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Friday, 11 May 2012

VW Passat sets World Record – 2456 km on a Single Tank



Imagine driving from Johannesburg to Cape Town and back on a single tank of fuel. Impossible? Well, not really. An American couple have broken the record for the longest distance traveled on a single tank of diesel, totaling 2456 km.

John and Helen Taylor managed the feat by driving between Houston, Texas, and Sterling, Virginia without ever filling up their VW Passat 2.0 TDI. Using ultra-low sulphur diesel and equating to 2.8 litres /100km, the couple managed to do the trip over 3 days driving for an average of 14 hours per day. That means that their average speed must have been in the region of 60 km/h.

The couple are not new to the world of economy driving and provide workshops on fuel efficient driving techniques and have conquered more than 90 economy and driving related world records.  

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