Honda's 1.6 i-DTEC scoops top spot in rigorous real world driving challenge
16 Oct 2014|2,225 views
Honda's fuel efficient 1.6 i-DTEC engine has once again underlined its impressive real world fuel efficiency by emerging victorious in this year's 'MPG Marathon'.
The MPG Marathon is designed to be a true real world test that demonstrates the benefits to both the environment and the driver's wallet of employing simple, smarter driving techniques.
The 26 teams which took part in this year's MPG Marathon were free to plan their own routes, provided that they included a number of pre-agreed, fixed points - making keen navigational skills essential. All participating vehicles were fitted with tracking equipment so that the event organisers could monitor the participant's location and distance travelled.
The Civic Tourer which took part in the marathon was unmodified and similar to the production car available across Honda dealerships in the U.K. It faced stiff competition from a range of models, most notably the Ford Fiesta Titanium ECOnetic and the Citroen C4 Cactus, which made up the rest of the top three respectively.
Honda's fuel efficient 1.6 i-DTEC engine has once again underlined its impressive real world fuel efficiency by emerging victorious in this year's 'MPG Marathon'.
In the rigorous two-day test over a specially designated 531km of U.K. road, Swindon based Honda R&D engineers Fergal McGrath, James Warren, Tony Shiggins and Julian Warren scooped the top spot for Best Outright MPG with an outstanding 41.63km/L (97.92mpg), overachieving against the Honda Civic Tourer 1.6 i-DTEC Manual's quoted combined 31.6km/L (74.3mpg) by some 31.8 percent.
The MPG Marathon is designed to be a true real world test that demonstrates the benefits to both the environment and the driver's wallet of employing simple, smarter driving techniques.
The 26 teams which took part in this year's MPG Marathon were free to plan their own routes, provided that they included a number of pre-agreed, fixed points - making keen navigational skills essential. All participating vehicles were fitted with tracking equipment so that the event organisers could monitor the participant's location and distance travelled.
The Civic Tourer which took part in the marathon was unmodified and similar to the production car available across Honda dealerships in the U.K. It faced stiff competition from a range of models, most notably the Ford Fiesta Titanium ECOnetic and the Citroen C4 Cactus, which made up the rest of the top three respectively.
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