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My 2003 2.9 CRDI manual returns a steady 27 mpg which translates as 10.46 litres per 100Km I have never got better than 31 mpg (10.92 l per 100Km) and I got this when I was forced to drive at a steady 50 mph for about 50m by some selfish twit in a lorry on a narrow back road. If you look on the government web site for fuel consumption (VCAcarfueldata.org.uk) you will find they say the Terracan can achieve 38mpg (about 13 l per 100K) but that will be on a rolling road without wind resistance methinks. Recently I fitted the beast with Toyo tyres which, judging by the added road noise are not helping with the fuel consumption! I should add that much of my driving recently has been at motorway speeds which also won't be helping. When I am in France where of course all the diesel is 5% biodiesel my consumption seems slightly better but not much and this might have more to do with the higher ambient temperature. Basically, if we wanted fuel economy we bought the wrong motor.
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