On a long journey of 1,000 km the Italian car magazine “Quattroruote” measured the fuel consumption of the smart fortwo cdi and confirmed the standard consumption of 3.3 litres per 100 kilometres. If we calculate that into MPG, we get an astonishing 71 MPG. The current December issue of the magazine carries a report of the test drive. The smart travelled 1,000 kilometres from Rome to Salzburgon a single tank of fuel to see whether the stated standard consumption of just 3.3 litres per 100 kilometres could really be achieved. The route chosen largely consisted of motorways, but there were also detours and traffic jams because of roadworks, long uphill stretches and city traffic in Rome, Bolzano and Salzburg.
The result: the smart fortwo cdi travelled the 1,000 km on a single tank of fuel. This corresponds to average consumption of just 3.3 litres per 100 kilometres i.e. the standard consumption. According to “Quattroruote” this makes the smart fortwo cdi the vehicle with the lowest average consumption that the magazine has ever tested in the history of its road tests.
With standard consumption of just 3.3 litres per 100 kilometres and CO2 emissions of just 88 grams per kilometre the smart fortwo cdi is the production vehicle with the lowest consumption and the lowest carbon dioxide emissions. For customers this means that at present there is no more economical and climate-friendly car than the smart fortwo cdi.




December 1st, 2007 at 7:56 am
Are they available in the U.S.?
December 2nd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
waiting for the new cdi to reach Canada. Since we had the old one, I bet we will get the new. With such a low CO2 emission, I am pretty sure it will be sold in the US
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:17 pm
Is that 71 miles per US gallon or real (imperial) gallons? If it’s US gallons, then that makes the consumption closer to 85 mpg. Now that’s impressive!
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:24 pm
@ OzBenzHead,
I used google to calculate the MPG, Here is the link
3.3 litres per 100 kilometres in mpg
December 12th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
It’s OK…for a gas burner.
My Toyota RAV4 EV gets 124mpg- gasoline equivalent.
Too bad Toyota won’t throw a few more together:(
Can’t wait to see the SmartEV (cause you KNOW it’s coming).
What’s really impressive about this car is how well they fare when you run one into a wall at high speed. Good video on YouTube.