The paultan.org team is now in Penang to test out the new Proton Iriz. While we haven't had enough time behind the wheel to deliver a thorough verdict yet (that will come soon enough), we did have the chance to carry out a quick fuel consumption test with the five-speed manual 1.3 litre model yesterday.
Over 185 km (from Proton COE in Shah Alam to Gopeng), the 94 hp/120 Nm Iriz 1.3 Executive MT we tested averaged 14.5 km per litre (6.9 litres per 100 km). And that's with three on board - yours truly, Jonathan James Tan and InfoKereta.com's Izwaashura Sadali (pictured driving below) – plus our luggage in the boot too. Not bad, eh?
This figure was obtained through a mixture of congested city roads (15%) and highways (85%). On the latter, we cruised at a realistic speed range of between 100 and 120 km/h - between slow road work zones, that is. Other members of the media took the same route too, with some recording better (16.9 km/l) or worse (13.7 km/h) results in their Iriz 1.3 MT.
A second group did the same with the 1.6 litre CVT version of the Iriz, and their recorded fuel economy figures were between 10.4 to 15.9 km/l. We don't know for sure how fast or slow the other guys were, of course. For the record, the Iriz 1.6 CVT's official fuel efficiency claim is 13.5 km/l. So then, what do you think of these real-world economy figures?
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