Travelman does not support letting down tyres of antisocial vehicles, but a notice under the wipers may be useful
Here is a leaflet made by Julia Waterlow.
Download a single copy by right clicking on the image and copying it.
Once it was pretty clear which domestic vehicles were the gas guzzlers- Any slab fronted four wheel drive vehicle (SUV) was a good candidate for an angry leaflet under the windscreen wiper. But things are changing.
Any large slab fronted vehicle is going to consume more fuel than it needs to (and give any people that it hits a hard time too), but there are other offenders too.
Here are the petrol and diesel domestic vehicles with the lowest miles per gallon according to “What Car” magazine:
Land Rover Defender SUV 19-31 mpg
Land Rover Range Rover SUV 19-37 mpg
Porche sports car (all models) 21-30 mpg
Audi R8 sports car 20-22 mpg
Audi, any model labelled Quattro- Hatchback, estate and SUV 21-33
Mercedes GLA/GLB/GLC/GLS/ SUVs 21-46 mpg
BMW X7 SUV 22-36 mpg
Jaguar E and F pace SUVs 23-45 mpg
Lexus LC sports car and saloons 24-35 mpg
Land Rover discovery SUV 25-34 mpg
Volkswagen Tourarag SUV 25-35 mpg
Jaguar F type sports car 26-29 mpg
Genesis GV80 SUV 26-33 mpg
Toyota Land Cruiser SUV 29-31 mpg
Jaguar XF estate car 29-50 mpg
Volkswager Tiguan SUV 29-49 mpg
Volkwagen XC90 SUV 32-40 mpg
Seat Tarraco SUV 32-52 mpg
Mercedes S Class Saloon 33- 43 mpg
Honda Civic hatchback 33-? Mpg
Range of MPG reflects different models in the range.
Cars costing over £100,000 are omitted.
These are official figures- Actual figures may be less.
There are other factors to take into account, such as the increased pollution from diesel engines, which will not be reflected in these figures. Older vehicles are not included.
article date 22/6/22