One of the questions that I got the most from fellow readers vide e-mail was regarding the fuel consumption of the Forte. Well, generally, I think that the Forte's fuel consumption has been acceptable. In any case, fuel consumption almost inevitably depends on one's right foot- and if you almost always put pedal to metal, it is undoubtedly that you would face more litres of petrol per km for every given travel.
Well, the Forte's ain't no Prius; but it ain't no Hummer either. When we first got the Forte, the fuel consumption were running between 11 - 15 litres per km. Yup, pretty staggering; but I believe that that has to do with the tight engine more than anything else. As the mileage increases, the fuel consumption began decreasing steadily.
Bearing in mind that the Forte was mainly Sharlotte's runabout around town, the current readings have been mainly between 7.3 - 8.0 litres per km. I don't know about you but going by my books, these readings show that the Forte is a pretty frugal runabout whom sips petrol very sparingly.
And that has got to be good news, especially when our beloved government kept increasing the prices of the petrol ever so often over these last few weeks. Viva Forte!
hi there,
ReplyDeletei'm a fellow forte sx owner..i wonder how or where should i press to view the average km/litre fuel consumption (shown in your photos)..
and u are right..when i first got it,the consumption is really quite staggering..i can only hope it's really due to the tight engine.. :-(
hope to hear from u soon..thanks!
Hi, you can press the Trip meter button repeatedly to access the different functions that the on-board micro-computer can process. Have fun!
ReplyDeletethanks..i tried and mine reads between 9.6-10 l/100km...pretty high,huh?
ReplyDeleteanyway,cheers and Merry Christmas in advance!