True MPG: most efficient MPVs and estate cars

Nobody wants to be spending lots of money on fuel, especially when prices are so high, and that's why it's important to know what your car will really do to the gallon.

You see, the official Government fuel economy figures you'll see printed in sales brochures can be misleading, because those results often aren't achievable under real-world conditions. And that's where we can help – What Car?'s True MPG tests reveal the sort of fuel economy you'll see day-to-day, without having to resort to any unrealistic 'hypermiling' techniques.

Here we're looking at the most efficient estate cars and MPVs we've ever tested, but we've also revealed the models which performed the worst in our tests.

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