Thread: New Hilux Fuel Consumption

Originally Posted by stagstalker

After 9 months of waiting we finally got our new hilux a week and a half ago. Really loving everything about the vehicle so far except one thing, at 1000km on the clock she is drinking 13L per 100km with no load and doing mostly open driving with some short town transits. Automatic transmission.

As seen in the photo it has a bit of extra weight: Bullbar, winch, snorkel, under vehicle protection, steel side steps, canopy, old man emu suspension upgrade/lift, maxxis razr AT811 265x70r17 tyres (40 PSI front, 38 PSI rear), etc.

Based on the mods above I knew it would drink more then normal but when the specs say 7L highway, 9.4L city and a combined average of 7.9L, I thought it was reasonable to expect something along the lines of 11L per 100 for my setup. I get those figures are almost always ambitious but my Holden ran at 9.5L with M/T tyres in the same size and a canopy and snorkel on it..

So there lies my question to any other newer model hilux users, how is your consumption and did it improve much as it ticked up some km and broke in?

I was told when i brought a new vehicle that it won't settle down and free up till around 20,000km and then fuel economy should improve.

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