VW Passat 78.5 MPG (Imperial gallon) 65.2 MPG US gallon in the Uk

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This is a story from about two weeks ago....in Virginia.

http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/..._and_John_Taylor_set_world_record_112870.html

John and Helen Taylor managed to drive a stock 2012 Volkswagen Passat SE TDI Clean Diesel vehicle equipped with a six-speed manual gearbox for an impressive 1626.1 miles (2,617 kilometers) through nine states on one tank of fuel - setting the new world record for the Longest distance driven on one tank of clean diesel fuel

Over the course of three days, John and Helen Taylor achieved an average fuel economy of 84.1 mpg (2.8 lt/100km), which VW says comes to 4.65 cents per mile.