Ford Fiesta Econetic – Australia’s most fuel efficient car

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Originally Posted by irsa76

I tried to convince the wife to get one of these to replace her, 6 month old, Colt. I did some sums and it's not actually worth it! Ford claims 3.5L/100km, great numbers but I was able to get that out of a '97 121 Metro 1.3 10 years ago during a fuel economy challenge, our Colt gets 5-6L/100km so the price difference, nearly $8k in our case, is too great to justify the purchase.
Shame because I like the Fiesta.

That's the wrong way to look at it. People who buy this car will not be crunching numbers in the manner you described. If they did, they will find that they can buy an Alto or Charade and have very low running costs at half the price of the Fiesta.

This is a niche vehicle. If people are happy to pay double the price of a Corolla for a Prius to 'save' 2-3L/100km then people will be happy to pay a premium for this car, and the environmental label that goes with it.