Sydney to Melbourne on a single tank with Michael Klim

[Dimitri0809]

The only time GM will be on the same page is when they release the self driving car, that will be the day..

[jalit]

Maybe if you were driving at 60-80km/hr on the freeway.

[xjohnno]

I'm sorry... I really don't believe this. We recently took a SV6 with the new SIDI and didnt reach any where near 900km... more close to 750kms for the tank... Unless it was the petrol we were using... and yes it was 90% freeway sitting at 110Km/h...

Please Explain....

[tezros]

@xjohnno My brother has this car and we drove 820k's on a full tank, mostly highway but but spent about 20 minutes stuck behind 2 buses going 80k's on the freeway. it was mostly flat most of the way, I assume if there were alot of hills you would burn more. But I could believe that you could do 900k's on a tank

[VNFormula]

@xjohnno mate the car there talking about is the 3.0lt SIDI V6 not the SV6 with a 3.6lt SIDI V6

I own a SIDI SV6 and regularly get over 630k's to a tank on city/highway driving so I think it would get close to 900k's if you babied it

[SINAISSA]

My 2007 sv6 dose it too...

[whyrate]

whats the bet he had to turn the air con off the entire time

[guzeboyz]

@whyrate aircon doesnt use petrol it uses power from the battery and as you drive the battery charges so using the aircon would make like no difference

[bestposted]

@guzeboyz actually it does, because the stress to charge the battery use more fuel.

[VertSP1]

My 10 year old WH Statesman does Sydney to Melbourne in one tank. It may have a 85 L tank, but it's good to see room for improvement. It's a Supercharged V6 with a 10 PSI pulley and I'm wrapped with it. Love my Long wheel base Statesman. Cheers Holden

[ppbbs88]

Pretty impressive for what it is. My 2.2L Camry manual acheives similar fuel consumption at 110km/h depite weighing 350kg less and having 0.8L less capacity as it has to spin at 3000rpm.

[bradarel22]

It was sold in the US. It was called the Pontiac G8.

[seymorass93]

Why doesn't GM sell this in the U.S.? This would be a perfect replacement for the Impala.

[diggertsi]

The tank may be 72L, but this is a full-size car. Room for 5 and their luggage. It's easy to make a small car that's easy on petrol. Here's a big one. Good on ya, Holden.

[frombris]

well good on holden for using direct injection if its gonna give more power and better fuel economy

[frombris]

not bad in my vz exec i got 780k to a tank from brisbane to byron bay and also gave it a good run through the hinterland and general driving around, i bloody thought the fuel gauge was faulty but it wasnt

[msp5a3]

Not really impressed. The fuel consumption is equal to a Civic Type-R and it has a huge 72 L tank.

[mikey380sx]

now try the test with REAL driving conditions. Full throttle overtaking, leaving cruise control on going up hills lol. I think I just worked out why my fuel economy is so crap....

[ToGoRightGoHolden]

if people are doing the interstate trip they should think this car first i dont see 4 cylinder cars doing that with their little tanks and cramped spaces

bets thing is the wagon can do it also

[commodorevy]

that's so cool