Was MPG a major factor when choosing your RRE?

Practicality and off-road abilities were the most important for me. It's a thirsty old thing but the fuel cost even now will be swamped by the depreciation, especially for the Si4.

(09-03-2012 11:47am)Bjorntje_be Wrote:  Other : CO2 emissions are really low in comparison to other SUVs, especially the 2WD, what benefits in the company tax.
and besides that: it looks stunning !!

I reckon its REAL CO2 emissions are about 227 based on its real fuel consumption. More lies.

Further to my post #6, mpg still rising.

No - I only do about 8k miles a year and reckon I would need to double that to get real benefit from a diesel.

If you wanted better fuel economy then this is the man you need to hunt down!

(12-03-2012 12:13pm)Sarcastrix Wrote:  If you wanted better fuel economy then this is the man you need to hunt down!

Even listening to that is not very convincing. A bit of tinkering round the edges to get a few percent saving instead of designing a more fuel efficient engine/gearbox/drive train in the first place. I was lulled by the publicity into believing that the car had next-generation engine technology, not an old engine shoe-horned into a new body. Despite it now being a distant relative, that's reminiscent of the old Leyland/BMC approach!