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Originally Posted by JasH
The point is you won't get 28/34mpg on your M5 if you drive it like Jeremy did with the i8.
I get 10-15mpg on my Lotus on track, yet can get over 35mpg on the motorway. Jeremy failed to state that a similarly performing sports car driven the way he drove, would have got about 20mpg, and perhaps less.
But that does not make a good punchline to the story.
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Clarkson doesn't say these things because Clarkson doesn't believe these things are important to know. He believes, really and truly, that a car's gas mileage should reflect of how much it consumes when it is driven in the most fun way possible, and I'm honestly inclined to agree with him. Who gives a shit if you can baby a throttle, follow 18 wheelers, turn off all electrical and a/c and avoid hills for 800 miles between fillups. That's not a fun way to drive, even if it nets you higher MPGs.
As it stands, current MPG ratings are almost entirely pointless.