AUTO BOSCH FUEL EFFICIENCY AWARD

Last Fri saw the inaugural Asian Auto-Bosch Fuel Efficiency Awards 2008 taking place, and the awards, to recognize the most fuel efficient cars in Malaysia, saw a total of 25 car manufacturers submitting entries for 175 car models to be judged in 19 categories.

Based on the qualification period from Oct to end Nov 2008, only vehicles assembled locally or imported by official distributors qualified for judging. From the 175 models, the top three most fuel efficient cars were selected as finalists for each category

All cars vying for each category were judged based on the fuel efficiency data submitted and tabled. The information was checked against data received from the manufacturers in Europe, Australia, Japan and the United States. The third party audit of the information was conducted by ISM Insurance Services Malaysia.

The 19 categories for judging were as follows: Compact City Cars, Compact Premium City Cars, Family Cars, Premium Family Cars, Luxury Family Cars, Executive Cars, Premium Executive Cars, Super Saloons, Super Sport Coupes, Performance Cars, Pickup Trucks 4×2, Pickup Trucks 4×4, Compact MPV, Luxury MPV, Compact SUV, Compact Luxury SUV, Luxury SUV, Supercars and Lowrider Pickup.


And the winners are....


Compact City Car

1. Perodua Viva - 4.8L/100km
2. Hyundai i10 - 5.0L/100km
3. Proton Savvy LITE - 5.7L/100km

Compact Premium City Car

1. Fiat Panda - 5.6L/100km
2. Naza Bestari 206 - 5.9L/100km
3. Suzuki Swift - 6.7L/100km

Family Car

1. Proton Persona - 6.6L/100km
2. Hyundai Accent - 7.0L/100km
3. Chevrolet Aveo Sedan - 7.3L/100km

Premium Family Car

1. Honda Civic 1.8 - 6.9L/100km
2. Mitsubishi Lancer GT - 8.2L/100km
3. Hyundai Elantra - 8.4L/100km

Luxury Family Car

1. Mercedes Benz B-Class 170 - 7.1L/100km
2. Hyundai Sonata 2.0 - 8.4L/100km
3. Mazda6 2.0 - 8.7L/100km

Executive Car

1. Audi A4 - 7.4L/100km
2. Mercedes C-Class 200K - 7.6L/100km
3. Volvo S60 2.0T - 7.9L/100km

Premium Executive Car

1. Audi A6 TFSi - 8.5L/100km
2. Mercedes E-Class 200K - 8.7L/100km
3. BMW 523i - 9.3L/100km

Super Saloon

1. Audi A8 3.2 Multitronic - 10.1L/100km
2. Jaguar XJ6 LWB - 10.5L/100km
3. Lexus LS460 L - 11.1L/100km

Super Sport Coupe

1. Peugeot 207 CC - 7.2L/100km
2. Mercedes Benz SLK200 - 7.95L/100km
3. BMW 320i Coupe - 8.0L/100km

Performance Car

1. Mini Cooper S JCW - 6.9L/100km
2. Peugeot 308 THP - 7.75L/100km
3. Audi TT - 7.8L/100km

Pickup Truck 4X4

1. Isuzu D-Max 3.0 - 7.6L/100km
2. Ssangyong Actyon Sports 2.0 - 7.8L/100km
3. Mitsubishi Triton 2.5 - 8.3L/100km

Compact MPV

1. Toyota RUSH 1.5 - 6.9L/100km
2. VW Touran Tsi 2.0 - 7.2L/100km
3. Renault Kangoo 1.5 - 7.5L/100km

Luxury MPV

1. Hyundai Starex CRDi Diesel 2.5 - 8.5L/100km
2. Ssangyong Stavic Diesel 2.7 - 8.8L/100km
3. Fiat Ulysse 2.0 - 9.6L/100km

Compact SUV

1. Chevrolet Captiva Diesel - 7.7L/100km
2. SsangYong Actyon SUV Diesel - 8.0L/100km
3. Hyundai Santa Fe Diesel - 8.2L/100km

Compact Luxury SUV

1. Ssangyong Rexton 270 Diesel - 9.1L/100km
2. Volkswagen Tiguan 2.0 - 9.9L/100km
3. Subaru Forester 2.5XT - 11.1L/100km

Luxury SUV

1. BMW X5 3.0 Diesel - 8.7L/100km
2. Volvo XC90 D5 Diesel - 11.1L/100km
3. Lexus RX350 - 11.2L/100km

Supercar

1. Porsche 911 PDK - 11.0L/100km
2. Jaguar XK8 - 11.3L/100km
3. Mercedes CL500 - 12.1L/100km




Well definitely from my personal experience, Perodua Viva is indeed a fuel-savvy car, and the owner can drive with a smiling face :)






Eventually I am also planning to buy the Chevvy Captiva as a subtitute to my wife's old Wira and also as a testament to my deep passion in SUVs since I was in primary school (despite my passion for BMW cars, of course). To those of you who dont even have a minute idea of how Chevy Captiva looks like, observe the pic below



Mind you: It's the CAR, not the chicks! But it'll be nice to have both though! Blistering Barnacles

With the result, I can show it to my wife and have a good solid foundation and reasoning to buy the car. Surely need not to show the car's in picture with the chicks of course!


Blistering barnacles


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