Poor fuel consumption - New Corsa 1.3 CDTi Design 90ps, with ESP+ and adaptive lighting. (Vauxhall Corsa 1.3 CDTi)

Member Name: Steve Sutton

Product:	Vauxhall Corsa 1.3 CDTi
Date:	11/04/08 (1184 review reads)
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Advantages: Good looks with quality feel to build and interior.

Disadvantages: Very Dissapointing Fuel Ecomony - at least 30% less than quoted.

I bought a New Corsa 1.3CDTI Design December 07 and I'm not at all impressed with fuel consumption figures. Did a 290 mile motorway trip yesterday, 70-75mph most of the way and I struggled to get 50mpg. I've been measuring the fuel consumption over the 5k miles it has done since December and it sits around 47mpg. My 20 mile trip to work (40 mile round trip) is mainly motorway/dual carriageway 'A' roads. I have previously mentioned it to the vauxhall garage and the excusses they offered were down to cold weather and running-in.
Well the car should now be run-in with 5K on the clock and the temperature was around 11-12C yesterday....not too cold or so warm that you need AC. The only extras I have are ESP+, adaptive lighting and Metallic paint ...(perhaps it's the paint???!!??).

I can't believe that Car manufacturers are allowed to get away with it given cost of fuel and environmental issues.

Summary: Nice car but Vauxhall need to look at their fuel consumption figures again!

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