Kezo just had a quick look at the caravan forums Tuscon HEV owners are claiming seeing on the odd occasion 69/70mpg regularly achieving 45/50mpg, one member towing a 1650 kg caravan 30mpg and another towing a large twin axle 25mpg.
But are they going by the cars mpg readouts which, as we know with PHEVs, bear absolutely no relation to reality? From what I can gather, only a minuscule percentage of PHEV drivers know how to work out the true mpg equivalent once charging costs are factored in (which the mpg readings don’t allow for). It took me ages to work out the correct way to do it
The Tucson hybrid (Hev) comes in 2wd or 4wd options. The 2wd will acheive 50mpg easily, so quite possible to see 6ompg for a short time. The 4wd will do 44-48mpg, which is slightly more than the PHEV.
Before my parents had a charger fitted, I was getting 38-40mpg on my return journey’s in hev mode. If, I slowed down and didn’t have to go over Brecon Beacons, my hev mpg wouldn’t be too disimilar from the 4wd hybrid Tucson.
