Fuel consumption

[George23]

Hello!
I just bought a 2016 GD 1.6 diesel two weeks ago.
This is the first diesel car that I own.
I drove about 500 km and I noticed that the consumption is somewhere around 7l/100km. I expected it to be lower.
I mostly drove on countryroads out of the city.
I really tried to save as much fuel as I can but I still cannot achieve a better consumption.
Is this consumption normal? Am I doing something wrong?

[Shambles]

Why create two accounts to post the same query?

Your other account has been deactivated.

[George23]

Why create two accounts to post the same query?

Your other account has been deactivated.

I had a problem with the email and I couldn't acces that account any more. Sorry for the inconvenience!

[Shambles]

Is this consumption normal? Am I doing something wrong?

Have a read of the pinned topic by Aussie Keith - may make some sense

Diesel Fuel consumption FAQ

[BrendanP]

My 2015 diesel has averaged about 52 mpg over the last 4 years, that's about 5.4 l/100km. I have manual transmission, I believe the automatic is a lot worse.

[josh1990]

My 2015 GD Tourer always gets 5.8L/100km  as soon as we get out of town. Around town is in the high 7's low 8's - which doesn't bother me. My XR6 ute gets around 8L/100km out of town and 18/19 around town (geared for the highway).

[George23]

Maybe the consumption is high because I am not used to diesel. How many revs should I have when changing the gears to drive more economical? Changing the gears at lower revs will harm the DPF?

[josh1990]

Keep in mind we have no DPF (in earlier diesel i30) in Australia and that will use extra fuel as well.

[The Gonz]

Firty cruises on about 1700 and I've never taken her over 2500 on a gear change.

[George23]

Keep in mind we have no DPF (in earlier diesel i30) in Australia and that will use extra fuel as well.

Ok, thanks for your answers!

[George23]

Firty cruises on about 1700 and I've never taken her over 2500 on a gear change.

I will keep that in mind, thanks!