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  • 31-01-2008 11:23am
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    loreco
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    Hi Guys
    would a 1.6 be harder on petrol then a 1.4. say over a long drive.

    Thanks
    guys.


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    Anan1
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    It depends on the car and the engine. If forced to choose I would say yes, but there are so many exceptions as to make a straight answer impossible. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful.:)


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    XJR
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    loreco wrote: »
    Hi Guys
    would a 1.6 be harder on petrol then a 1.4. say over a long drive.

    Couldn't possibly say without a comparison between two cars.


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    Eoin
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    Completely depends on the car, but some cars use the same amount, or possibly less petrol with a bigger engine, because the engine doesn't have to work as hard to shift the car. I used to drive an 156 1.6 litre, and I don't think there was much difference between that and the 1.8. On a long drive with a good bit of motorway driving, I'd say even the 2.0 wouldn't have been much thirstier.


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    Henry Ford III
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    1.4 and 1.6 petrol Ford Focus are pretty much identical on longer runs.


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    keitht
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    I had a 1.4 Ford Focus.02 cl. and now i have a mazda 3 1.6 2008.
    and i think the mazda is alot harder on petrol.


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    moe_sizlak
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    alot depends on how you drive em


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    Spit62500
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    keitht wrote: »
    I had a 1.4 Ford Focus.02 cl. and now i have a mazda 3 1.6 2008.
    and i think the mazda is alot harder on petrol.

    Give the engine time to free up


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    Lucifer
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    for motorway driving a slighly bigger engine will be more economical in lots of cars as it is working alot less so you would not have to drive it as hard and for driving in traffic a smaller engine would usually be more economical, but all of this totally depends on the car and your driving style.


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    E92
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    Spit62500 wrote: »
    Give the engine time to free up
    +1. New engines are always heavier on juice. Its just the way they are. It will get better after a few thousand miles.

    Though some of the Focus's engines are shared with the Mazda, or is it the other way around, so they should be pretty similar in the long run.

    I would say a 1.6 is lighter on petrol at high speed driving because the engine is under far less stress than a 1.4 would be, and 1.4s only really sold well here because they got into the 22.5% VRT and the lower tax rates meant they were a far cheaper to buy and run, but as anyone who has looked at the new VRT structure will tell you, the difference between most 1.4s and 1.6s is so small it makes no difference(actually under the new VRT system, most 1.6s are in the same VRT category and road tax category, so the days of the Government subsidising 1.4s are coming to an end very soon).


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