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Derek Lecours · 09-07-2007, 06:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MikeT.

Well I get about 3.1-3.2 L/100 in my smart cruising at 85-90 on my commute, which is 13-14% less than the "official" highway rating. 6.7*.87 = 5.8

Also, the German Magazine Auto Bild tested a B 200 in 2005 and found that on their loop, the "minimum fuel consumption" was 5.8 L/100 km.

So I think I should be able to do it. We don't get much wind here!

Hi Mike, You might be right. I did a run yesterday and tried to do as you said and yes I averaged 5.8 for approx. 100 km distance at 80 to 85 kph. Calm and very humid and fresh 'Moobil' 1 oil. So keep us posted as the big day nears! Cheers, Derek

Mike Tee · 09-07-2007, 07:57 AM

Glad to read that!

I still have about 2 months to wait for delivery; my car is being built in the second decade of this month.....

The speed limit in the 4 lane highway around here has a speed limit of 90, so going 85 is no big deal and doesn't impede other traffic. Bonus!

BTW, my smart does these "better than official" figures on wider wheels and tires, which should cost about 0.2 L/100!

Mike Tee · 09-07-2007, 11:45 PM

Here is the road test where I got the L/100 figures for the B 200 from:

Notice that the B finished 5th of 5 cars in the overall ranking....but if you look at the subjective ratings closely, the price is what made all the difference.

Just try to buy one of the others in Canada (excepting the useless Mazda 4-seater, or 5/6 seater with half/no trunk.

Our B 200 in Canada is $7000 cheaper than the pre-tax price of a similarly-equipped one in Europe, so the price is less of a bother here

http://www.opel.de/res/download/pdf/...estreport4.pdf

wind123 · 10-02-2007, 02:35 AM

I live in Taiwan.

My B200Turbo(7-speed autotronic CVT) had run 27000km.

The best test record is 5.9~6.0L/100KM on high way with around 80~90km/hr cruise.
Acceleration is not allowed.

Mike Tee · 10-02-2007, 07:56 AM

6.0 at 88 km/h with a turbo CVT is very good!

Derek Lecours · 10-02-2007, 03:31 PM

I've about 22,000Km and have changed the oil twice already. The engine seems to be wearing in nicely because my 'fueel' consumption is quite improved from last year. Anybody else notice a difference? My service 'B' is indicated in 3,100km which would have been my theoretical first oil change. In Canada, there is no service 'A' indicated from new.

trout · 10-19-2007, 09:29 AM

Present total mileage 15000 B200 auto S setting
Shown below is the latest check which covers local mileage and the odd long run

Mike Tee · 10-19-2007, 10:15 PM

That's pretty good, considering the average speed and CVT gearbox!

Bill F · 10-26-2007, 07:56 PM

Looking at Mercedes Canada web site it appears that the CVT turbo gets better fuel economy in the city that the manual transmission and only slightly poorer on the highway.
City manual 10.2/100 versus automatic at 9.5/100

In talking to the dealer it appears the fuel usage given by the car computer is not very accurate. It shows better than you really get, up to 10% better. My car is about 5% out

Mike Tee · 10-26-2007, 09:58 PM

Interesting....the B 200 does 9.2 whether manual or automatic on the TC city test, and the manual is 0.5 L/100 better than the CVT on the highway....at 6.7. I will aim to better that by quite a bit, I think, when my car is broken in.