For consumer awareness
DOE measures fuel efficiency
of 60 car models
With fuel prices going up, it pays to know which vehicles yield the
best mileage
By Paul Anthony A. Isla, Reporter
The vehicles were provided for testing by car manufacturers led by
Toyota Motor Philippines, Honda Cars Philippines, Mitsubishi Motors
Philippines, Columbian Autocar Corporation, Nissan Motor
Philippines, Universal Motors Corporation, BMW Philippines
Corporation, Viking Cars, and Isuzu Philippines Corporation. The
run was sponsored by Total (Philippines) Corporation.
The 60-car convoy traveled a total distance of 170 kilometers from
the DOE Center in Taguig to Lipa City in Batangas—and then back to
the starting point—at an average speed of 60 kilometer per hour
with the maximum speed set at 80 kph. All the vehicles had their
air-conditioning system, headlights and hazard lights on.
Energy Secretary Vincent S. Perez said that among the 60 vehicles,
the Vios and the Crosswind proved to be the most fuel-efficient as
both consumed a total of only 7.574 liters of gasoline and 8.683
liters of diesel, respectively. That translates to an impressive
mileage of 22.44 kilometers to a liter of gasoline for the Vios and
19.58 kilometers to a liter of diesel for the Crosswind.