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UK / english mpg?
Dear Brits ... do you use Imperial Gallons when you calculate your car's Miles-per-gallon? A friend's father, is visiting the States and tells me that his Ford Focus gets 50 miles per gallon. The US Ford Focus gets about 30 - 35 m.p.g. ... just wondering if the old guy is as drunk as he sounds.
4 Answers
- Ian MLv 61 decade agoFavourite answer
yes we still use imperial gallons. So bigger than yours.
50 MPG is a bit of wishful thinking. I get about 42 MPG from mine and that requires careful driving.
Ian M
- ken613ukLv 51 decade ago
The U.S. gallon is 80% of the Imperial gallon. A petrol powered Ford Focus which may average 40m.p.g. in U.K. would give 32m.p.g. in U.S.
The Britis Focus would probably get around 48m.p.Imperial gallon.
Aroung 50% of new registrations for new cars are for diesels
- Anonymous1 decade ago
He probably is drunk, though.
Nout wrong with that *hick*