Toyota Aygo Cross - real-life fuel economy tested by a professional eco-driver

Ecodriver takes a close look at Toyota's smallest car and tries to get around the Ecodriver Loop as efficient as possible. He will show you the most efficient way to drive this Car with a CVT-Gearbox and tries to stay below 4 l/100 km.
Car was provided by: Auto Falbesoner, Birgitz, Tyrol, Austria
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[@mikesaunders4694]

Great job Helmut……I drive a cvt (Prius mk4) and it’s great ….but most hybrid reviewers go on and on about cvt drone and “scratchy” plastics. Professional car reviewers don’t seem to care about efficiency. I’m more impressed by 72mpg than 0-60 in 7.2 seconds as it seems to be a lot harder to engineer the former than the latter.

[@therandomtester9561]

Filling up before and after wouldn't help anyway. On a station with a slight sideslope I measured 3 litre difference on a Pug 306 if the fillercap was facing up or down the hill. Even parking at the exact same spot, using the same pump there will be a small difference in "SOC". Everything done right, very little of course. But on a 40-50+ liter tank, a few dl is almost no deviation. And with that short drive and low consumption 0,758*3,8= 2,88 liter, every dl difference, will throw the result about 0,1-0,2 l/100 km off. Hope onboardcomputers has improved. My -10 Smax shows about 10-12% lower consumption than in reality. While a -12 Pug 5008 I had showed about 10% higher consumption than in reality...

[@ecodriver1746]

You're right, filling up at the gas station with such small amounts of fuel is quite unprecise in itself. ADAC (German Car Drivers Association) found out that 70+ % of BC are "very" or "rather" correct (+- 3%), the rest is up to 5% wrong. Interestingly they also say that more than half of all Cars tested (over 70) show a higher consumption on BC than in reality. My Volvo is either spot on or slightly above real consumption, but we are talking about 0,05 l/100 kms.

[@rubene.3944]

Hey Helmut. Really like your channel. Great economy tests, that you don't see anywhere else! I'm looking for a car that drives good on the motorway and also start/stop driving in the city. From your hybrid tests it looks like Toyota C-HR 2.0 is great for both, so thank you a lot for the tests!

[@ecodriver1746]

Thank you! C-HR is a great choice!

[@Ambienfinity]

Thanks Helmut, outstanding test. I've been seriously considering this car. It's a toss-up between this and the Jazz Hybrid.

[@ecodriver1746]

Thanks, you're welcome! You don't do anything wrong with either of those two.

[@Ambienfinity]

@@ecodriver1746 I've also picked up a lot of tips from you about ecodriving as I've been watching. Trying to maintain momentum here in the overcrowded UK is never easy, but anticipating ahead is key, I've noticed from your driving.

[@ecodriver1746]

I was driving buses in the UK for a couple of years and the most annoying thing were the traffic lights which have a short time between green and red, here in Austria you get more notice as the green lights blink 4 times before it gets to amber.

[@Ambienfinity]

@@ecodriver1746 That's a very intelligent solution, which would really help here, where there are too many people and too many vehicles on the road.

[@micheals1992]

It's nice to see the new Aygo could be capable of 74mpg... Currently getting about 74mpg in my 2012 Aygo although I have had that upto 80mpg on a run similar to yours, it's surprising how efficient it can be driving on hilly terrain.

[@ecodriver1746]

Well done! You seem to know how to drive this car ;)

[@micheals1992]

@@ecodriver1746 the Aygo X is less efficient on paper then the 2012 Aygo which is a smaller, cheaper car with the same engine... It weighs about 800kg although in the door on my 3 door Aygo it says the weight is 695kg so not sure what the true weight is. So in theory if you tested the Aygo I can imagine you'd probably be posting a score of something like 80-90mpg since you seem to be a very efficient driver. Edit - that's actually not entirely true, from 2014 the engine was updated to have VVT-i on the exhaust ports as well as the intake ports the base engine is same (although I can imagine there's tweeks in other areas as well). Plus the recommended oil changed from 0w30 to 0w20 in 2012 and from 2014 the engine recommended 0w16 with the addition of the variable exhaust ports. I'm pretty sure the 0w20 recommendation on the 2012 model was purely the push the car under the UK emissions tax bracket though. I tried 0w20 and the oil consumption rate increased to 1.6L/5,000 miles with 0w30 the oil consumption stays around 600ml/5,000 miles.

[@micheals1992]

@@ecodriver1746 just got 77.8mpg over a 435 mile tank (25.4L used). We've got allot of incentive to maximize fuel economy with fuel at £1.82 a litre here. I reckon I could've gone 600 miles on that 35L tank. I was near a fuel station though and wasn't that far off the 450 mile mark where it usually drops to 2 bars. You must be quite a good hypermiler though as I've been driving this car for 84,000 miles over 8 years and just manage to get low to mid 70s and rarely push upto 80 on a full tank during the prime summer months and sometimes it drops mid to high 60s in the winter if conditions are particularly bad here in the UK. I defrost the car in the winter using water without the engine running, two bottles, one with room temperature water (~15c) and the other around body temperature (~36c) to stage the glass heating to prevent potential damage. I wipe it off with the wipers imediately to prevent evaporative cooling and then start and go. I have wondered about fitting a hot coolant storage tank from a Prius but I'd be worried I'd mess up the cooling system xD. Seems like a better solution then a block heater though as it's always ready to be cycled into the engine even away from a mains power source.

