Seat Ibiza ECOMOTIVE sets a world fuel-saving record of 2.9 l/100 km

The SEAT Ibiza ECOMOTIVE and Gerhard Plattner, track record.
The Ibiza ECOMOTIVE and Gerhard Plattner in the SEAT factory in Martorell, moments before starting the journey.
The SEAT Ibiza ECOMOTIVE
The president of the IPMC certifies consumption record Ibiza ECOMOTIVE in Göttingen (Germany).

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Hardboy997

Very nice SEAT! Enhorabuena!

May 4, 2009 5:27 pm

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afterace2

Who needs a hybrid anyway?

May 4, 2009 8:14 pm

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justbored

Well i know of a hybrid, that's getting a mileage below this one, which has been around 10 years ago and didn't need the higher density diesel to get below 3 liters per 100 km.

May 4, 2009 9:17 pm

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HUMM3R

which is?

May 5, 2009 5:16 am

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tom43

If you are talking about the Toyota Prius (what else?), then you are dreamer... It has been checked by some european magazines. It was not possible to go below 4.7 liter/100km.

May 5, 2009 7:11 am

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justbored

Honda Insight 1st gen. Did 2.8 and less liters per 100 kilometers in road testing. Also you can't compare the average consumption of the Prius with this figure, because the Seat was most likely driven at 80 km/h on highway. Prius would smash that figure this way too i guess.

May 5, 2009 8:54 am

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9TNine

Prius got beaten by a BMW 5-series diesel (520d) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/driving/used_car_reviews/article3552994.ece as well as the (Top Gear) BMW M3!

May 5, 2009 3:40 pm

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GanSan

Hell yeah Seat! Now they either have to improve their image or sell this technology to another manufacturer.

May 5, 2009 7:16 am

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Michael

The problem with this 1.4 TDI powerplant (in fact, a VW engine) is the noise. It's a 3 cylinder non common rail engine. For this reason it will be replaced soon by a new 1.2 TDI (also a 3 cylinder) but common rail which promises to be more frugal than the current one.

May 5, 2009 7:30 am

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WmToensing

I wish we could buy this car in our "so called free country, the USA". I want fuel efficient cars, not those who enrich Big Oil & the Middle East! Maybe if more readers would write our congressmen & senators, we could get such cars as this.

May 5, 2009 8:18 am

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WmToensing

If my math is correct, that is over 80 (US) MPG. Maybe with Fiat's taking over Chrysler we can get some fuel efficient cars in the USA. One US gallon = 3.785 liters. I divided 2.9 by 3.785 & got .766 gallons which I divided into 62 miles to get 80.94 MPG!

May 5, 2009 8:38 am

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jandrews90

Yup WmToensing, I got 81.1mpg

May 5, 2009 1:36 pm

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HEMI426

Michael, whats the problem with noisy cars? I think it's boring to have a car that is so good isolated that you can't hear any engine sound

May 5, 2009 2:59 pm

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Michael

The most frequent negative reviews relating to the VW TDI PD engines concerne the noise and lack of refinement (vibrations) of these engines. Therefore, VW is currently replacing those engines with common rail diesels (2.0 TDI PD to 2.0 TDI CR up to 204 hp and 1.9 TDI PD to 1.6 TDI CR). Being a 3 cylinder engine, 1.4 TDI PD is noisier than its bigger brothers. Furthermore, Ibiza is a small car and does not have the same noise insulation as a compact or medium sized car. So imagine that you have to drive such a car (with a small engine) for o long distance on highway (let's say at 130 km/h). It's not the most comfortabale ride and that's because of the noise...

May 6, 2009 3:15 am

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ericthedog

amazing what grey hair and a knitted jumper can acheive....

May 5, 2009 3:44 pm

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cbass79

That a diesel is noisy - it´s a tale from the past (GM diesels from the 70´s). Have you ever driven a modern european diesel? For US-drivers, the diesel is much better than any asian hybrid: I drive a 2000er Seat Ibiza TDI with a 110hp Audi-engine and the consumption is: Highway (constant speed) 50mph - 98 mpg, 75mph - 85mpg, 110mph - 34mpg, 130mph - 23mpg City 40mpg Even if you can believe it, these are true and realistic values.. Also I can overtake every Prius in 5th gear within a few seconds - hybrids are slow and heavy.

May 8, 2009 1:16 pm

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lewis5678

i purchased a brand new seat ibiza ecomotive in jan 09 not happy with it the right up about 74 mpg is rubbish i am struggling to get 50mpg, and also the emision light will apear on i guess it is over fuelling but seat tell me it is the way i drive, they know best, i have been driving 50 years,there is a charge for the light to be corrected of £60 as it does not come under warranty, hope you can help, thanks chris.

September 23, 2009 7:09 am

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