AYGO FURTHER ON LESS
Toyota Takes
Top Spot at MPG Marathon
 The
Toyota Aygo has achieved the overall top spot at the 2006 AA/ALD Automotive MPG
Marathon on 4 and 5 October. Driving an Aygo 1.4 D-4D, James Sutherland and
Richard Hill from Peak Performance obtained an overall fuel economy of 83.44mpg,
more than 20 per cent better than the official combined figure of 68.9mpg.
The
Toyota Avensis 2.2 D-4D also won the category for best percentage improvement
over the official combined figure, achieving 68.2mpg. This worked out to be a
42 per cent improvement over the quoted combined cycle of 47.9mpg. The Avensis
was driven by Doug Powell from Hants County Council and Trevor Holland a
freelance journalist.
The MPG Marathon,
run by Stag Publications, involved completing 360 miles from Bristol to Newquay
over different types of road. The results were judged on the consumption
achieved along with the percentage improvement obtained in relation to the
official consumption figure for each car.
Tim
Copland General Manager Toyota Fleet commented, “This is the second time this
year the Toyota Aygo has triumphed at an MPG event. The results also highlight
the efficiency improvements made to Avensis diesel models over the last year. Now
available with a choice of three power outputs offering greatly improved
consumption and lower CO2 Toyota continues to strengthen its diesel position
in the fleet market.”
Ross
Durkin, Managing Editor of Fleet World magazine added, “This is a great
result both for Toyota and for the two drivers. Their achievement clearly
demonstrates that skilful drivers use less fuel. Whether you are a member of
the public with one car - or a fleet manager with 500 - cutting your annual
fuel bill by this sort of margin must be an attractive proposition.”
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