Fuel Economy Driving Records By Australians in Australia and Overseas
Since 1982, Helen and John Taylor have consistently continued to break World Driving Records and country National Driving Records, with 93 world driving records to date, incorporating 46 speed world driving records in petrol, diesel, cng, hybrid and lpg categories (retired from speed drives), as well as 47 fuel economy world driving records. The below chart is a brief overview of some of the records the Taylors have broken and they will not be the last, as the Taylors are encouraging Australians to go out and break existing records as well as set many exciting national and world record drives around the globe in the future.
Year |
Record |
Car |
Comments |
1982 |
Round Britain Economy Record |
Ford Fiesta Petrol |
3,628 miles, 43.75 miles per gallon |
1982 |
John O'Groats to Lands End, UK, End to End |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
900 miles on less than a tank, 90.05 miles per gallon |
1982 to 1985 |
7 Economy Driving Records in Europe |
Ford Fiesta Diesel & Petrol |
9 World Economy Driving Records in 3 years for Ford |
1987 |
Round Britain Economy Record |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
3,609 miles, 85.2 miles per gallon |
1987 |
Round Jersey Economy Record & Jersey National Record |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
Covering the 48 mile coastal road route, averaging 128 miles per gallon, in Aid of The Children In Need Appeal Channel Islands |
1988 |
John O'Groats to Lands End, UK, End to End |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
900 miles on less than a tank of fuel, at 92.5 miles per gallon |
1990 |
Sydney to Adelaide on less than a tank record |
Daihatsu Charade Turbo Diesel |
1,330.06 km's on less than a tank, 107.38 miles per gallon, City to City Driving World Record |
1990 |
Round Australia Economy Record |
Daihatsu Applause |
14,517 km's at 4.43 L/100 km |
1991 |
Round Australia Petrol Economy Record |
General Motors Holden Barina |
14,500 km Economy Petrol Drive, at 75.57 miles per gallon, still a record 17 years down the track |
1991 |
Round Britain Economy Record |
Daihatsu Charade Turbo Diesel |
3,621 miles round Britain at 103.01 miles per gallon |
1992 |
Round Australia Over 4 Litre Economy Record |
Ford Falcon 4.0i Petrol |
14,857.8 km's, averaging 42.49 miles per gallon |
1992 |
Sydney to Melbourne LPG on less than a tank of LPG, World Record |
Ford Falcon 4.0i LPG |
900 km's on less than a tank of LPG, 1st and only time achieved, at 39 miles per gallon |
1992 |
John O'Groats to Lands End UK, 4 Wheel Drive World Record |
Range Rover Diesel |
1,440 km's on less than a tank of fuel, at 53 miles per gallon, in 19 hours driving |
1993 |
John O'Groats to Lands End, Natural Gas Economy Challenge |
British Gas, 10 Ford trucks, cars and buses |
Clean Across Britain, showing Natural Gas infrastructure in place, whilst breaking Economy Records in different categories |
1993 |
Coventry England to Milan Italy |
Rover Cars Diesel |
4 Rover cars, travelled 925 miles on less than a tank, at 68 to 83.75 miles per gallons, European Economy Fleet Car Records |
1993 |
John O'Groats to Lands End Fuel Economy |
Jaguar V8 Petrol |
1094.6 km's on less than a tank of fuel |
1994 |
City to City Economy Record Australia |
Land Rover Diesel |
1,484.13 km's, at 53.39 miles per gallon, from Darwin to Alice Springs Australia, World Record |
1994 |
City to City to City Economy Record |
Toyota Land Cruiser Diesel |
Sydney to Melbourne to Sydney, 1,654.6 km's, at 59 miles per gallon, on less than a tank |
1994 |
Round Australia LPG Economy Boral Gas Record |
Ford Boral Gas 4.0i LPG |
14,433.2 km's Round Australia, at 9.9 L/100 km, First LPG Record to break 10 L/100 km |
1996 |
Italy to UK Economy 4 Wheel Drive Record on less than a tank of fuel |
Jeep Cherokee 2.5 Turbo Diesel |
1,440.80 km's at 58.47 miles per gallon, Engine plant, Cento Italy to Jeep UK, HQ, Dover, England |
1997 |
Italy to UK 7 Seater MPV Economy Record |
Chrysler Voyager 2.5 Turbo Diesel |
1,392.8 km's at 53 miles per gallon, with a family and luggage |
1999 |
City to CityEconomy Record |
Daewoo Musso 2.9 Turbo Diesel |
1,703 km's at 61.24 miles per gallon, Melbourne to Brisbane, 4WD World Record |
1999 |
Automatic Transmission UK Economy Record |
DaimlerChrysler Grand Cherokee 3.1 TD Automatic |
1,176 km's from Jeep UK HQ to north west Scotland, at 42.86 miles per gallon |
2000 |
City to City Petrol Economy Record |
Daewoo Matiz Petrol |
1,111.7 km's on less than a tank, Australia |
2000 |
City to City MPV 7 Seater Economy Drive |
DaimlerChrysler Voyager 2.5 Turbo Diesel |
