600 Miles Tiguan 190 diesel
Thats much better than we were getting Moggy. Same model as you and we struggled to get much over 500 miles.
My Ateca has the same engine, in city traffic MPG is actually quite poor, it needs longer runs to get the best out of it, your X1 has the slightly detuned engine, seems to have had the desired effect on economy ?
Must have. BMW are masters of engine technology. Those who had both the pre and post facelift X1 report that the ‘detuned’ engine performs even better than before, yet also returns better MPG. I tend to drive ours in EcoPro and have never had cause to use Sport mode, but when I have needed to make a fast overtake it absolutely flies. I gave up on Eco mode on our 190PS Tiguan as there was too much of a lag, which might explain why the MPG was so poor in comparison.
First, i’m a fan of BMW engines and had multiple straight sixes in my life. Love them.
I do feel inclined to correct the somewhat skewed perception here though. First, in both Tiguan and X1, nothing changes in terms of power, boost or anything engine related. All it does is change the throttle curve, meaning you need to press the pedal harder for equal power, and a few settings here and there for the gearbox (sailing off throttle, primarily). So a Tiguan can’t be laggier in Eco, nothing changed – you would just need to press the pedal harder, exactly the same thing as the X1.
Second.. The X1 isn’t particularly economical. You don’t get 550 miles range because it gets great mileage, you get 550 miles because your tank is 20% bigger than most other cars here. On average, that’s slightly over 40mpg, that’s certainly not bad, but also not particularly great. Especially considering that it’s not actually “4×4” 98% of the time, it’s front wheel drive exclusively until the front wheels lose grip, then the clutch engages for the rear driveshaft.
I don’t mean to poop all over your car, i in fact really like it, but i feel like this needed to be pointed out. The X1 isn’t more economical than the others here (well most of them), it just has a bigger fuel tank (61l compared to the average 50l).
This also leads me to believe that your Tiguan didn’t run right, because it factually is considerably more economical than a X1.
Prior: SEAT Ateca Xcellence Lux 1.5 TSI DSG MY19, VW Golf GTE PHEV DSG MY23
Current: Hyundai Ioniq 6 Ultimate
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