Thread: P400 and towing

Originally Posted by Loubrey

Anything between 12l/100km to 19l/100km have been quoted and the guy who did the 19l/100km was towing a 3 ton trailer with timber over the Rocky Mountains near Banff. The P400 is an awesome engine, but like the joys of driving a V8, it comes at a price.

Lourens good to see you over here.. without towing, in the very short time i have had my P400 (so no real data), best is 9.7L/100 and worse 19.2,
average has been 13.4L/100 KM's. the average is not a bad return seeing it has mostly been around Sydney northern beaches.. so hardly highway
long distance runs.. more stop /start (without the Auto stop/start on ) If you purchase a P400 i think you need to have more consideration in regard to
range if you are going well off the beaten track for a period, it's not that difficult to carry some Jerry cans, i did exactly that with my 3.0 TDv6
on the longer trips (such as Cape York) even where fuel supplies are available (but albeit a bit more limited and sometimes not optimally stored)

Cheers

Jim R

Those quoting fuel burn figures towing - you NEED to give speeds!