Due to the recent concern over rapidly increasing petrol prices here in the UK, I thought I'd add this section to the website to show just how economical (or maybe uneconomical) the 205 XS is by using my own car as an example. The car has done 148,000 miles now and the measurements were taken from the last 45k of driving. In that period I have been doing driving in London including many traffic jams, some hard and fast driving, some economical driving on motorways (at around 60mph) and some mixtures of styles and conditions.
It was rolling road tuned February 2000 and the Ecotek fuel-saving device was fitted in the beginning of June 2000 (not applicable to the new engine).
The results are in the form of an Excel spreadsheet (please click below). I may tabulate them here at a later date.
Below are the charts showing the trend in fuel economy in the months since I
bought the car.
The following charts are following my accident in December 2002.
This graph shows the economy from when the engine was transplanted into the new XS in June 2003 until September 2008
The graph below is the fuel economy for the 2nd XS with the 1.6 TU5J4 engine in 2003
The graph below is the fuel economy for the 2nd XS with the 1.6 TU5J4 engine in 2004
The graph below is the fuel economy for the 2nd XS with the 1.6 TU5J4 engine in 2005
The graph below is the fuel economy for the 2nd XS with the 1.6 TU5J4 engine in 2006
The graph below is the fuel economy for the 2nd XS with the 1.6 TU5J4 engine in 2007
The graph below is the fuel economy for the 2nd XS with the 1.6 TU5J4 engine in 2008
