Mazda5 real-world Mileage numbers

[ntron1]

Here is a picture from my way to work yesterday. 396 miles now and I'll refill today. FYI it's an Auto....

 

[smaria]

Just came back from a road trip from New Jersey to Ohio in my Sport Automatic. Completely highway the whole time, filled up in NJ before we left and filled up again in Ohio when we got there:

369 miles
12.699 gallons
29.1 MPG!

My absolute lowest tank after 10,000 miles is 21.6 MPG. My average is about 25 MPG.

 

[ntron1]

Here is a picture from my way to work yesterday. 396 miles now and I'll refill today. FYI it's an Auto....

31.1 MPG

405 Miles
13.01 Gallons

My previous tank was 29.1

I do drive like there is an egg under the gas pedal so the fun factor is -1 but with the price of gas I've chosen my wallet over my racing pulse.

 

[Medicman]

Well the last tank I got 579 km's/360 miles and fueled for 47.188 litres/10.3 gallons.
My math I have it figured to 36 MPG ( Imperial )

 

[MP5Alive]

first fill up on brand new Mazda5
traveled 425km from full tank to 1/4 tank. Filled tank again with 40 litres of gas.

(40litres/425km) = 9.4 litres / 100km = 25MPG
95%/5% city/hwy with A/C on 90% of the time.

 

[was98strat]

first fill up on brand new Mazda5
traveled 425km from full tank to 1/4 tank. Filled tank again with 40 litres of gas.

(40litres/425km) = 9.4 litres / 100km = 25MPG
95%/5% city/hwy with A/C on 90% of the time.

That's close to what I'm getting, 9.6l / 100km With a 65/35 split. and I have a "spirited" driving style. I did the math, based on Mazda's city/highway ratings, I should be using 9.7 so I'm slightly ahead of the curve, even with my driving style (Hint: I have a french canadian right foot!)

 

[mazdaFIVEmike]

Well, call me a slow learner, but after a just about a year of ownership I have figured out that this car is a highway car. We just did a weekend trip that saw us get 8.29L/100km (28.4mpg) out of the first tank which included over 1 hour of waiting in line at the US/Canada border. The second tank saw us get 7.73L/100km (30.4mpg) and that included the up and back to all the lookouts at Mt St Helen's plus varying highway speeds of 100km/h - 135km/h (65-85mph) with the A/C on the whole time.

Sure beats the 18-20mpg I get around town.

I guess I just have to do more road trips!!!(cool)

 

[Kojack]

I will clock up some good numbers on this forum as soon as I get my 5. on my ford truck, last month alone I put 11,000 kms on. needless to say, I live in my vehicles........

my truck just turned 1 year old, and its up to 50k.......

 

[paging_drburgos]

wow, driving on packed so cal freeways isnt doing my MPG's any justice. With the AC and a heavy lead for for passing, im only getting 21MPG. Seeing as this kind of mix isnt suggested (AC and LEAD FOOT) i think all in all its doing pretty good. Much better than my old Montero Sport anyways. Im gonna try to slow down and use the AC a bit less and see what numbers i come up with.
WOW has anyone else noticed that this car loves doing 80MPH?!?!?!

 

[HomeExchanger]

6 Speed diesel is availible in europe....

Its gets
38/49

With todays prices that kind of pisses me off its not availible here.....

http://www.mazda.co.uk/

UK gallons are US 5 quarts, not 4 quarts as they are here, so actual milage figure for above using US gallons is 32/40 -- still pretty good.

Why are US gallons smaller? Because the British ripped us off when shipping liquid goods to the colonies in the 1700's.

For proof of this info, see here: http://www.gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/units/volume.htm

 

[HomeExchanger]

Mazda5 milage over 7 months

I've had my Mazda5 w/automatic transmission since Feb 06. I love it. The automatic climate control works so well. It's great to be able to tote 6 people but still fit into a tight parking spot. Can't live without the sliding doors. Great visibility, looks great, huge cargo capacity. I love it!

