XC40 B4 Fuel (Petrol) Consumption

[StanC]

I bought a XC40 B4 R-Design (194bhp) a couple of months ago. In the time I've had the car the instrument display has been indicating a typical petrol consumption of around 32 mpg for local running around, with about 39 mpg on long motorway runs. This isn't quite as good as I had expected. When I had a dealer's XC40 B4 courtesy car recently the instrument display on that car was indicating 38-39 mpg on local runs.

My question for other XC40 B4 194bhp owners is: what typical petrol consumption do you get with your car? Am I getting a higher than 'normal' fuel consumption?

Thanks in advance for any information on this.

Stan.

[Rustyfrog]

It sounds like I have the same model as you, and achieve no better mpg.
The best long run of about 250 miles showed 41.2mpg, but that was a one off. What could be achieved by careful driving I really dont know.
That sort of dedication and patience is not in me!

[StanC]

Thanks for the reply Rustyfrog - your experience at least tells me that my car isn't too out of the ordinary. I can live with that. Incidentally, my longer runs frequently take me from Northumberland to Burscough - not far from your neck of the woods. Thanks again.

Stan.

[Caradoc1]

Best overall 40.2 mpg, for about 3 months. Mixed driving - country lanes, A and B roads, limited motorway. AWD version.

[unseen]

Mainly city driving in the other half's B5 xc40 would only get 22 - 25mpg

[StanC]

I've researched this a bit more. Taking the fuel consumption data listed in the official Volvo Owners Manual (don't know why I didn't do this earlier) and converting all the 'Litres per 100km' to MPG, the figures achieved by my car are all within the official range.

Incidentally, on a recent 370-mile round trip involving a mix of motoring I did an accurate fill-to-fill fuel consumption check. I came up with an 'actual' consumption of 38.6mpg, compared with a dash instrument reading of 38.4mpg. So the dash reading is accurate enough.

Thanks for the replies, all.

Stan.