[Darkeeboy]

Hi All

Im looking to get a frugal yet entertaining car and see that BMW have very high published fuel economy numbers. My question is, given a typical journey, such as 80% motorway at legal speeds, plus 20% A roads, will there be much of a difference in fuel consumption between the 318 and 320 diesel? I see that the HP figures are a lot higher for the 320... Also, driving like miss daisy, could you get 50mpg out of the 325d?

Cheers!

[Jaws_78]

I'm getting about 44mpg with the 320d at 75mph cruise control but that is in an auto. I think 50mpg in a 325d would be a challenge.

[Darkeeboy]

Oh, and also does anyone have any experience of the X20d engine in the five series? Looking to exceed 50mpg...

[Darkeeboy]

Cheers Jaws, wonder how much is being zapped by the auto box....

[Bungle009]

My 330d auto easily does 45mpg on a cruise (<80mph). I would have thought a gently driven 325d would do 2 or 3 mpg more. And a gently driven 320d would be 50+ espescially a manual. A colleague has an 2010 ED model, and hes getting nearly 60 MPG so a standard 320d would likely be 50-55 on a gentle cruise.

[Hotcoupe]

Originally Posted by Jaws_78

I'm getting about 44mpg with the 320d at 75mph cruise control but that is in an auto. I think 50mpg in a 325d would be a challenge.

I could get that in a 335D in the same scenario, so a 325D should get in excess of 50mpg I would have thought.

[Jaws_78]

Depends on the roads, quite hilly down in the South West!

[Jeff123]

320d (177) auto.

Best (very) gentle run of 70 miles - 56.5mpg
Gentle motorway run - 50+
Typical motorway run - 48
Hard motorway run - 46

Worst, all urban in winter (not caning it) - 36
Typical urban - c38

Manuals seem to get 3-4 mpg extra.

From reading various forums, 330d seems to get 3-4mpg less.

[Darkeeboy]

Cheers all, seems like 50mpg could easily be achieved... will take out the 320 and 325 to see if I would miss the smooth 6 pot...

[dxb335d]

Darkee boy your 335d if driven sensibly can achieve 40mpg

[Darkeeboy]

it would do, infact it did, but now its a Boxster S...

[HighlandPete]

Originally Posted by Darkeeboy

Im looking to get a frugal yet entertaining car and see that BMW have very high published fuel economy numbers. My question is, given a typical journey, such as 80% motorway at legal speeds, plus 20% A roads, will there be much of a difference in fuel consumption between the 318 and 320 diesel? I see that the HP figures are a lot higher for the 320... Also, driving like miss daisy, could you get 50mpg out of the 325d?

Cheers!

My first thought is, what do you get from your current car? (The BMW, as an average). That will give a picture of where you stand with mpg figures. That certainly will help, for any opinion, so that you don't have unrealisteic expectations.

HighlandPete

[willhollin]

Get a 330d with the new engine in.

[dxb335d]

Well if thats all your after (40mpg) then get a 335d again.

[Darkeeboy]

really want 50+ as potentially doing a 120mile commute each day...

[willhollin]

Got to be the 320d then.

[chris_s1]

My 325d auto has returned bang on 40mpg average over 32k miles. I do hammer it at times though.

A really steady 100 mile trip will get 45-47mpg but I've never seen 50 on a trip of any length.

[m1bjr]

My manager runs E92 320D and finds a 55mpg long term average and he seems to sit at 70mph normally.

I have a new E90 318d ED and at 70mpg I easily return 60+mpg.

If consumption whilst droning down the motorway is critical, the 318 makes more sense as its only slightly less output, but less Co2 etc also.

[Darkeeboy]

cheers all..

[BGM]

i get 36.2mpg from my 325d

oh, i don't exactly potter about either

[Darkeeboy]

gees thats not good, got 38mpg on the average over three years with my 335d!

[stupot]

Some pretty good mpg's getting mentioned.

Both our 320d and 520d are sittting at 34 mpg, both autos.

Not really being hammered but a fair bit of urban driving. Thats over 15000 miles.