Originally Posted by alexGS
I was stunned with the 24V 3.0 V6in the 166 as far as 'economy' goes - I got an average of 27mpg over a long trip. The same long trip in my mighty old 164 - which has a 12V 3.0 V6 - gave 40mpg. Yes, 40... 7.1L/100km! It helps that my 164 is a manual,
I agree - Most never believed me that I could get 40mpg out of my 164 3.0 12v. As soon as I moved onto the 164 24v the figures dropped drastically! Thats progress for you - The same basic engine with a 24v head and a move from 192bhp to 210bhp and a drop of around 10mpg at least! The 12v sounded great also and I would not say that performance was noticeably different! Both had the sudden 4k rev rush!