Alfa Romeo Forum banner

Fuel Consumption - getting better

12K views 149 replies 38 participants last post by  KidcoolBe 
#1 ·
OK, I'll be the first to admit you shouldnt buy an Alfa Romeo if you are worried about fuel consumption, but it is nice when you can 'enjoy':biglaugh: the car without emptying the tank to quickly. In the Brera a full tank of 70 odd ltrs would just about do 400miles, 430 on a long drive. I'm getting the same miles from 56 - 58 ltrs in the Giulia. But, its getting better as time goes by, now with 1100 miles on, the overall average has crept down from 32mpg to 32.6mpg and with no change to driving habit.

Good this init!?
 
  • Like
Reactions: metalgod23
#2 ·
Yes. Mine with nearly 900 miles and occasional D mode and paddles is 31 over last 300 miles. Expect things will improve after a couple of 1000 miles.
 
#5 ·
Wow, I've not seen numbers that good but it doesn't surprise me. I have had low 30s but driving 10 to 15 mph faster. In town fuel economy is not great, you're looking at late teens, maybe 20. But cruising economy is fantastic and that's what matters in my opinion.

Was that per the onboard computer? Have you done a brim to brim to compare/check accuracy?
I have done the brim to brim compare twice and both times the trip was within 1 mpg.
 
#9 ·
I dont think my gearbox is working, I cant feel the changes.
 
#12 ·
That is my understanding to, 2000 miles is a particular landmark.
 
#19 ·
Thats very impressive Hamfisti. I too just filled to the top of the neck, 58.53ltrs and 428miles clocked works out at just over 33mpg. But that is lots of mixed driving, mainly single carriageway A and B roads plus some in town. At the weekend there is a long round trip, lets see what the result is from that.
 
#20 ·
Yes - a squeaky bum moment to be sure. At the risk of upsetting some serious Alfistis, I was definitely nervous about the Italian electronics, but in all probability, the system's probably made by Bosch anyway! Anyone with a Tesla with full autopilot is probably thinking we're a bit backward on here, but as I said, the ACC is deeply impressive.

In the interests of balance, I still don't like that there aren't buttons to go straight to the main Connect functions. To get from sat nav to media and back again is a lot of dial twiddling. The HK is still rubbish and I don't think Signora Sally Satnav is anywhere near as efficient as Fraulein Sally in the BMW.

Minor gripes in the scheme of things.
 
#21 ·
I hope theres not to much Bosch in our cars, its the Bosch bits that failed on my 159 years ago.
 
#24 ·
In my humble opinion the standard system is fine. 900W? is that for the hard of hearing, or the soon to be hard of hearing?
 
#25 ·
i think the absence of a subwoofer is a great thing in the standard version, (for me, and for the kids in the back). the standard set up sounded better than any car i have had in the short time i test drove it ... 100W is more than fine,

an EQ would have been good, i wonder if a firmware upgrade could add one into the settings
 
#32 ·
Did a long trip over the weekend, the car has now done 1730 miles. The weekend was a mix of long Mway sections (M4) on Friday night, I was able to maintain some good long sections on cruise at 70, but at times had to slow up for traffic or accelerate up to 80 to clear middle lane hoggers, most of the motorway I used 'A', which seemed perfect. On Sat and Sunday, demoing the car to family I was using 'N' and 'D' along the twisty bits in Monmouthshire.

This morning I refilled to the brim. The trip had recorded 483 miles and 38.9 mpg. The real world (brim to brim) result was 38.4mpg!! I'm satisfied with that, who needs a diesel?

I did not see, not one other Giulia the whole weekend.

Something I noticed, set at 70mph cruise, after accelerating past middle lane hoggers I lifted off at about 80mph to let the car settle back to 70mph but the car applied the brakes!
 
#41 ·
Well done for not running out of fuel, I make that 57 out of 58 litres that you had to refill with.
 
  • Like
Reactions: domholyfield
#37 ·
I get a distinct whistling around the wing mirror at 60-70+. Not there at 50ish. Not yet sure if its worse in windy conditions or not. A bit irritating, I have to say. Maybe I should just turn the radio up :).

Oh, that's another thing - it keeps defaulting to FM whenever I turn the radio off, having left it on DAB, might just be me though - haven't figured out a lot of things in the infotainment system, which I find pretty unintuitive and a bit of a pain frankly.

1100 miles so far and indicated mpg is 36.8 in mostly A roads and Mway with a fair bit of stop/start; mostly N and with some A on mway cruises and in traffic jams. Not had much twisty stuff as yet for D mode fun.
I think the computer is over-reading by about 2-3 mpg, but I can live with that (not much worse than the 38ish I was getting out of my Giulietta, albeit that was driven a bit more "spiritedly").
 