Milage: I always zero out my trip meter when I fill up. Old habit from owning a motorcycle. Makes it easy to accurately calculate milage.

Driving with two or three people in the car, mostly highways, 65mph, no a/c or low a/c I routinely get 35 mpg. I am not an aggressive driver, however.

Lowest tank ever was 22 mpg, mostly stop and go city traffic, 6 people in the car. In mixed driving it's always 25-30 mpg. The car seems to use a lot of gas when sitting in traffic. The milage just plummets. It's more pronounced than when using the a/c. I think the automatic climate control really helps.

 

[WhiteStar III]

1) 210 mi on 6.7 gal = 31.34mi/gal
2) 438.3 mi on 13.841 gal = 31.667mi/gal
3) 239.9 mi on 8.761 gal = 28.187mi/gal *
4) 442.6 mi on 15.198 gal = 29.122mi/gal **

Normal travel is commute to work 152mi/day with 100% highway & rural roads

* Got flat (sidewall gash) from a pothole and was restricted to a more "city" driving pattern.
** 1hr worth of stop & go traffic on interstate

 

[PolarBear]

This tank was 100% city driving with a lot of short trips
18.3 mpg or 12.8 L/100 km
And I'm happy about mileage. The reason is that my Protege 2.0L with auto in exact the same driving pattern returns me on average 19.8 mpg or 11.9 L/100

 

[tokenboy]

I've got 3 tanks under my belt now, all city driving, AC typically on as follows:

2006 5 GT MTX

Tank 1: 437km 46.7 litres = 10.7l/100km
Tank 2: 469km 47.1 litres = 10.0l/100km
Tank 3: 471km 49.8 litres = 10.6l/100km

 

[Magnum]

10 month recap on mileage

O.k. After 10 months of ownership and over 25K miles I can honestly say that my 5 gets 27-28 MPG on the hwy w/o the AC on and 25-26 with. These numbers are with reformulated gas. Back in August my girlfriend and I went on a roadtrip through Tennessee, Arkansas and this included high altitude stuff in the Smokies we drove 2400 miles and the car averaged 30.14 MPG!!!!!! Absolutely thrilled. Kept the cruise at about 65-67 MPH to keep the Revs under 3K. I was getting 370-375 miles per tank in most cases.

 

[paging_drburgos]

i need to move away from all of this traffic. i am averaging 20 - 21MPG. I got 25 MPG with a packed car with the AC on a few months ago during a road trip up north. Not bad but could be better. Now that i know that MPG sucks in the city (20 isnt great...and it certainly isnt even good) i wish i had a few extra horses under the hood.

 

[jlk_250]

We just did a 1400 mile road trip with our 5sp '06 Mz5. Freeway speed was fairly high (75 mph) and there always seemed to be a strong wind. Average MPG for the trip was about 25.5. Around town (mom's taxi service) it has gotten about 24 mpg average. (This is with 10% ethanol fuel. ) Not bad, but I was hoping for better highway mileage. I'm sure it will be better at lower highway speeds and it might improve as the car breaks in.

Jon

 

[2cam16]

Just got back from the 5's second roadtrip and the MPG was a big improvement over the roadtrip when it was only a month old.
Took it up to Lake Tahoe (8000 ft) and it performed flawlessly.With a lot of climbing the 5 averaged 26mpg going. On the return trip with a/c on the second half (and some spirited driving much to my wife's chagrin), it got 29 mpg.
Very happy with the mileage. My Odyssey never got that high on a similar roadtrip.

 

[danix]

First two tanks on our new 06 (manual)... 25 and 25.3mpg. I imagine it will get better with breakin.

 

[raspykart]

Anybody have before/after results on one with a KN filter, preferrably on one with 10,000 miles or more. I've always gained big with them. My wife's Saturn V6 sedan gained 3 mpg across the board, my Tundra gained 2 mpg. I suspect the MZ5 would see 2-3mpg at least.