All-wheel drive cars - increased comfort or increased consumption?

All-wheel-drive cars are, above all,confidence, comfort and ... increased fuel consumption. So it is, you have to pay for everything, and the owners are forced to overpay for each kilometer for all-terrain conditions.

So is the game worth the candle, especially when takingattention to the fact that most cars with all-wheel drive somehow spend most of their time on city roads? And how to proceed: to save or not to deny yourself extra comfort? There is an intermediate option, we have compiled a rating, which presents all-wheel drive cars with the lowest fuel consumption.

"Audi TT"

Купе/родстер попал в наш рейтинг благодаря all-wheel drive system "Audi Quattro". The power of a two-liter turbo engine is 211 hp, and it takes about 5.6 seconds to accelerate to the standard hundred. The relative efficiency (a little more than 10 l / 100 km in urban areas and 7.5 l / 100 km on the highway) is due to the use of a system of layer-by-layer fuel injection.

"Subaru Outback"

The model is equipped with a 4-cylinder engine (2.5 liters),and its fuel consumption indicators - 9.8 / 8 liters per 100 km of standard - a good indicator for a car claiming the status of an SUV. In addition, these all-wheel drive cars (prices for "Outback" start at 40 thousand USD) can work on fuel with a normal octane number, which also allows saving to a certain extent.

"BMW 528"

Turbocharged engine "BMW" with fourproduces 240 hp in cylinders; nevertheless, fuel consumption indicators for such power are quite modest - 10.5 / 7.5 liters per 100 km. German designers tried their best to ensure that such a power unit with an 8-speed transmission showed a relatively economical consumption, but do not forget that here we are talking only about the highest quality fuel. "BMW 528" - a classic representative of the category "all-wheel drive cars.

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Nissan Juke "

The fancy crossover one of the most modestengines in our rating (1.6 liters), nevertheless it accelerates to the usual hundred in 8 seconds. Economy indicators (9.4 / 8) are achieved primarily through the installation of the xtronic CVT Juke gearbox. When combined mode consumes a car less than 9 liters.

"Lexus RX450"

Besides the fact that this crossover is one of the mostpopular in class, it is also economical. The 3.5-liter power unit consumes no more than 8 liters of fuel per 100 km on average. Agree, an impressive figure for a car of this class. The stumbling block is that the use of new technologies can not be cheap, so the price of cars can still reach 50 thousand dollars.

"Subaru Impreza"

Another bright representative of the category"All-wheel drive cars." Not the most powerful car (148 hp) in our list, but in its sporting characteristics, hardly anyone will doubt. Even with a four-wheel drive system, the car consumes less than 9 liters of fuel in the city and less than 7 liters when driving on the highway.

As you can see, all-wheel drive cars can be economical. Another thing is that almost all of them are “branded”, which means that by default they have a rather high cost.