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Megane comfortably hauling the load with appealing GT style
The GT’s fuel economy has improved considerably since our last report. Our Renault Megane GT’s fuel consumption figure has been steady, but dropping to levels that are more acceptable, at least for the application and vehicle type. While we are yet to venture out of the urban environment, something that is definitely on the cards, our fuel consumption has improved quite considerably. In September we managed to drop into the lower 8s — 8.1l/100km to be more precise — without adapting our driving style. We still spend a fair bit of time in afternoon traffic, but the stop-start function has helped greatly to realise an even better figure this month, which now hovers at 7.4l/100km. According to Renault the GT can consume as low as 6.0l/100km, but that figure needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, although I would be fairly content with a figure around the 6.8l/100km mark. At this rate, it might take quite a while to achieve this consumption so a road trip of sorts should suffice. One b...
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