VW has announced that the 2015 Golf TDI has set a new Guinness World Records achievement for the “lowest fuel consumption–48 U.S. contiguous States for a non-hybrid car” with a remarkable 81.17 mpg.
Last year Audi challenged a select group of journalists to travel over 800 miles on a single tank of diesel fuel in the Audi A3 TDI and now the VW group is at it again, but this time with the Golf TDI. VW has announced that the 2015 Golf TDI has set a new Guinness World Records achievement for the “lowest fuel consumption–48 U.S. contiguous States for a non-hybrid car” with a remarkable 81.17 mpg.
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Traveling 8,233.5 miles around America in 16 days on $294.98 of Shell Diesel fuel, the Golf beat the previous mark of 77.99 mpg by more than 3 mpg, and also beat the hybrid vehicle record of 74.34 mpg by more than 6 mpg. The Golf TDI was driven by Wayne Gerdes, automotive journalist and founder of cleanmpg.com. His co-driver was Bob Winger, an electronics engineer long involved in energy and conservation projects.
“Volkswagen’s TDI Clean Diesel engines are just amazing,” said Wayne Gerdes. “I don’t think people realize the potential mileage you can get from them. In our experience, it is possible to get truly impressive mileage results by using just a few simple fuel-saving techniques.”
Source: VW
