." "Gerhard Plattner, an Austrian journalist and economy driving expert, has, for the second time this year [2003], entered the Guinness World Records™ Book in a Volkswagen. Earlier this month Plattner covered a distance of 2,910 miles through 20 European countries in a standard Lupo 3L TDI. He achieved his aim of completing this journey – which started in Oslo, Norway and finished in The Hague in The Netherlands – with just 100 euros worth of fuel. In fact, all he required was 90.94 euros, which corresponds to an average consumption of 2.78 litres per 100 km (101.6 mpg) [84.6 MPG US]." |
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