Is the Polo GT much more economical than the GTI?

[Mart!n-GTI-DK]

My gti has only 400 miles on it up to now & averaging 39mpg, so i'm expecting big things once it's run in!

You don't really run in engines anymore... My GT has done high milages since new.

[aniseedvan]

Can we include the road tax (at least in the UK) as an extra plus for the GT?

I seem to be running at around 50mpg either on 70mile motorway trips or my commute to work on single carriageway roads.

Trouble is now mine is at about 1400 miles, i've notionally worn it in (whether you need to not is moot), and i'm finding myself drift back to my old GTI driving, so suspect this may go down a little (oh dear). Really starting to enjoy it now, the gearbox still feels like it needs wearing in (psychological maybe, I don't know), but it's a fun car to shuttle about in.

[Norbreck21a]

For info, the wife has just driven from Cheshire to Bicester (near Oxford) to spend a few days with her sister Christmas Shopping in her Blue GT (with only 2.5k miles on it), a journey of 147 miles. She's not known for pootling along, and said to me that she sat at about 75mph the whole way (although with very few hold ups), and the computer say's she averaged 58.9mpg (that's for a DSG equipped car).

Having checked the accuracy of the MFD computer against brim to brim fills previously quite a few times, it's normally very accurate and typically only about 1mpg out, so I suspect its a real 57 to 57.5mpg - not bad for a DSG equipped 140ps Petrol hatch !

[ryanlownie]

Wow, you guys seem lucky or I'm doing something wrong...

I've only ever managed 40mpg twice and that was motorway miles sticking under 70 with a bit of traffic (around 13mi trip).

Most of the time I'm doing around 36.

To be honest the MPG figure is a bit rubbish anyway, I can return 25mpg vs 35mpg going home, it'll use about 50% less fuel on the 25mpg version of the trip because it involved traffic.

I've been saving fuel receipts with the mileage written on them to really work out what the mpg is, will post back at some point.

I knew I was getting into this kind of mpg before I bought mine (only done 3100mi) but seriously wanting a GTD as soon as I can chop mine in. Polo GTD please VW?!

Has anyone found better mpg with premium fuels?

[hornmeister]

Running a GTI and I get 2 or 3 mpg more on Super Unleaded. The car has to be tuned or built for it to take full effect. Not sure the GT is? Have a look on the inside of your filler flap and it'll tell you if 98 Ron is recommended.

[skipster]

Yes - there is a definite improvement in mpg when using super unleaded. I can easily get into the 40's average fuel consumption on my GTI and quite regularly in the 50's if I am stuck behind something in 7th.

[ryanlownie]

Well I'll see what this tank gives me, used Tesco Super (recommended by a few friends), hopefully it'll return enough to warrant the extra cost per litre. God I've become a real tight arse with this car haha.

[gtblue]

BlueGT is 95 RON (on filler cap)

I using 98 RON for the firsts miles. Not sure if It will benefit from 98 instead of 95.

[Garfy]

I found a 2mpg improvement on my BlueGT by using super unleaded. Hardly worth the extra cost in my opinion.

[daydotz]

I found the GTI managing 36-45mpg brim 2 brim it @ always managed up 400 miles a tank I think the DSG is part of the reason for this

My manual A1 1.4 122bhp is managing 29-48 & upto 300 miles a tank

Normally I use the lowest quoted figure but the A1 failed to do 43mpg the polo managed 36mpg & better the ACT/COD claims 48 but I can't see this myself

[jamieedodger]

New here, so first post! Got a Blue GT with about 5700 miles on the clock, heres my 2 pence...

Computer rekons I get 47~mpg average, but it varies hugely depending how I drive it. A round trip to work in a week is 300miles half M4 half B-roads and I usually manage 40-50mpg per journey so a tank only usually lasts me 370ish miles, because I'm usually hammering it down the motorway running late with 3 liftshares in the car. On the other hand, I've driven to my rents for Christmas (Bristol-Durham 300miles) and I've only used half a tank so the clock averaged 63mpg. I was sat in the slow lane with the cruise control set to 60mph though, so 2cylinder mode was engaged most of the time. But shows how good it can get if you've got the time... Best I've had according to the computer was 69mpg on a 100mile+ trip from Bristol to London (quickly diminished once I got on the N-Circular).

That is all relying on the trip computer though so I've been tracking my fuel usage over the last few months and its looking less optimistic... Will be good to see how my journey north skews everything. Oh and on the fuel note I've only ever used shell regular. EDIT: just filled up... 58mpg best so far

[gtblue]

The best I managed to get is 52,27 MPG at 85 km/h during 1,30 hour.

In the first 3000 km I have done 31,36 MPG or 7.5 l/100km.

[ben4012]

I got a calculated 45.9 mpg on a 188 mile journey today (dual and single carriageway) with cruise set at an indicated 65mph. The MFD showed 47.4 so only a little optimistic. It seems that lots struggle to do much better in BlueGTs which were bought with economy in mind.

[sony]

Thanks all!! It does appear that in the real world the GT is no more economical than the GTI. I got 52mpg indicated at 65 mph on the motorway tonight. Feathering the throttle yes- but just shows what a GTI is capable of doing if not trashed!

[Mart!n-GTI-DK]

Thanks all!! It does appear that in the real world the GT is no more economical than the GTI. I got 52mpg indicated at 65 mph on the motorway tonight. Feathering the throttle yes- but just shows what a GTI is capable of doing if not trashed!

But the GTI engine is much more fragile than the BlueGT engine because of the Turbo, Supercharger and timingchain combo.