Just completed a 200 mile round trip and driving at 60 MPH on A roads and a bit of motorway My 2013 Dynamic has returned 50.2 MPG now that's impressive for a vehicle that weighs about 2 ton and constantly has A/C on. Its gotta be the best thing LR ever made in my opinion

It’s really a rebadged Ford. Land Rover had very little to do with designing the Freelander 2.
I’ve seen 49 mpg regularly on long runs, but running average is 33.7 mpg over 3996 days, 10507 litres, cost £13,617.

Sd4, best I've ever seen is 45 on the screen, driven like Miss Daisy. 42 on a long motorway run would be normal. 33 - 35 is the usual figure. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

I get the same as the Bobs……average 33-35 mpg…..
I wouldn’t really trust the screen figure for accuracy……
If you’re doing a “Mobil Economy Run “ test you have to brim thé tank….reset trip & bring to brim again…after the run………
that would be accurate…… FL2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto MY 2012— current
D2 TD5 HSE Man MY 1999 470kmls….gone 2014 ….lovely engine..chassis rotten
D1 300TDI Man MY 1996 56kmls….gone 1999…D2 much better
Wife’s FL1 1.8P MY 2001 32kmls …gone 2007…has Mini since.

I never trust the cars computed figures. Mine are individual fills and then combined to give real long term figures. Filling the tank to the brim on modern cars isn’t a good idea. The often have vapour traps that can become saturated. Better to find a pump that works for your car and go back to it regularly.

We have every petrol receipt for our car with penciled trip meter data, & pencil in the front as they fade.

One of our individual trips across the Nullarbor with the car at full payload including stuff on the roof. Tailwind 7.8L/100km, headwind 12L/100km.

Individual trips don't count. You really need to do tank to tank, & then at least 3 tank fulls to average.


We did manage to get from Norseman Western Australia to Penong South Australia 1,128 km plus some small side trips. With the additional 50 litres of petrol we carried.

Sign leaving Norseman heading 'over east' as the Sand-gropers say (Western Australians)!

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36mpg fully laden with tailwind……..23.5 mpg with headwind……..very good figures….
Why have a diesel…..with all emissions hardware complications……?

Converting ltrs/100kms to mpg easy with the phone…….📱!!!

Nice open road Lightwater……. FL2 SD4 HSE Lux Auto MY 2012— current
D2 TD5 HSE Man MY 1999 470kmls….gone 2014 ….lovely engine..chassis rotten
D1 300TDI Man MY 1996 56kmls….gone 1999…D2 much better
Wife’s FL1 1.8P MY 2001 32kmls …gone 2007…has Mini since.

Fuel consumption will be less in areas where there is a higher percentage of bio fuel, as it has less calorific value, chose your fuel carefully. my PC is slightly to the right of Genghis
2012 HSE SD4 In Orkney Grey now gone, best car ever.

My SD4 has always delivered about 34 around town and 39/40 on longer runs, but drops quite a bit on motorway runs if I push 80 . FL2 SD4 XS 2013 Orkney Grey

Last October



After a round trip to Newark-on-Trent, for TruckFest
Via the A1, & A638 (to/back from ‘RedHouse junction’)
An ‘evily good’ average MPG!

My Kodiaq, not a FL
(2.0TDi/6-speed manual/4x4)

The VW group TDIs are great for economy and put our thirsty Freelander 2's to shame. Landrover - turning owners into mechanics since 1948

2014 Orkney grey Freelander SD4 GS.
2004 Zambezi silver Discovery 2 Td5 (Gone)
1963 Surf blue Morris Mini Minor Super de Luxe (my little toy)

Fuel economy and freelander don’t appear in the same sentence.🤣

Bobupndown wrote:

The VW group TDIs are great for economy and put our thirsty Freelander 2's to shame.

Bobupndown wrote:

The VW group TDIs are great for economy and put our thirsty Freelander 2's to shame.

If you are looking for low fuel consumption and own a Land Rover you’ve got the wrong car! Though SWMBO’s run around, a Fiesta ST3, weighs less than half the weight of a Freelander 2 and can’t match it. Probably the wrong car as well but both are much more enjoyable to drive than a low powered econocar.