Well, don't have any definitive reports on this Volvo...a previous (I believe it was a '99) V70 LPT garnered around 32mpg on a round trip to Dallas and back, total around 190mi. My mother in law then bought it from us and totalled it on a trip to Mississippi...

My Echo is at 39.1mpg lifetime (lifetime being the last 35k miles out of over 230k), but since this summer has been averaging north of 40mpg with a high tank not too far shy of 47mpg.

Mustang runs around 16mpg.

Harley only averages, believe it or not, about what the Echo does.

 

i own 1998 volvo 850 and would say its rocking version to hold on everytime...

 

2006 2.5T XC90 FWD
Less than 16mpg city...

Odd as it is supposed to be one mpg better than the newer 3.2, but they list their city at 16mpg.

 

First road trip for my '01 V70 T5, and I was hoping to get a good baseline gas mileage calculation, but it didn't work out that way. I got caught in a huge winter storm and spent most of the first day driving through rain, snow and ice. Then I drove about 350 miles on the donut after something demolished one of my rear tires (fortunately AFTER I was out of the snow and sleet).

Based on the odometer and the actual gallons of gas, I'm at 22.5mpg through all that (which is actually pretty darn good). Thing is, I was running taller tires than stock, and after correcting for odometer error, my mileage over the first three tanks was 24.2 (the computer was showing only 21.3 to 21.6). The tanks where I wasn't pushing snow were around 25-26mpg, but both had a good bit of "other than highway" driving, so I'm pleased.

I have new right-size tires on now (235-45-17) so I expect my odometer error should be close to zero (I will check it when I hit the road again), and I'm hoping for closer to 30mpg actual (I think that's in reach, given how well the V70 did so far under less than ideal conditions, and at western US speeds of 75-80mph).

Amazing for such a big, powerful 7-passenger wagon with an automatic (about what I was getting in a much smaller Jetta wagon with a 1.9 liter turbo). Right now my computer is suggesting I'll get around 500 miles out of this tank, which has been used for a lot of around-town driving as well as a couple highway stints. Crazy good.

 

Just drove my 02 xc70 from SLC, UT to Santa Maria, CA and back and averaged 23.6 mpg. The majority of the trip was at 80 mph.

 

I have a 2000 Volvo S40. When I bought the car a couple months ago it got 27 mpg which is about average...now it gets 11 mpg. I think somethings up...I drive pretty aggressively but still...

 

My average is between 29 and 31MPG. Not bad for a 96 850 GLT with about 284,450 miles on the odometer. :-D

 

Have recently fitted a Ultragauge to my 2002 V40, with 98,000kms.

Averaging about 8.16 L /100kms or 28.9 mpg on mixed urban/highway roads thus far.
It has dropped down as low as 7.9 L /100kms or 31.5 mpg a couple of times on open road with engine nice and hot.
Running on 91 unleaded.

 

Interesting My 1990 740 Turbo Wagon gets a disappointing 18 mpg pretty much everywhere. Any ideas on what to ck?

 

Plugs. OEM all the way.

 

97 V90 gets around 20MPG city/commuting and got 26 MPG on a trip to Put In Bay last summer, 75 MPH with 2 people and the whole back full of luggage and beer. Stone stock, BFG Touring TA tires.

The '00 C70 gets worse mileage, but it has other issues...17MPG around town and apparently needs an ETM.

Non-Volvo, the Kia Sportage gets 19.8 MPG cumulative, and doesn't seem to matter whether it's city or highway. The '14 Accord LX gets 32MPG cumulative and the '13 Civic LX gets 31 cumulative...I think the bigger car gets better mileage because of the CVT...feels weird to drive but is fuel-efficient.

 

2001 S60 (2.4 non-turbo) rough estimate is 20mpg. Most of the driving is in town so it's a lot of stop and go traffic.

 

12 mpg in a soccer mom van

 

my 2000 s40 gets an average of about 23 with low points being in the low teen adn high points of about 50 when i am driving like a sane person but when i put my foot in it it gets as low as 6ish (according to built in mpg thingy)

 

I am getting 24.5 with my recently acquired 98 S70 T5 5 speed. I also get bout 25mpg with a 1995 N/A with 300,000 miles on it.

 

Since I am a fairly recent owner of a S70 that`s almost ready for the road, this is very good news!