Is 35 MPG at 56 MPH OK? (2.0 litre euro 6 engine)

then I will stop fretting trying to get it up to what ford said it would do.

Ford wont have any idea what weight/style of conversion the converter was going to put on their chassis so wont have made any commitment to what your motorhome should achieve mpg wise.....

35 mpg is good, better than the 28mpg we get......

Interesting hearing motorhome fuel figures, as a tugger my all up weight towing with a 2ltr diesel is around 3.5T giving around 27mpg. (40+ solo)Maybe the  total mass and aero is similar to a MH with the van on the back. With a lighter right foot towing at 56mph could probably better 30mpg.

I have found with all the diesels I've owned that fuel economy improves slightly as they run in. This can take 30-40k miles.

You're  doing  ok  Mrs K  !!

A commercial vehicle is designed to carry weight and is tuned and geared accordingly, Via.

A car is not specifically designed to tow heavy loads so is not tuned or geared to do so which might explain the difference.

Thanks all.

As for "what were expecting"....

I think we were taken in by the sales blurb and the "13% better fuel economy than the outgoing model"

In retrospect, 35 mpg is OK........... 

As you say, it beats 25  

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Peugeot based, 2.2 litre, 3500kg we get around 25 mpg long distance motorway at around 65 mph. 35 mpg is more than I would ever dream of!

I realise vans and cars are different beasts but was just surprised how similar consumption figures were forMH,s versus my rig and speculated that a similar capacity engine moving a similar mass and brick shaped aerodynamics  was the reason. 

 

I used to get similar consumption with my Kuga towing the van as I get with the lowline MH running at about the same overall weight. Clearly from the figures being quoted, travelling at slightly lower speeds make a significant difference to consumption.

 I consider 20mpg when towing as not bad

..... 3.0 4x4 diseasal towing a 1865kg twin axle