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    Holden Captiva7: Excessive diesel fuel consumption

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    I love our new Holden Captiva 7, it drives well and has great room for the family, but I bought it partly because of its claimed fuel consumption of 9 L/100 km. I did not expect this consumption in real life conditions, but have not yet managed to get less than 14 L/100 km. I asked about this at the first service and they told me the car was fine and just needed to "run in", but there has been no improvement in the last three months. It seems excessive to me that the real fuel consumption should be more than 50 percent more than the advertised fuel consumption. Is this normal?
    Answered by CarsGuide
    29 November 2013
    Graham Smith

    I agree. While the advertised fuel consumption figure is the result of a lab test and is intended only for comparison purposes I think it's reasonable to expect that the real life figure should be close to that figure. Given the size and weight of the Captiva a number of 9 L/100 km seems quite low, lower than I would expect. Don't expect it to improve much as the car is "run-in", that's something dealers say to out you off.

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