Philippines: Mirage G4 sedan economy run (winner: 33.6 km/L / 79 mpg US / 3 L/100km)
January 16th, Mitsu PH hosted its first economy run using the Mirage G4 sedan using 10 cars: five manuals and five CVT's.
Route: 267 kilometers / 166 mi., from Manila to Baguio
Route type: mostly open highway, but also included some urban driving at the start, and some stop & go in a 5 km construction zone
Max. posted speed limit: 100 km/h / 62 mph
Weather conditions: hot (hey, it's the Philippines)
Rules: "Simple: drive within the recommended speed limit with air conditioning on."
Tactics: some teams clearly did more than set the cruise control at the speed limit...
- airing up the tires above the recommended levels
- shutting off the engine when stopped
- driving in the right lane below the posted speed limit
- it's implied that some teams coasted (and even physically pushed their car some) with the engine off
Results:
The average fuel economy of the manual cars (22.2 km/L = 52 mpg US = 4.5 L/100km) beat the average of the CVT cars (18.9 km/L = 45 mpg US = 5.3 L/100km). We've seen this before: Mirage CVT or 5-speed: which should you get for best gas mileage/fuel economy?
Even when you remove the extreme results from both averages, the two transmissions are essentially tied.
Apparently the Auto Review (TV show) team knows what they're doing: their Facebook page describes a number of other eco-run events that they've won (or nearly won): https://www.facebook.com/AutoREVIEWtv
Team |
Results km/L
MPG US
L/100 km |
Actual Trip (km) |
Liters Loaded |
Mirage 1.2 M/T |
Auto Review |
33.6
79.0
3.0 |
152.0 |
4.523 |
AutoIndustriya
Philippine Star
CarGuide.PH |
28.5
67.0
3.5 |
148.8 |
5.229 |
Philippine Daily Inquirer |
17.4
40.9
5.8 |
150.9 |
8.650 |
Business Mirror
Time Attack Manila
Power Wheels |
17.1
40.2
5.9 |
151.4 |
8.877 |
Top Gear Philippines
Business World |
14.3
33.6
7.0 |
150.7 |
10.549 |
Mirage 1.2 CVT |
Autocar Philippines
Manila Standard Today |
26.0
61.2
3.9 |
151.9 |
5.843 |
STV
The Manila Times |
17.7
41.6
5.7 |
150.6 |
8.532 |
The Manila Times
Turbo Zone |
17.5
41.2
5.7 |
151.5 |
8.665 |
C! Magazine |
16.8
39.5
6.0 |
150.9 |
8.989 |
The Manila Bulletin |
16.6
39.1
6.0 |
150.8 |
9.074 |
Read more: http://www.carguide.ph/2014/01/the-b...itsubishi.html
Also: http://motioncars.inquirer.net/24521...with-mirage-g4
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View my fuel log 2014 Mirage ES 1.2 manual: 62.4 mpg (US) ... 26.5 km/L ... 3.8 L/100 km ... 74.9 mpg (Imp)