100,240 kilometers, 471 refuelings
The Chevrolet Spark, who remembers it? The model must have turned a light on, because 16,542 units were sold from 2010 to 2014. This makes it the most popular Chevrolet in our country, even more popular than its predecessor Matiz. Part of the success can be explained by the LPG variant Spark BiFuel, which made cheap driving very affordable. How economical was that car?
LPG in new cars is now unique and you can only find a few LPG variants at Dacia. In the years that Chevrolet supplied the Spark BiFuel, a few other manufacturers ventured into such a drive. Fiat, Opel, Citroën and – yes – Landwind, among others, supplied cars that ran on both petrol and LPG for a while. They don’t matter now, back to the small Chevy!
LPG consumption Chevrolet Spark BiFuel
25 drivers of the popular Spark kept track of their consumption in the AutoWeek Consumption Monitor. This gives a good picture of the gas consumption, which for these drivers is jointly 1 in 14.2 (7.1 l/100 km).
There are always outliers, but the driver who scores 1 in 16.7 (6.0 l/100 km) does the best. This means that consumption is even better than the factory specifications of 1 in 14.7 (6.8 l/100 km). This value is not completely pure, because this driver also occasionally drove on petrol. That additional petrol consumption is 1.69 l/100 km. A ‘pure’ LPG value is 1 in 15.5 (6.5 l/100 km) over a distance of 122,438 kilometers. Petrol consumption here was limited to 1 in 300.3 (0.33 l/100 km).
The most unfavorable consumption value is 1 in 12.2 (8.3 l/100 km) on LPG, plus a consumption of 1 in 126.6 (0.79 l/100 km) on petrol. It took this driver about three and a half years and no less than 472 refuelings before the 100,240 kilometers were covered. Indeed, quick calculator, that is an average range of 213 kilometers. In practice, the maximum range on LPG in this case is about 300 kilometers.
And the gasoline consumption?
Seventeen drivers also kept track of their petrol consumption, in addition to their gas consumption. After all, an LPG G3 car like this always starts on petrol and only switches to LPG if the engine control allows this. So you always have some gasoline consumption, as you saw above even with the most economical gas drivers. On average, the petrol consumption of ‘our’ drivers is 1 in 51.7 (1.93 l/100 km), but those who never deliberately drive petrol are more likely to see values ​​of 1 in 200 (0.5 l/100 km) or better . When it comes to easy and cheap driving, this Chevrolet Spark BiFuel was the Dacia Spring of its time. Yes, also in terms of range.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl