The most economical cars in town are actually small diesel cars. Hybrid cars can’t beat them. The car with the lowest consumption is French.
What does diesel mean? Who invented the diesel engine?
Diesel engines are diesel engines. Diesel fuel originates from experiments conducted by German scientist and inventor Rudolf Diesel on his compression ignition engine that he invented in 1892.
In 1900, the French company Otto built the first diesel engine for use with crude oil. The engine actually ran on peanut oil. Before diesel was standardized, diesel engines usually ran on cheap oils, mixtures of several fuels: petrol, kerosene, canola, or lube oil.
The introduction of diesel engines for motor vehicles such as the Mercedes-Benz OM 138 in the 1930s meant that higher quality fuels with suitable ignition characteristics were needed.
TOP diesel cars with low consumption
The range of these new cars is the one declared by the manufacturers, therefore it is not the entire range. However, the list includes the most economical diesel cars on the market.
These diesel engines in production have the lowest urban consumption and the lowest combined consumption.
Note: The ranking is made taking into account the lowest urban consumption.
1. Peugeot 208 1.5 BlueHDI 100 HP
The best diesel engine in terms of consumption is the Peugeot 208 model.
- Cylinder capacity 1499 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 100 / 3,500 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 10.2 seconds
- Top speed 188 km/h
- Tank capacity 41 litres
- Urban consumption 3.8 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.3 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption: 976 km
- Boot space 311 litres
Peugeot 208
2. Opel Corsa 1.5 diesel 102 HP
- Cylinder capacity 1499 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 102 / 3,500 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 10.2 seconds
- Top speed: 188 km/h
- Tank capacity 41 litres
- Urban consumption 3.8 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.3 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption: 1025 km
- Boot space 309 litres
Opel Corsa
3. Opel Crossland 1.5 diesel 110 HP
- Cylinder capacity 1499 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 110 / 3,500 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 11.8 seconds
- Top speed 185 km/h
- Tank capacity 45 litres
- Urban consumption 4.0 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.5 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption: 1286 km
- Boot space 410 litres
Opel Crossland
4. SEAT Leon Sports Tourer 2.0 TDI 150 HP DSG7
Considering the low consumption in the city, the best 2.0 litres diesel engine seems to be that of the Volkswagen Group.
- Cylinder capacity, 1968 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 150 / 3,000 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 8.9 seconds
- Top speed 218 km/h
- Tank capacity 50 litres
- Urban consumption 4.1 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.6 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption: 1389 km
- Boot space 620 litres
Seat Leon Sports Tourer
5. Opel Astra 1.5 diesel 130 CP
- Cylinder capacity 1499 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 130 / 3,750 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 12.3 seconds
- Top speed 192 km/h
- Tank capacity 53 litres
- Urban consumption 4.1 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.8 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption 935 km
- Boot space 488 litres
Ope Astra
6. Ford Puma 1.5 EcoBlue 120 HP
- Cylinder capacity 1499 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 120 / 3,600 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 10.2 seconds
- Top speed 187 km/h
- Tank capacity 40 litres
- Urban consumption 4.3 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.8 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption 900 km
- Boot space 456 litres
7. Renault Clio 1.5 Blue dCi 100 HP
- Cylinder capacity 1461 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 100 / 3,750 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 11.4 seconds
- Top speed 188 km/h
- Tank capacity 39 litres
- Urban consumption 4.4 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.7 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption 950 km
- Boot space 390 litres
Renault Clio
8. Opel Mokka 1.5 diesel 110 HP
- Cylinder capacity 1499 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 110 / 3,500 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 10.8 seconds
- Maximum speed 190 km/h
- Tank capacity 41 litres
- Urban consumption 4.4 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.8 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption 1079 km
- Boot space 350 liters
Opel Mokka
9. Skoda Octavia 2.0 TDI 150 HP DSG
- Cylinder capacity 1968 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 150 / 3,000 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 8.7 seconds
- Maximum speed 233 km/h
- Tank capacity 45 litres
- Urban consumption 4.7 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.7 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption 1023 km
- Boot space 600 litres
Skoda Octavia
10. Volkswagen Golf 8 2.0 TDI 116 HP DSG
- Cylinder capacity 1968 CMC diesel
- Maximum power generated 116 / 3,250 (HP/rpm)
- Acceleration 0-100 km/h 10.2 seconds
- Top speed 202 km/h
- Tank capacity 50 litres
- Diesel consumption in the city 4.9 litres/100 km
- Combined consumption 3.8 litres/100 km
- Autonomy with average mixed consumption 1111 km
- Boot space 381 litres
Volkswagen Golf 8
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Currently, diesel engines have the lowest car consumption. No matter how many new technologies are tried on hybrid petrol cars, they still fail to come down to the consumption values of some diesel cars.