1,724 km's, at 65.3 miles per gallon, from Graz Austria to Brussels Belgium |
2000 |
23 Speed Endurance Records over 24 Hours |
DaimlerChrysler Voyager 2.5 Turbo Diesel x 2 vehicles |
23 World Endurance, Distance Records, covering 4,303.4 km's in 24 hours, in a 7 Seater MPV |
Year |
Record |
Car |
Comments |
2002 |
Record, Longest Distance Covered on a Single Standard Tank of Fuel |
Peugeot 406 HDiDiesel |
2,348.3 km's covered in 36 hours, on less than a standard tank of fuel from Melbourne to Rockhampton Australia |
2004 |
2 x Round Australia Fuel Economy Records, Diesel & Overall categories |
Peugeot 307 HDi XS Touring Diesel |
Averaged 81.16 to 88.86 miles per gallon, 3.49 L/100 km's, covering 14,634 km's round the coastal road route of Australia |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Toyota Camry 2.0 Litre Petrol Automatic |
Covering 1,052.5 km's from Singapore to Penang to Kuala Lumpur, 4.99 L/100 km, 20.05 km/L |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Lexus RX300, 3 Litre, V6 SUV PetrolAutomatic |
Covering 1,025.8 km's from Singapore to Penang to Kuala Lumpur, 6.88 L/100 km, 14.54 km/L |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Subaru Impreza 1.6 Petrol |
Covering 838.5 km's from Singapore to Genting / Kuala Lumpur to Singapore on less than a tank of fuel |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Volvo S60 2 Litre Petrol Automatic |
Covering 1,289 km's from Singapore to Penang to Kuala Lumpur to Malacca |
2005 |
Indonesia Book of Records, National Fuel Economy Record |
Subaru Outback Petrol |
Covering 1176 km's on less than a tank from Jakarta to Bandung to Jakarta to Bandung to Jakarta |
2006 |
Round The World Fuel Economy |
Shell / VW Golf 1.6 FSi Petrol |
Covering 25 countries on 4 continents, averaging 4.5 L/100 km's on this epic 29,717 km drive |
2006 |
Round South Africa Fuel Economy National Record |
Shell / VW Golf 2.0 Litre Petrol |
Driving 3,800 km's using only 3 tanks of fuel, averaging 4.3 L/100 km |
2006 |
Oman Fuel Economy National Record |
Shell / VW Golf 2.0 Litre Petrol |
Driving 1000 km's from Muscat to Salalah on two thirds of a tank of fuel |
2008 |
Setting a new standard for SUV's |
Jeep Compass & Jeep Patriot Diesel |
Six Countries - One Tank of Fuel, London to Poland |
2008 |
Round Australia Fuel Economy Overall Record |
Peugeot 308 HDiDiesel |
Averaged 90.75 miles per gallon, 3.13 L/100 km's, covering 14,580 km's round the coastal road route of Australia |
2008 |
US 48 Contiguous States Lowest Fuel Consumption World Record |
VW Jetta TDI, Diesel 2.0 Manual |
Driving 9,419 miles achieving 58.82 US MPG 70.64 Imperial MPG 3.99 L/100 KM 11.04 Tanks of Shell Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel costing US$ 653.06 |
2009 |
Round Britain Lowest Fuel Consumption World Record |
Peugeot 308 HDiDiesel 1.6 Manual |
Driving 3,700.1 miles achieving 126.82 MPG, 2.23 l/100 km on 2.41 Tanks of Shell Diesel costing £136.24 |
2009 |
US 48 Contiguous States Lowest Fuel Consumption World Record |
VW Jetta TDI, Diesel 2.0 Manual |
Driving 9,505 miles achieving 67.9 US MPG, 81.55 IMP MPG, 3.46 l/100 km. Using 139.97 US Gallons of Shell Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel costing US$ 371.03 |
2011 |
Round South Africa Lowest Fuel Consumption Hybrid World Record, June 9th - 25th |
Toyota Prius, Hybrid |
Driving 4,432 KM's 3.148 L/100 KM 3.1 Tanks of Shell Gasoline, Rand 1,425.90 |
2011 |
US 48 Contiguous States Lowest Fuel Consumption Gasoline World Record, August 1st - 22nd |
Chevy Cruze Eco, 1.4 Gasoline Manual |
Driving 9,564.2 miles achieving 64.42 US MPG 77.37 Imperial MPG 3.65 L/100 KM 11.79 Tanks of Shell Nitrogen Enriched Gasolines costing US$541.24 |
2012 |
US 48 States Lowest Fuel Consumption Hybrid World Record April 7th - 28th, 2012 |
Shell Nitrogen Enriched Gasolines Team |
Driving 9,033 miles, 69.98 US mpg, 84.05 Imperial mpg, 3.36 L/100 Shell Nitrogen Enriched Gasolines US$516.51 |
2012 |
One Tank Fuel Economy World Record, May 3rd/4th/5th |
VW Passat TDi US Team |
Driving 1,616.9 miles, 84.162 US mpg, 101.083 Imperial mpg, 2.794 L/100 km, Shell Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel US$75.62 |
2012 |
Tour De Holland Record 10 Provinces, May 11th/12th/13th |
Shell FuelSave Challenge 'Tour De Holland' |
Driving 1,020 km's, 25.5 km/l, 3.92 L/100 km, Shell FuelSave Euro 95 EUR 69.96, 40 litres used |
2012 |
Shell VW Smarter Driver Challenge - Coast-to-Coast Canada, 12-22 June 2012 |
VW Passat Comfortline |
6,339.9 km's driven, Achieving 5.59 L/100 KM 17.895 KM/L 50.54 IMP MPG, 4.69 tanks of Shell Bronze fuel, 1,352 km's on every tank, costing $452.90 in total |
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