DIESEL vs HYBRID - Which is more economical in real world conditions?
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- Опубліковано 10 лют 2025
- Here we test two second hand cars against each other, a 10 year old hybrid and a 7 year old diesel, to see which gives more miles per gallon, and which is quicker in acceleration, in real world driving conditions.
The cost per litre for the Shell garage on the motorway test was £1.589 for petrol and £1.759 for diesel, for the city test using the Esso garage it was £1.599 for petrol and £1.855 for diesel.
Thanks to Colin for donating the hybrid Auris and to Michael for donating the diesel Astra.
Interesting comparison....I did skip a little bit, but was there any reference in the overall cost calculations to the Diesel fuel costing more than Petrol.
Thanks for your comment David. I forgot to include the costs. For the city test the costs were £2.85 for the hybrid and £2.78 for the diesel. For the motorway test the costs were £11.36 for the hybrid and £10.78 for the diesel. I've updated the description to include the costs per litre at each garage.
in my country diesel is allot cheaper :)
Prefer diesel, no battery degradation issues and plenty of grunt for the hills.
I own a Vauxhall Grandland x 1.5 8 speed auto, combined mpg is 55-56, long runs 63-70, I think I will stick with it for while lol
Impressive figures.
Thank you, that was enlightening. I prefer hybrid cars mainly for reliability, economy (although that is a little debatable now), security from Range Anxiety, smoothness and quietness.
Had a vw golf had nuffin but problems brought a toyota corolla hybrid had it 8 years never a single problem
Was the Golf diesel?
@@amateurtorque6709 yes 1.6tdi
Some cars' cruise control computer is much smoother and reactive on the gradients which can influence fuel consumption. I've started using a youtube trick on the highway : you reduce the speed while climbing and recover the speed delta while descending. It seems to be more economical.
I find driving a hybrid is much more relaxed somehow. But am a bit disapointed that it doesn't really beat a diesel for economy/
Not really a fair comparison as there is simply more energy in a liter of diesel than in petrol. Imagine what Toyota could do with a hybrid diesel! There is 38MJ of energy in 1 liter of diesel and 31.5MJ of energy in 1 liter of petrol. That is over 20% more energy for diesel.
Thanks for your comment, I hadnt realised the actual figures for energy density. Are you an engineer? I agree a hybrid diesel would be so efficient, I think only Mercedes offer a hybrid diesel currently.
Diesel has been used for a 100 years and will never be beaten end of story.
I currently own both options and while my hybrid is a performance car, and far faster than my pedestrian diesel. The thing that I like most about its drivetrain is manouvering and low speed driving on electric only power. It feels a lot more refined and socially responsible than the noise of a diesel through our small streets.
I've notoced a couple of hybrid taxis filling up on LPG near me which must be increadibly cheap to run.
My brother used to have an Auris hybrid which was converted to LPG, it was cheap to run at the time, about 85p/litre.
Great video! Loved it, specialy tandem drive & apples to apples comparison.
I'm having Clio mk4, 1.5dci 200Nm and 75HP. Average economy is about 4.5lit per 100km over 10k range, AC on, all terrains, city + motorway. I mostly do coasting, ramp up the speed and keep it const. I wonder did you drove hybrid as a "normal" car because it could show poor results, as I've read that hybrid should be driven with min. accelerations, and use coasting at const. speed as much as possible (well if you're the only guy on the road, right? 😊)
I like brimmed diesel tank that shows ~900km autonomy but also wouldn't mind new Mazda 3 or some low-maintenance Hyndai i30
They're great on mileage them Clios with the DCi. When we were driving on the economy runs we were using minimum throttle to get upto cruising speed.
Keep up the good work 🤘
Appreciate that. We may have an LPG vs Petrol video if I can persuade the owner of the Insignia.
The vauxhall astra is well known for dpf, egr problems and the worst of all timing chain which is a major job
This is my Astra in the video and the only issue it's had is the timing chain. It cost about £1500 to repair and the engine is just like new. However, it lasted 126,000 miles before the chain needed replacing.
@@mbirkinshaw4943 Was it used predominantly on the highway? What were the oil service intervals?
@@iulian2548 A bit of both; Northumberland has a lot of dual-carriageways. I used the car for fast takeaway driving initially, and then taxi driving for a while.
Based on the results, I guess Diesel Turbo is king interms of MPG.. and it has more torque.
the acceleration test is somewhat unfair, the diesel was revved up upon the start, giving it an advantage
Yes, well spotted, I didn't overlap when launching the Auris, as it wasn't my car.
Pointless for a video that purported to compare economy.
Diesel is better for highway, hibrid is better for only city driving. Not in consumption, in reliability.
You take the electric and I'll take the diesel and race you New York to Los Angeles. Which is more practical in real world conditions?
Why all the drag starts if the video is supposed to be about real world economy?
Thanks for your comment, I like to include acceleration tests out of personal interest, the MPG tests take hours to complete where as the acceleration tests take a few seconds.
by the time the hybrid battery needs changing THE CAR IS WORTHLESS.... JUNK
New genuine replacement battery for those is actually reasonable. Plus there's no alternator, starter motor, clutch, less brake wear
My brother changed the battery on his Yaris hybrid a couple of months ago. Total was circa £1200 and that's all the work plus battery and ancillary bits.
Cheaper than the engine rebuild plus timing chain replacement on my previous car 2017 Jaguar XF.
Total for that was 8k at only 76k miles.
Granted the Ingenium engines are shyte!
You’re confusing hybrids with EV’s 😂
@@BaybieKcomparing the cost to fix a yaris hybrid with a jag xf 😂