Might be a sign of the times....current
Cupra 280/
290/300s would get 25-30s mpg in city ish urban, highway driving on cruise control @ 62mph, I'm sure they would get high 30s, low 40s mpg. My 3cyl petrol 1.0 TSI (yes...only 110PS), got 57mpg, cruise control ~ 65-70mph with few customary 50mph roadworks zone, 200+ miles Lon to Manchester. Most 1.4 EcoTSI and 1.5 EVOs would perhaps get around the same or slightly
lower mpg same journey. The newer petrols can be economical too!
I used to have a 2.0TDI (63 plate) Leon. Compared to my petrol
Ibiza, only on highway journeys it's more economical than the petrol, in the city (and 40-50mph roads), the petrol on
Ibiza is more economical. My journeys have always been similar in both cars. A similar Lon-manchester journey on the 2.0TDI would get me low 60s mpg. So it depends how many miles you do a year. Most would recommend, less than 10k a year, definately petrol, more than 12k a year definately diesel, 10-12k a year, flip a coin?
If you are cruising up and down dual carriageway and motorways doing 50-70mph, perhaps get a 184 TDI or 150 EcoTsi ACT. Both these engines should get in excess of 500miles a tank, the 184 TDI maybe even 600+. Imagine remapping these two engines...ahh.....if you don't like the rattly diesel, and want more power (or do less miles) then there is only the rare 1.8 TSI or even the Cupras
.
Regarding the DPF, I've had a 2.0TDI previously, did 5k miles a year (yes it was my first car, so didn't read the mileage / and semi aware of DPF issues), I didn't have any issues with DPF, despite doing 80% city (no short journies though), but when I was not in the city, I went 100+ miles at a time on 70mph roads. I did follow the advise to use only diesel from non-supermarket pumps (Shell/Esso/BP) with a 1 in 4 or 5 tank using Shell Vpower Nitro Plus / Esso Ultimate, and I was perfectly fine. If you do go diesel, please fill the first full tank when you get it with Esso or Shell's finest diesel, like descaling a kettle, it would give the engine a good clean!
Oh, just re-read the posts...my 1.0TSI sitting @ 62mph, I would get (on the readout) around 50-55mpg.if flat road..but with the 50mph roadwoks and some downhil and uphill, ended up with 57mpg for the trip. My 2.0 TDI sitting @ 62mph, the readout would be around 62-67mpg if flat road. If @ 70mph, 1.0 petrol would show 48-52mpg, and 2.0TDI would show 57-60mpg if flat road. Cupras might show 42+ mpg @ 62mph and 38+mpg @ 70mph if flat road on instant readouts?
Cupra owners might need to confirm this.