MPG just doesn't make sense!

[dcawd]

TGW--thanks--It does seem very low--my 03 V70 AWD used to get around 26 on highway trips. Even allowing for 4 years of 'evolution', a higher ride height, different tires, the sub-20 highway mileage seems below what it should be. I'm planning to have the car looked at soon so let's see if anything turns up.

[vtie]

I've been driving my new MY08 for about 2,500km and the car is using 14.9 litres/100km on average

14.9L/100km ? OMG! That is almost exactly double of what my D5 XC70 consumes. I mostly around 7.5-7.7L/100km.

[griso4r]

since someone was asking for, i attach a file with a comparison between allroad, bmw and the xc. audi and volvo are very close in fuel consumption, bmw outstanding (a small advantage due to the manual transm.).
volvo is anyway too far from the bavarian but with an extremely better price.
ciao

[barrysharp]

Hmmmm - my '03 XC70 running on regular gets a solid 28 mpg (US gallon) on a run. It drops to around 22 mpg for local trips around town. Using 92 octane will increase the 28 mpg to just under 30 mpg. My '03 XC70 has 60K miles.

The mpg numbers for the '08 Crossover are disappointing.

[budrichard]

Barry your numbers match my 03XC almost exactly.
Fuel mileage, the percieved influence of Ford and the lack of a Diesel in the US will force me to look elsewhere for a new AWD vehicle with the ground clearance of the XC. Sad!-Dick

[dcawd]

And I've been using premium. This is looking worse and worse!

Any thoughts on what else I can ask the dealer to look at? (someone suggested rich mixture). Early conversation elicited the--'this is normal, depends on driver style/traffic/speed etc' response...

Possible that the 07s are running/set up differently? Or am I just grasping at straws?

[Tyrant11429]

Wow sorry to hear about that gas milage problems guys, and I pan on buying a 07 v70r lol... Srry to kinda throw this off topic, but the R gives 18/24-25 ish, so the cross country milage should be much better ?? But than again they get those results from 55 mph test and driving like a old lady lol.. I have a new altima 4cly and Im complaining about only getting 300 miles on a whole tank(regular) I think diesel volvo should be brought to the us

[MGC]

Hmmmm - my '03 XC70 running on regular gets a solid 28 mpg (US gallon) on a run. It drops to around 22 mpg for local trips around town. Using 92 octane will increase the 28 mpg to just under 30 mpg. My '03 XC70 has 60K miles.

The mpg numbers for the '08 Crossover are disappointing.

Barry's car and mine are the same age we picked them up on the same day. My mileage is just about the same as what Barry mentions but my car has 137,000 + miles on it.

I'm really disappointed with the 08 mileage and feel Volvo is going backwards when other companies are progressing forwards. If these mileage figures are correct many SUV's get mileage this good if not better. I like the car but with the mileage at this level I will have to comparison shop.

MGC

[vtie]

If these mileage figures are correct many SUV's get mileage this good if not better.

An XC70 3.2 (238hp) uses 11.4L/100km combined cycle
A BMW X5 3.0si (272hp) uses 10.2L/100km combined cycle

The BMW is considerably heavier, bulkier and yet gets better mileage and is more performant (both top speed and 0-100km/ accelerations).

If only we could get that XC70 with a BMW engine...

[HeadXC]

I also have experienced the Power steering Phenomenon both on ny 04 and just the other day on my 08. On the 08 it was after driving for over an hour shuting down then starting the car again and the steering felt very very hard to turn (like it was set to the stiff setting) Mileage is not great, but again my dealer also told me wait until 10K, let's see.