[@doddsalfa]

In the text to the right side you call this car a hybrid car .

[@ecodriver1746]

Oops, sorry. Thanks. Rectified.

[@Rapscallion2009]

....it's a "hybrid" of a city car and SUV? ;-)

[@LucianoLopesLima]

Subscribed for obvious reasons!

[@ecodriver1746]

:) Thanks!

[@comicmania2008]

Very informative, thanks very much - enjoyed watching your video. I just ordered one of these, though manual version, not auto.

[@ecodriver1746]

Thanks, you're welcome. I hope you enjoy your Aygo :)

[@jmw0368]

Can viewers please stop comparing this new 2022 model to the old (shared badge) versions…they are nothing alike and have nothing in common (other than name). The new model is 100% more refined and better in every way!

[@comicmania2008]

@@jmw0368 EH?

[@Olyshka.]

@@comicmania2008 , how has it been driving so far? Do you enjoy it?

[@speedysteven123]

Can you do a test on jazz hybrid please?

[@ecodriver1746]

Hi, I've done a test for my german channel already, the video will be translated to english within the next couple of weeks.

[@adaml9638]

Hi, what is fuel consuption during 120km/h ride by motorway? about 5liter?

[@andyhuggins1915]

Thanks for a very useful video , i am waiting to collect my Aygo X from Toyota so this was very interesting to me . I would love to see a test on the Suzuki Ignis to see how that compares with the Aygo X.

[@ecodriver1746]

You're welcome! I'm sure you'll enjoy your new car. I'll register my interest in the Ignis with the dealer.

[@Olyshka.]

Hi Andy, how has it been driving so far? Do you enjoy driving Aygo X?

[@gbpatriot2]

Thank you for this excellent video Helmut. When driving the 2022 Aygo X automatic with the CVT gearbox, is there any advantage of switching across to manual engine braking to check speed instead of using the car brakes? Ray England

[@ecodriver1746]

Hi Ray, thanks. In doing so you can support the friction brakes. With modern, efficient engines, however, the braking power isn't sufficient to really brake the car, as compared to - let's say - older diesels. It's more of a "gentle" support.

[@adaml9638]

P.s please compare aygo x vs suzuki swift (but witch manual,cvt has 1.5l more consumption ) . Aygo X and Suzuki Swift (manual) are the most fuel efficient cars. What is more efficient? In 120km/h , motorway.

[@micheals1992]

Would love to see what you could do in the older smaller version of this car. You think a manual transmission would be better or worse? I know in my 2012 Aygo you can hold 30mph in 5th gear doing 1200rpm quite happily and smoothly and the mpg reads around 90-110mpg while doing 30mph cruising.

[@ecodriver1746]

I think with my driving style CVT is more efficient.

[@alfontana6242]

Nice Video Helmut. Toyota really shines when it comes to fuel economy. Even our 2010 Prius we had until we sold it a couple of years ago was good for 45+ MPG avg. and in summer mid 50-s MPG was common (U.S. gallons).

[@ecodriver1746]

Thanks! Indeed, Toyota really leads the pack in that regard.

[@ZsoltKovacsik]

Hi Helmut. i dont want to boast, but: i did a personal record on this weekend in the very hot hungarian weather: with low traffic around me, with an avarage 70-90km/h, with just a few stops/brakes, low hills etc... so nearly the best conditions around me: 3,3l/100km (!) on open road, with the same engine(the version before the newest refresh version u' ve tried), but built in a smaller, 100 kg easier body of the second generation citroen c1.

[@ecodriver1746]

Wow, fantastic!! Great Job, Zsolt :)

[@ZsoltKovacsik]

@@ecodriver1746 Thank you:)

[@ZsoltKovacsik]

With the same engine i could achive the 3,5l /open road in a Citroen C1 (second gen). In big town with terrible condition, bad habitat driver's, bad green-light waves town it nearly impossible to get that 3,8l.. but its not the technic's fault, of course. Good test! we could see what the technic is capable of.

[@ecodriver1746]

Thanks!

[@micheals1992]

Do you reckon you could achieve this with the manual transmission version?

[@ecodriver1746]

Yes, I guess so, but it would be quite an effort to keep the revs down in the way it's possible with a CVT.

[@adaml9638]

suzuki swift, should be more efficient than aygo x.

[@ecodriver1746]

Not sure about that, I've already registered my interest in Swift.

[@adaml9638]

@@ecodriver1746 The lowest fuel consumption about swift kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn_ZpGyXm65oqNE in 60km/h is 3.3 l and in 90km/h is 4.5l

[@penyenskye]

Suzuki my ass! Booo

[@andersnielsen6044]

@@ecodriver1746The Swift is even cheaper than this AygoX

[@Ferni74]

Thanks for the video, I really like the way your test is made. I thought the new Aygo would consume more than the second gen because of its height and width increase but your test made me change my mind about it. I would love to see the Aygo 2 results and why not a Space Star which is a popular car in the hypermiling community.

[@CommunistBest1]

Look like in bosnia 🙂

[@penyenskye]

It’s not aygo X (ex). It’s aygo cross.

[@jmw0368]

Oh who cares?

[@WolfMimirMori]

Named Aygo X in Sweden (EU) and not Cross like other models.

[@dd9ag]

@@jmw0368 Toyota marketing department 😂