⛽ Fuel Economy

L/100 km ⇄ km/L ⇄ MPG · cost per 100 · your trip, one division

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Two countries measure the same car in opposite directions: Europe divides fuel by distance (L/100 km — smaller is better), the US and UK divide distance by fuel (MPG — bigger is better). This page prints both from the same three numbers, because mixing them up is the single most common fuel-economy error — and the two scales are reciprocals, which are not linear: dropping from 10 to 5 L/100 km saves far more fuel than dropping from 5 to 2.5.

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The UK gallon, and why this page flags it

The imperial gallon is 4.54609 l, not the US 3.78541 l — 20.1% more — so a “40 MPG” car in a British review is 33.3 MPG by American numbers. Rather than guess which MPG you meant, this page labels both. And before comparing your figure against a brochure: advertised consumption is measured on a different track than your road (literally — WLTP runs warmer, lighter and unloaded), so expect real numbers 15–30% above the sticker.

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