MPG Marathon 2008

MPG 2008 - the results

Martyn Collins reports on a memorable trip to Macclesfield going as slow as possible!

MPG 2008 Highlights

Tiscali finishes in third position shock... MPG Marathon is sadly over for another year. Check out our gallery of highlights from the event.

Road test: Citroen C1 1.4 HDi Rhythm

Is this the most fun and frugal supermini? We learn more about the Citroen C1 1.4 HDi Rhythm we drove on the 2008 MPG Marathon.

MPG Marathon Survey

In celebration of the MPG Marathon, win a year's free broadband by taking part in our easy to enter survey.

MPG Marathon videos

Fuel bills getting too much? Follow our three drivers as they receive training to improve their MPG.

MPG Marathon 2008 - what is it?

Not heard of the UK's premier economy driving event? Believe it or not this year's Marathon is the 8th. Find out more here.

MPG 2008 - the results

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MPG 2008 Highlights

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MPG Marathon - what's it all about

Find out more about the 2008 MPG Marathon sponsored by Tiscali.

The route

Find out which route the MPG Marathon took on October 8/9.

Ecodriving tips

As the cost of motoring continues to rise. We look at ways to increase fuel consumption.

The car

Supermini or supercar? Check out what we drove in this year's Marathon.

What Do You Think?

How are you saving money on fuel?

I'm buying a smaller, more efficient car.

I'm trying to drive more carefully.

I'm not going to change.

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Added: 5 December 2008 12:29

Davey says:

I will no longer entertain cars that rely on timing belts. Present car which is wonderful is a Rover 800Di. OK the drive-by-wire is a bit scary as is the invincible immobiliser. General running around on twisty hilly Cornish lanes and 70mph motorway work on proper roads up-country gives over 40mpg. The car has enough room to carry "local pickup only" items bought on eBay and enough length to sleep in the back on those 800 mile round trip pickup weekends. It will tow trailers with ease and at the MOT it passes the smoke test FIRST TIME EVERY TIME (exhaust is colourless and the drive-by-wire will not allow black smoke) Would like to run these for evermore and as the platform is Honda, getting spares is still OK. All this talk about global warming needs to be taken with a large grain of salt as when I see (and hear) fighter jets exercising (6 gallons a second?) I see red.

Added: 27 November 2008 16:17

vincent says:

I just bought a toyota prius... It does make sense I just halved my petrol consumption at a stroke... longer runs are even better... I'm laughing all the way to the pump... It drives better than I thought on a long run and will pull away surprisingly fast and is big enough for 5 if one is a child. I'm 6ft1in and there is ample room still... more than my other car.

Added: 5 November 2008 16:49

LES POOLE says:

We are told by our so called government to SAVE THE PLANET. By turning off unecessary electrical items, install energy efficient light bulbs, etc. But, when you travel to London at night time, London is lit up like a Christmas Tree, many offices ablaze with light with no apparent workforce inside,closed shops flood lit.I am beginning to think WHO IS KIDDING WHO.

Added: 28 October 2008 15:38

Peter Lewis says:

Its nice to see the C1 diesel did well.
Ive owned a Caldera Black Metalic C1 diesel from June last year and have bettered 84mpg over a long journey from North Wales to Co Durham recently using the M6 most of theway.

It would have been nice to know what mileage the C1 had before its marathon attempt.Mine has just past 12,000miles and everything in the report i can say is true.

Why then does vertually every motoring journalist slate this magnificent HDi engine.I know diesel is more expensive to buy than petrol but many drivers me included prefer the way diesels perform aswell as their legendary relibility over often complicated petrol engines.

The C1 diesel now has air conditioning as standard,mine didnot include air conditioning which im pleased about because when you have to use it it drinks fuel in the process which goes against the reason of C1 ownership.

I would recommend anyone to buy a C1 diesel or petrol as it is a very well screwed together citycar that is very comfortable to drive over very long distances.

My journey from Llandudno to Shildon in Co Durham including a bit of sightseeing totalled nearly 450miles and i got out of the car feeling quite relaxed.

On the outward journey from Llandudno to Barnard Castle which is 185.6 miles i used just over 8 litres of fuel having brimmed the tank from the begining of my journey.

You see 84mpg as achieved in this Fuel Marathon is nothing really special.Taking the cars mileage into consideration 84mpg can be achieved by any carefull owner as long as you keep the speed around 50-55mph.

Added: 27 October 2008 12:35

taz says:

A Yaris driven by Andrew Andersz and Gary Luton achieved the highest overall fuel economy in the 2008 ALD Fleet World MPG Marathon. Seeing off stiff competition and winning Toyota top spot for the third year running, the Yaris 1.4 D-4D achieved 84.66 mpg, the highest figure attained out of all the 39 vehicles which took part in the 400-mile challenge last week.

Added: 23 October 2008 13:27

Tom says:

According to many top scientists ,there is no global warming. We are just going through a normal cycle of warming and cooling.

Added: 23 October 2008 11:46

Alan McDowell says:

Well, I'm none the wiser
- When did the race take place
- Who won
- How were the other car's placed
- What were the actual MPGs obtained by entrants

Citroen may be sponsoring the page but this is just bad journalism

Alan

Added: 19 October 2008 10:17

chris says:

fuel is taxed then vat is added so is tax vatable? if you are not vat registared its dear motoring. the goverment hate 4x4's,my car is a toyota landcruiser it has covered 230,000 miles on 2 sets of tyres,22mpg,tows a large stock box because i cant get sheep on the bus.we have a toyota rav 4 �220 road tax cat converter on it the land criuser �180 with no cat.so why are clearner cars taxed so heavy?

Added: 17 October 2008 08:59

ken says:

Why are we so content to be eco friendly? and it seems that we are the only country doing this...try to persuade people to do this ALL over the world has to.... it makes not sense if we are the only ones

Added: 14 October 2008 23:07

dave says:

Geoff is totally right gobal warming and high fuel prices are the result of massive over population ! Polatitions will never address the question as it is a vote loser

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