177bhp Quattro fuel economy?

[trekbiker]

Hi folks,
I've just bought a fully loaded Black Edition Monsoon Grey 177bhp Quattro Avant at the weekend. Having had a B6 19.tdi quattro many years ago, a 2.5 tdi also in the past and more rec ently a 143bhp B7 S line, i had thought that the economy would smash alll these out of the park. it hasn't.
So far, i've done a 90 mile round trip on single carriageway A and B roads, it returned 42. I 'had it' a bit, but most of the time was resrticted due to being stuck behind things.
i drove a 5 mile round trip to Tesco yesterday and got 38. Didnt floor it once.
I've yet to taker kit on a motorway run. a friend of mine has a FWD 177 Avant Black edition, he regularly gets 50+, our driving styles are similar. A few years ago i had one of the original B8 3.0 tdi's, it had 100k on the clock after 3 years, but regularly returned 44 mpg.
Am i missing something? Should i get it checked out? would running diesel injector cleaner through a tankful possibly help of is low 40s the best i can expect? It must surely be better on fuel than a 6 pot B8 saloon if driven the same? Confused!!

Thanks,
Martin

 

[AudiLeon]

I can't comment on the 177, but our 136ps TDIE is a joke for mpg.

 

[ruairi83]

Remap drastically improve mpg in these.

Had a 2013 177ps Quattro and currently 2015 177ps quatteo. Without remap they are bad. With remap or Dtuk box I can get over 50mpg. Tyres also play a part. I changed from continental 3 to Uniroyal rqinsport 3 and noticed 50-70 miles more per tank

 

[Statler]

So that sounds about right.
According to my Roadtrip App I averaged 37.5 over 2 years in my A5 177 Quattro SB
It's the combination of Quattro and wide tyres.
You can drive like Miss Daisy or hoon it around it doesn't seem to make a huge difference.

 

[trekbiker]

thanks guys. I had already considered a map before picking her up. It just doesn't fathom that a 3.0tdi Q saloon can return better mpg on same driving style just because it had smaller boots??! (both cars manual too). Map it is then, in the near future.

 

[Statler]

Just for comparison, our A7 3.0 d is returning an average of 42.
Heavier car with a v6.
Bizarre

 

[Markey]

The MPG on mine isn’t either and there are loads of threads across the net about it as well.

 

[AudiLeon]

Managed an a average in the last 3 days of 50mpg down to Umag in Croatia.

 

[Chris90]

Cant comment for the bigger engines but my 2.0 177 quattro does 40-45mpg depending how you drive it.

 

[kanecullen89]

Hate to tell you this but my B8 3.0 tdi Quattro is always over 42 mpg when driving consistently, over 38-40 when driving town.
I think newer engines seem to lie a bit with economy. My friend has a 1.0 ecoboost focus 140bhp and my car is much better on fuel. He gets 35-40 mpg when driving like a granny


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[AudiLeon]

Mine said 65mpg on the dash on the autobahn. Lies!

 

[Simonb1975]

Don't forget this is VAG, So who really knows

 

[trekbiker]

lol, so true. just cant get my head around my 2008 3.0tdi saloon being more frugal than a 2012 2.0tdi!!

 

[Chris90]

Best to work it out from miles per tank. I use fuelly...

http://www.fuelly.com/car/audi/a4_quattro/2012/carsey/432889

 

[youngy93]

my 3.0tdi over 2k miles mainly town short driving is average 32mpg motorway runs to london and back etc come out about 47mpg average