70 mpg highway in Prius V and C

[blackman777]

I rented a Prius V and scored 70 mpg in highway driving at 45 miles/hour. 65mpg combined (highway + 10 miles stop/go in the city). That's really amazing for a car that holds three rows of seats.

I also rented a C which I didn't like at all (no cruise control; no rear speakers; radio sounded bad). It was 70 highway/67 combined.

---> Toyota has really programmed these cars well, in order to get such high numbers. That's almost as good as my 2-seat Insight (80mpg), but much easier to drive. Just set the cruise control to 45 and the computer automagically gives you high numbers.

BTW I agree 45 is too slow.
It was just a test.
At the speed limit (65) I still got 55mpg in the Prius C..... still impressive.

 

[WishIhadatruck]

V has a 3rd seat? How large a kid can sit back there?

Very impressive numbers. Any idea what the V would get at 65 mph?

 

[blackman777]

Probably the same as the C (which got 55).

 

[bigjl]

For some perspective (figures in UK Gallons)

Doing a steady 45 or so on a 10 miles stretch on dual carriageway with average speed cameras I have averaged nearly 80mpg in the wife's Clio dci and probably more impressive averaged 61mpg in the Jag XJL, not bad for a 275bhp auto twin turbo!

If you sit at or around the 45/50 mph mark you can obtain some serious economy figures.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Originally Posted By: blackman777
I rented a Prius V and scored 70 mpg in highway driving at 45 miles/hour.

That's great, but out here you'd get a ticket for going 45 mph on a highway.

 

[LoneRanger]

Don't really need to so aggressively conserve fuel with this sort of fact out there:


USA to top Saudi Arabia in Oil Production, possible US membership in OPEC?

 

[expat]

Originally Posted By: bigjl
For some perspective (figures in UK Gallons)

Doing a steady 45 or so on a 10 miles stretch on dual carriageway with average speed cameras I have averaged nearly 80mpg in the wife's Clio dci and probably more impressive averaged 61mpg in the Jag XJL, not bad for a 275bhp auto twin turbo!

If you sit at or around the 45/50 mph mark you can obtain some serious economy figures.



I was seeing something like the Clio's mpg with a Peugeot 208 TDI, if i held it at the 50mph mark.
It was interesting to back off the throttle and see it flash up to 250mpg

 

[crazyoildude]

Wow those recycled beer cans get great MPG's

 

[bluestream]

Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Don't really need to so aggressively conserve fuel with this sort of fact out there:


USA to top Saudi Arabia in Oil Production, possible US membership in OPEC?


Non renewable resources should never be wasted, but saved for future generations

 

[The_Jeff]

7 seats, 70mpg. If you carpooled you could get 490 Miles Per Gallon Per Person.

 

[4D-56]

Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Don't really need to so aggressively conserve fuel with this sort of fact out there:


USA to top Saudi Arabia in Oil Production, possible US membership in OPEC?


This really is the wrong way to be looking at this topic and might I carefully say, its what the US is known for, globally. This country has 5% of global population and uses approx 25% of the planets resources every year. Jus sayin.

 

[4D-56]

Originally Posted By: Bluestream
Originally Posted By: LoneRanger
Don't really need to so aggressively conserve fuel with this sort of fact out there:


USA to top Saudi Arabia in Oil Production, possible US membership in OPEC?


Non renewable resources should never be wasted, but saved for future generations


Well said.

 

[Mr_Incredible]

Into the wind and at 75-80 mph my C got 39mpg.

Best tank has been 61mpg. Short trips downhill in the summer with a warmed up car get in the 90's some times over a couple of miles.

Sure beats my 10mpg V10 Super Duty.

 

[Smokescreen]

Wrong. Do your homework guys.

The PriusV 7 seater aka the PriusV Plus or PriusV Alpha is only available in Europe and Japan NOT in North America.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1077...-it-has-7-seats


The PriusV we get still only holds 5 people. Once again the North American people are short changed compared to the global car community.

 

[Smokescreen]

http://priuschat.com/threads/can-i-import-a-v-with-3rd-row.103116/

...explains the 2 different cars, different battery types and layout.

 

[Cujet]

I rent the regular Prius often. I get 45 mpg in normal mixed driving. But, if I slow down, draft trucks and set the cruise, I can achieve spot MPGs that rival what the op indicates. Generally takes 50mph to do that.

 

[blackman777]

I can get "spot" MPG of over 100, but then you have to slow down/speed up/et cetera which ruins that score.

 

[dareo]

Originally Posted By: eljefino
7 seats, 70mpg. If you carpooled you could get 490 Miles Per Gallon Per Person.


Awesome. Although i don't think this would ever happen in the USA. 7 people carpooling, in a prius? I'd sooner believe Obama spends his weekends shooting AR-15s for fun.

 

[blackman777]

Originally Posted By: dareo
Originally Posted By: eljefino
7 seats, 70mpg. If you carpooled you could get 490 Miles Per Gallon Per Person.
Awesome. Although i don't think this would ever happen in the USA.

It seems Americans would have more need for a 7-seat Prius V than an European..... Americans have bigger families & take long roadtrips for vacation. Sometimes I think carmakers have ridiculous ideas/prejudice about Americans.

"They would never buy a small car like Lupo."
"They won't buy diesel cars."
"They only need 5 seats in a Prius Van."