Fuel consumption: Volvo V40 D2 Momentum (MY2013)

Model designation: Volvo V40 D2 Momentum (MY2013)

Engine: 4-cylinder Turbo charged diesel engine (1560cm³) - engine code: D4162T  

Transmission: 6-speed manual transmission
Performance: 115hp (84kW) / 270Nm
0 to 100km/h: 12.3 sec
Top speed: 190km/h (119mp/h)
Fuel tank (US gallons): 55 liters (14.53 US gallons)

Last week I posted a blog about the Fuel Consumption of my BMW 116d LCI Efficient Dynamics Edition. It is comparable to the car of todays blog, the Volvo V40 D2 (MY2013) that we also own. Both cars are in the same class performance wise (BMW 116d: 116hp, Volvo V40 D2 115hp), and both belong to the class of premium compact cars. Moreover, altough the 116d is 4 years younger, both model types have been developed during the same time, and both cars sport 17-inch alloy wheels.

The only but important different is that the 116d has a 3-cylinder diesel engine, while the V40 D2 has a 4-cylinder diesel engine, which both are a 1.5 liter engine. 

Whereas I owned (at the moment of publishing the blog) the 116d for almost 3 years and 95.000 kilometers, the Volvo has been in our possession for 3.5 years and 135.000 kilometers. 

If you follow this link to Spritmonitor, you are able to see the (calculated) fuel consumption of the Volvo V40 D2 during the past 3.5 years and 135.000 kilometers. As you can see there, I averaged 5,26l / 100km during that time, with the lowest consumption of 3,49l / 100km and the highest of 6,25l / 100km. So I wasn't able to come anywhere near the 3,6l / 100km it says in the brochure, though it is nonetheless a very good result.

Unfortunately I wasn't able to hit the 1.200 kilometers on one tank like with the BMW 116d, but once managed to drive 1.008 kilometers on one tank (which is 3 liters larger with the V40 though).

In the video I did a test of the consumption at different speeds. Aim of this test is not to give an exact specification of the fuel consumption of this car, but to show an approximation of the fuel consumption under real life circumstances. As the result also depends on tyres, size of the rims, road condition, weather and equipment that may alter the exact weight of the car, your personal experience may differ from mine.