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Honda Civic achieves 36.1km/L in efficiency rating marathon

27 Oct 2013|5,935 views

A rigorous round of real-world testing dubbed the 'MPG Marathon' has once again underlined the impressive fuel-efficiency of the new 1.6-litre Honda Civic.

The MPG Marathon is designed to be a real world test that demonstrates the benefits to both the environment and the motorist's back pocket of employing simple, smarter driving techniques

Over a 590km, the Civic recorded 36.1km/L, just 1.7km/L behind the winner. By doing so, it even exceeded its official combined figure by slightly more than 8 percent, placing it third place overall in percentage improvement on quoted figures. The Civic also recorded the third lowest CO₂ emissions of the models on test, with just 94g/km.

Organised by Fleet World magazine, the ALD Automotive/Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon set out from near Sheffield, on Wednesday, the 9^th of October. This year's event is regarded as the toughest yet, with strong winds, long hill climbs and heavy traffic.

The new Civic 1.6 i-DTEC with a powerful 118bhp rated power unit is the first to be launched in Europe under Honda's flagship Earth Dreams Technology environmental programme, offering outstanding balance of high fuel economy, low emissions and dynamic performance.

This year's event saw the introduction of a new 'navigational scatter' format with competitors required to visit a number of fixed points via the route of their choice, as opposed to a fixed route used in previous years. The location, speed and direction of travel of each competitor were monitored in real-time by TRACKER satellite tracking technology fitted to each vehicle.

"The fact that our small diesel 1.6 i-DTEC powered Civic five-door finished a very respectable third in the MPG Marathon illustrates the key benefit our new Earth Dreams Technology to fleet users - far less trips to the filling station than many similar sized competitor models," commented Lee Wheeler, Manager-Corporate Operations at Honda (U.K.).

23 cars were driven by independent journalists and company car drivers, on U.K. roads during the efficiency test, and out of the near two-dozen fleet, the Civic managed a best of third for overall fuel efficiency behind the Ford Fiesta ECOnetic and Renault Clio Dynamique.

Over a 590km, the Civic recorded 36.1km/L, just 1.7km/L behind the winner. By doing so, it even exceeded its official combined figure by slightly more than 8 percent, placing it third place overall in percentage improvement on quoted figures. The Civic also recorded the third lowest CO₂ emissions of the models on test, with just 94g/km.

Organised by Fleet World magazine, the ALD Automotive/Shell FuelSave MPG Marathon set out from near Sheffield, on Wednesday, the 9^th of October. This year's event is regarded as the toughest yet, with strong winds, long hill climbs and heavy traffic.

The new Civic 1.6 i-DTEC with a powerful 118bhp rated power unit is the first to be launched in Europe under Honda's flagship Earth Dreams Technology environmental programme, offering outstanding balance of high fuel economy, low emissions and dynamic performance.

This year's event saw the introduction of a new 'navigational scatter' format with competitors required to visit a number of fixed points via the route of their choice, as opposed to a fixed route used in previous years. The location, speed and direction of travel of each competitor were monitored in real-time by TRACKER satellite tracking technology fitted to each vehicle.

"The fact that our small diesel 1.6 i-DTEC powered Civic five-door finished a very respectable third in the MPG Marathon illustrates the key benefit our new Earth Dreams Technology to fleet users - far less trips to the filling station than many similar sized competitor models," commented Lee Wheeler, Manager-Corporate Operations at Honda (U.K.).