As it looks to grow sales of diesel cars in the US market, Volkswagen has announced that one of its diesel models has set a new record for fuel economy on a tour of 48 US States.
Volkswagen said that the drive – involving all US States apart from Alaska and Hawaii – in a Volkswagen Passat TDI (produced at the company’s Tennessee plant) covered the distance of 8,122 miles with record low fuel consumption of 93.5 mpg and within 16 days.
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VW said the record drive was witnessed by officials of the Guinness World Record Organisation.
The VW driver team, blogger Wayne Gerdes and engineer Bob Winger, achieved a fuel consumption of 3.02 litres per 100 km, or 93.5 mpg.
“We felt we had a good chance of beating the existing record with a series production Passat TDI,” Gerdes said, “but to smash it by averaging over 93 mpg is really impressive and a testament to the potential of Volkswagen’s TDI vehicles. It also shows how much the fuel consumption depends on the driver.”
The previous world record was set at 81.54 miles per gallon.
