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Originally Posted by Fursty Ferret
Sorry Roy, apart from my own V60 they've all been hire vehicles. I have a 2015 D4 automatic; the others were manual. The Passat was the 2.0 litre Bluemotion diesel; the Grand Picasso was - I'm pretty sure - also 2.0 litres, and the van was whatever diesel engine Ford sticks in the cheap ones these days.
Of note was the fact that all three maintained about 2000 rpm on the motorway while the V60 with its extra long top gears was going about 1500, but still lost the battle.
I suppose some element of it is the automatic gearbox, but it has a lockup in every gear for a reason...
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Both the 2002 300+k V70 D5's I drove were autos. However I would say that there is still an mpg penalty for an autobox. The reason for the importance of the year, is to know what emission controls are fitted as that makes a huge difference to mpg. The difference between a 2002 V70 D5 and a 2006 D5 for instance is about 15 mpg less for the latter.
Unless you have more exact details on the other cars you mention it's not possible to do a comparison really.
Roy