#34 ·
There was no appreciable wind noise. I have read complaints of wind noise, but not on my car.
 
#35 ·
Initially I thought the car is extremely quiet, coming from a 10 year old 159. However, I have started to hear wind noise around the doors shut and/or the big wing mirrors! Although the noise is only slight and is more prominent on windy days or poor road surfaces (tyre noise). I would say it is not as quiet as for example an A4 but still fairly quiet. I usually have the stereo on which drowns most of the road noise, and on that note the HK audio has improved and sounds good now, still source sensitive though so you need good sound files or good radio broadcast. The issue I think is more to do with the limited EQ settings on Connect. I need to contact HK directly but haven't had the time yet. Still a good system and I don't regret choosing it.

MPG - Done 1000 miles so far and averaging about 31mpg over last 600 miles of mainly A roads and some fast motorway sections @ 70++ :wobble:
In order to get 38 which I think is achievable, I will have to exercise a lot of will power though! Maybe sometime.....

Seats: The standard seats really need more thigh/side supports, as its quite flat and does not cater to sporty driving!. My wife's C Max has better support...:ranting:
May upgrade to Veloce seats somewhere down the line if at all possible without bankrupting myself.
 
#36 ·
done 2500 miles now, general running about = 32 ish av. mpg, trip to Scotland and back end of last week, main roads / motorways, moderately heavy traffic using ACC quite a lot = 39 ish av. mpg.
Didn't see a single Giulia all the way to Scot and back (although I have seen one other a few weeks ago near Cambridge).
 
#39 ·
It was not difficult to get the 38mpg, I would expect a nice long run down through France to easily exceed 40mpg, which for a car of its size/engine is remarkable.

My brother who we were visiting has a Merc E class convertible and a BMW 216, he commented how quiet the Giulia was.
 
#40 ·
i havent completed a good highway run yet but my local area draws a higher than normal consumption because of a traffic light at almost every intersection with a roundabout in between, it seems the local council must have had a surplus one year and decided to blow the lot on lighting lol ... anyway just as a comparison to other cars i have driven in these same conditions, the 159 2.4 diesel would draw about 11-12 litres/100 klms, a Megane 1.2 turbo 10-11 litres/100 klms and this little beauty less than either of those at 10 litres/100 klms ... just as a comparison under identical conditions, same driving routes, same driver

the short highway i did do returned 8.5ish litres/100 klms

whilst still new it definitely consumes less than a 2.4 diesel
 
#43 ·
sounds like that bowser might need a bit of a recalibration

red light comes on when you should have 9 litres in the tank, i refilled mine after using about 2-3 litres to get there and it took 53 litres, almost spot on

edit: oh disregard what i said, i didnt notice if i was on a red light or orange, it must have been orange
 
#44 ·
The first two tanks of petrol that I used on my 2.0 was at an average speed of 16 mph and 18 mph and a paltry trip mpg of 23.5 and 26.2 with a distance covered of 300 and 320 miles. This mainly involved lots of stopping and starting, hence the low average speed.

The last tank however, involved a return trip London, a trip to the dealers and a bit off pottering about, sometimes in D.

I'd found that I'd done 515.7 miles on one tank at 38.05 mpg on the computer and 38.1 on a brim to brim calculation. I did a lot of the motorway driving on cruise control at a decent speed, mainly in A as I had a couple of elderly gentlemen in the car. The overall average speed was 39mph. It's good to know that I can get a decent range out of one tank if need be.

I've also been heading to the petrol station when the second red line goes off leaving one on. The last two fill ups, at different garages have been 62.06 and 61.61 litres, and I thought I had a 58 litre tank.
 
#71 ·
The first two tanks of petrol that I used on my 2.0 was at an average speed of 16 mph and 18 mph and a paltry trip mpg of 23.5 and 26.2 with a distance covered of 300 and 320 miles. This mainly involved lots of stopping and starting, hence the low average speed.
My latest tank of 'Normal' driving for me yielded more miles, 352.1 with a trip MPG of 27, but was probably 25 from brim to brim calculations. I headed to the nearest of the 3 garages that I use when the the gauge went down to a single red light and put 63.83 litres in. There must be a lot of pipes that can be filled in addition to the tank as the latest fill up used 63.83 litres.

The average trip MPH increased increased slightly due to a couple of roadworks on my route to/from work no longer holding me up, which could account for a slightly higher MPG.

The next top up should be interesting. I called at a garage near to where I park for the football where I used to occasionally get Premium Diesel, but found that they only do 95 stuff for the petrol, so I had to settle for that.
 
This is an older thread, you may not receive a response, and could be reviving an old thread. Please consider creating a new thread.
Top