To be fair to the car, my journeys are in a hilly area, with lot’s of stop-start driving, so no car will achieve it’s estimated mpg.
But when comparing it to my previous car and the HEV I test drove, I wasn’t expecting it to be 60% worse. Official combined fuel consumption is 40.4mpg, the HEV is 48.7mpg. The HEV I drove was about 19% below official figures. My MHEV is about 62% below official figures.
It really does show the benefit of Full Hybrids for stop-start journeys. I suspect on the motorway the mpg will be much closer. The MHEV has less battery weight, although it does have AWD which also eats into the mpg. It’s a shame 2wd wasn’t available.