That’s how economical a second-hand endurance tester with a petrol engine would be
The Toyota Avensis is one of those models that you might have forgotten. It is therefore no longer available, because the last copies of this large D-segmenter appeared on the market in 2019. One of the later copies of the Avensis now lives on the AutoWeek editors as an occasion endurance tester, with a common engine under the hood. So we have one ourselves, but we wonder: how economical is a Toyota Avensis 1.8 VVT-i usually in practice? The AutoWeek Consumption Monitor provides the answer.
The Toyota Avensis appeared on the market in 1997, as the successor to the Carina. A second generation followed in 2003, which was succeeded in 2009 by the model we discuss in this article. You can take the word ‘model’ with a grain of salt here, because the nose and even the dashboard of the Avensis were tackled in 2015. So sturdy, in fact, that you could mistake the car for a completely new one. With this facelift came new diesel engines, from the shelves of BMW. As mentioned, we are now limiting ourselves to Toyota’s own 1.8 VVT-i petrol engine.
Consumption Avensis 1.8 VVT-i
The Toyota Avensis 1.8 VVT-i produces 147 hp and does not use turbo technology. A fairly traditional engine. Based on the data of 17 users in the AutoWeek Consumption Monitor, we distill an average consumption of 1 to 14.1 (7.1 l/100 km).
The most economical driver achieves a consumption of 1 to 17.9 (5.6 l/100 km), but because this consumption is based on a distance of just 1,000 kilometers and three fill-ups, we do not consider this measurement very reliable. With 1 in 15.8 (6.4 l/100 km), the second most economical value is still neat, even slightly more economical than Toyota promises. Even with the occasional towing of a caravan, an average of well over 1 in 15 appears to be possible, as another driver shows. This indicates that you are consciously driving economically.
At the other end of the spectrum, we find a number of drivers who dip below 1 in 13, with 1 in 12.5 (8 l/100 km) being the worst value. The owner of this least economical Avensis kept track of consumption for more than 100,000 kilometers and indicates that he occasionally tows a caravan.
The Toyota Avensis is an used endurance tester from AutoWeek.
And the AutoWeek endurance tester?
The average consumption of the Avensis has become slightly more favorable from 1 to 13.2 (7.5 l/100 km) in the first weeks and has fallen to 1 to 13.5 (7.4), more economical than 1 to 15.7 (quiet highway ride, 6.3 l/100 km) it is never and less economical than 1 in 12.8 (7.8 liters), we have now driven a total of 6,834 kilometers.
Although the Avensis 1.8 VVT-i does not have the most modern technology on board, it achieves decent consumption in practice. The also atmospheric Mazda 6 SkyActiv-G 2.0 is slightly more economical in practice, but the Toyota doesn’t make a mud figure, even when compared to classmates Volkswagen Passat 1.4 TSI and Ford Mondeo 1.5 EcoBoost. Anyone who still wants a large Toyota now has to rely on the RAV4. Such an SUV is bad news, you would say, were it not for the fact that the considerably stronger RAV4 Hybrid is more economical in practice than the Avensis 1.8 VVT-i.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl