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You kindly answered my query earlier on which Toyota RAV-4 automatic is most economical but on your real mpg site you say that the 2.2 d4d auto will do 36.0 mpg.

Whereas the recommended 2.0i valvematic multidrive s says 31 mpg. Sorry if I am being dim but could you please clarify?

Asked on 10 January 2013 by lightbown

Answered by Honest John
Well researched. We don't say that. Real drivers do. But it might reflect that the drivers who submitted mpg all used their cars for short distances in towns where diesels are inappropriate and that could explain it.

There are some strange variations in reported mpgs for RAV-4 diesels, as is some drivers have logged their mpgs against the wrong cars. But there's nothing we can do about that.

Our honest used car pricing is a little bit different to all the others. You can get to our values through make or model - you don’t have to follow a prescribed route. Plus, it’s live, which means we can react to changes in the market quicker than any printed price guide.

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Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.

Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.

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