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Apr 1st, 2015, 00:48

xco

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As I said originally I was a bit gob smacked at how well the economy ran, as I considered the D4 as the "new kid on the block" so to speak with good power and better economy.

I was expecting about 45mpg so mega delighted. The upshot is I can press the loud pedal more often and still return 40+mpg

Coming from a petrol V70 T5 and a V70 AWD R even that's a 25% improvement.

Cheers

Bob

That is very good m.p.g. for a 215 D5.

My 10 year old P2 163 V70 managed 52 on a run, good to see a modern v70 D5 returning near same!

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