New Car Choice - Hyundai Tucson 1.6T Hybrid Ultimate

[RobW]

Hi all,

First post on here so please be gently with me!.....I'm looking to get a Hyundai Tucson 1.6T Hybrid Ultimate 5dr Auto, so i went and had a test drive in one at the weekend.
When i got back to the dealer had done about 20 miles which was mainly 50 - 65 mph on a dual carriageway and the mpg on the dash said 38 mpg. I meantioned this to the sales man saying that it seemed low when i had driven the car very carefully trying to keep it moving along using the battery as much as i could. His response was the mpg quoted on the dash was just that of the engine and didnt take into account what was done using battery which i said was crazy if that is how it works.

I'm coming from a 2019 Skoda Octavia Estate 2.0 TDI 150 with DSG and decided to move to something petrol due to the amount of miles i do now being a lot less than when i first got the car.

I know mpg quoted by manufacturers should be taken with a pinch of salt but is the 38 mpg normal when Hyundai quote the following on their website?

Fuel Consumption & Emissions
CO2 Emissions (g/km) - 133
WLTP - Combined MPG (l/100km) - 47.8 (5.9)
WLTP - Extra High Phase MPG (l/100km) - 36.6 (7.7)
WLTP - High Phase MPG (l/100km) - 54.3 (5.2)
WLTP - Low Phase MPG (l/100km) - 56.4 (5)
WLTP - Mid Phase MPG (l/100km) - 67.2 (4.2)

Thanks for your time reading this and i look forward to seeing your response.

[Indalo1]

His response was the mpg quoted on the dash was just that of the engine and didnt take into account what was done using battery which i said was crazy if that is how it works.

Is there an award ceremony coming up at the end of the year for the car salesperson who has delivered the best line to a customer in the course of trying to make a sale?

The ’sales executive’ in this case must be in the running as his line is a cracker! Now, if you want the truth, the fuel economy from the Hybrid model in Ultimate trim should be perfectly satisfactory for a petrol engine with hybrid tech. Sure, diesels achieve great economy and have been doing so for the last 40 years. However, due to all the efforts to reduce emissions, including the volte-face with regard to the formerly loved diesel engine, we are all being guided towards BEVs or at least into the halfway-house of part-electric assistance.

Realising that leaving my diesel history behind and moving into the world of petrol hybrids, I knew that I would take a hit on fuel economy, although ameliorated a little by the cheaper price of The E5 & E1O options. As things have transpired, my HEV in Ultimate trim is slightly better on fuel than my long-term KIA Optima SW.

After patiently running-in my Tucson for almost 1,000 miles and ignoring the fuel economy during that period, I found that it’s difficult in my motoring profile to get as low as 40 mpg in winter and easily achieving 45-50 mpg during the warm months. Given the performance available, if required, I’m delighted with an overall 4-season economy of mid-to high 40s. Some forum member report unbelievable figures as if they are eternally on an economy test but I disregard all the nonsense claims such as as ‘I get X mpg around town but I can get 80 mpg on a run!’ Unlike some, I don’t report high numbers observed briefly on the screen and treat the instrument read-outs as indicative rather than accurate. To that end, I always refuel on a brim-to-brim basis and do the simple arithmetic.

The Tucson in HEV form provides a decent balance of fuel economy along with fairly quick acceleration although ride and handling rather fall short of premium. All-in-all, I find it a decent car although nowhere near as capacious as my previous estate cars.

I wish you well if you proceed and secure a Tucson HEV.

[mah006]

I have owned my N Line S HEV for 2 1/2 years & travelled around 25k miles & i am averaging 48mpg
If i remember rightly the first 10k miles were under 40mpg but as the miles have ticked by this has increased nicely
My journeys are a combination of motorway & city driving & i did notice this summer the average per tank increased to 55mpg & has just started to drop below 50mpg as the colder weather kicks in

[Pogleswood]

If it was the face lifted version you test drove? , it’s highly likely that the units measure is set for US gallons not UK, you’ll find a thread on here about it, so it’s highly likely that the units haven’t been changed, our suppling dealer wasn’t aware of it so it’s highly likely most other dealers aren’t.

Interestingly enough over the initial 3000 miles we’ve done so far our 24 model Hybrid is proving far more economical than our 21 model hybrid.

[PhilHornby]

Interestingly enough over the initial 3000 miles we’ve done so far our 24 model Hybrid is proving far more economical than our 21 model hybrid.

Maybe from the extra Regen Braking?

[Pogleswood]

Interestingly enough over the initial 3000 miles we’ve done so far our 24 model Hybrid is proving far more economical than our 21 model hybrid.

Maybe from the extra Regen Braking?

The regen braking does make a difference, overall the Hybrid system appears a lot more efficient than previously.

It’ll be interesting to do a back to back comparison on Sunday as we’ve got to pick my son’s 22 plate N line S up from storage.

[RobW]

If it was the face lifted version you test drove? , it’s highly likely that the units measure is set for US gallons not UK, you’ll find a thread on here about it, so it’s highly likely that the units haven’t been changed, our suppling dealer wasn’t aware of it so it’s highly likely most other dealers aren’t.

Interestingly enough over the initial 3000 miles we’ve done so far our 24 model Hybrid is proving far more economical than our 21 model hybrid.

Thanks for all the replies guys......Yes it was the face lifted version and it had about 3400 miles on the clock.
I might ask the dealer to check the MPG units as 38 US mpg equated to 45.6 UK mpg which i what i was hoping for.

[Pogleswood]

Over the 3100 miles we’ve done so far the average consumption is 47 mpg, our previous Tuscon Hybrid over the 32000 miles we had it averaged 48.6 mpg.

[peteh]

Ours has done about 17000 miles, low for it's age, and shows the average of all time on the display as 41mpg.

Car used by my wife 5 days a week, on mostly very short around-town driving, and on morning journeys to work it will not have reached its operating temp.

On drives to London (with mpg zero'd at the start of jurney after filling up with petrol) it averages 50-52mpg.

But generally I will say over the warmer months up here it gives 40-45mpg, and in colder months 35-40mpg. We live in Edinburgh.

I always fill it to the brim with E10, the cheaper stuff. I can't remember, but I think when E5/E10 was introduced I read that E5 vs E10 can increase or decrease mpg by 1-2%

Not enough for me to lose any sleep over!

[italianjob1970]

Mines a '21 and has sat on 42MPG average forever, nowhere near the claimed economy!