MPG When Towing

Our Sorento showed 27 mpg when we were towing in France where the traffic was lighter than here!

Averaging 31.5 Mpg over 4000' towing 1250kg in France & Italy this summer in a Mercedes GLC averaging around 49 solo on combined usage

Had a 2013 Passat 140 estate which was an super tow it actually improved MPG  and pull after it had the dieselgate fix done have now bought an Passat Alltrack lets see ,i wonder how long before we,ll be towing with Electric / Part Electric cars 5 years ?

my skoda yeti outdoor 4x4  150bhp   2015 model

solo min 48 mpg

towing 1415 kg  returns 34-36 mpg

my crv that we traded in for the yeti  only returned 34-37 solo

towing 1415 kg returned 24-26 mpg

I've just done my last caravan holiday of the year and having checked my fuel log the average over 2,916 miles of towing is 33.65 MPG.  The worst figure of 29.5 was on 17 Feb at about  5 degrees C. towing my unloaded van home from the dealer on 'A' roads. Best figure of 35.9 on 25 April from Exmoor House club site to Morecambe with van loaded to about 1446 Kg. on 'A' and 'M' roads

I tow with a manual box Mercedes C220 Cdi Estate.  The best solo figures recorded have been up at 62 MPG on an interurban trip.  My normal solo urban/interurban figures are around the mid 40's.

Forester diesel 2.0d Cvt...towing 1550 kgs  26-29mpg , solo 44mpg...not yet run in tho. Last 2 Sub diesels improved massively at 9,000mls

Tj

I have a Toyota Land cruiser 3.0Td 190bhp towing a Swift Conqueror 570 1700 kilo's on the M5 24 mpg going to Newquay on the A roads down to 21 mpg keeping at a steady 60 mph. I don't worry about the fuel I have a great towing vehicle safe and secure.

First time away in our Kuga aw today with the kids and averaged 27 mpg on a trip back from North Yorkshire. I think it may have been higher but the first 20 miles were very hilly!

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just realised this was an old thread I had already contributed to.

ML 3 Litre Diesel averages about 33/34 Solo and about 24 Towing a heavy Coachman at 1640 KGs.  I have always found that 30% drop in fuel consumption about average whatever sort of rig I have been towing. So the OP's findings are about average.

TF