Prado 150 1KD 3.0L Fuel economy figures

[stevep84 Find all posts View Profile Close stevep84]

The Newcastle to Brisbane tank ended up averaging 10.34 L/100km after some running around up there. Did 800 or so kms today towing the new CT and the car says I am averaging 12.2 which is realistically about 13 L/100km.

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[ochre Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ochre]

Drove from Perth to Dongra towing 2.2t boat, average 11.7lts. Sat on 100kph.

[Steve M Addicted PP Member Find all posts View Profile Close Steve M]

Ochre, gota be happy with that eh.... Cheers Steve

[Esquire Member Find all posts View Profile Close Esquire]

Drove from Brisbane to Melbourne, spend a week in M and returned to Brisbane. 3700k in total and averaged 8.6. Happy days.

[Frank2 Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Frank2]

Not sure how you get these figures mine runs 10 litres per 100 highway and up to 16 with a 2.200 kg poptop caravan. The computer in the car is a waste of space. If you are running 8.6 thats over 1600 kms per tank i would wonder about that.

[Esquire Member Find all posts View Profile Close Esquire]

Not sure how you get these figures mine runs 10 litres per 100 highway and up to 16 with a 2.200 kg poptop caravan. The computer in the car is a waste of space. If you are running 8.6 thats over 1600 kms per tank i would wonder about that.

1121km to West Wylong and put in just under 100L. Works out at 8.9. It works.

[Richie Lurker Find all posts View Profile Close Richie]

I did 8L per 100 km on my trip to Newman,averaged speed 100km/h

[ochre Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ochre]

Just did the drive back from Dongra to Perth (minus the boat), still 11.7lts, average 110ish

[Symo Advanced Member Find all posts View Profile Close Symo]

I'm up to 10,000km - ready for teh first service, and the average of short 1km trips fromhome to work (yeah the heater doesn't even come on) and some highway is 8.9L/100km

Feels like I filled up the tank 2 months ago, it just keeps going, and going, and going...

Best I did was two return trips to Bundaberg from Bris on one tank, some 1700kms before the DTE went to 0. I think I average 7.5L/100km on those two trips, just one driver, clean car, no luggage, prob best I'll ever achieve.

[drew_1 Find all posts View Profile Close drew_1]

well, i've clicked over 17ks now on the prads - now doing the daily grind, bondi to cbd (albeit generally outside of peak hour) and out to the 'rents in the central tablelands every 4 weeks or so. it's still showing 9.5l/100 and will drop back down to 9.4 after a trip out to the country. that's with a steel bar, dual batteries & snorkel.

lovin' the prado!

[sleeky5 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sleeky5]

Not sure how you all seem to do so well. Mine averages about 12 around town and no better on the open road. In fact coming back from Adelaide sitting on 120 I was getting around 15. Never better than 11. Figures around 9 are just a dream.

[Australian Member Find all posts View Profile Close Australian]

Not sure how you all seem to do so well. Mine averages about 12 around town and no better on the open road. In fact coming back from Adelaide sitting on 120 I was getting around 15. Never better than 11. Figures around 9 are just a dream.

At 120Kmh you are going to drink lots. The vehicle has a large drag coefficient which is really pronounced above 110. Do you ever try to keep the eco light on? Coast down hills and to red lights? My experience has been lots of people try to drive them like small cars with the foot flat. The Prado will have no issues keeping up with regular traffic but you will always pay for it with fuel. Stands to reason being about 2 and a half tons of metal.

[r2d2 Member Find all posts View Profile Close r2d2]

I do 175km round trip to work everyday most of it is at 120km/hr and I have an average of around 9.5lt/100km with the facelift 150.

[JordanSwarts Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JordanSwarts]

With the wife's 2014GXL around town, she can average 8.1 comfortably in and around Rockingham.
that does include some trips down to Mandurah, only mod is 3inch exhaust.

[rob_macca67 Avid PP Poster! Find all posts View Profile Close rob_macca67]

Our Prado has just clicked over 100,000kms. It's averaged 12.3ltrs/100kms over that time which also includes 4 yearly touring trips throughout Australia + towing the caravan.....

If I remove the Touring figures(some 31,000kms in total), etc from the overall figures, then the economy is 11.8ltrs/100kms for normal around town driving..... Not bad I reckon for a non-std 4wd.