Video: Nearly 2,400 km on one tank. How is that possible?
Author auto.pub |
Published on:
26.06.2026
The Volkswagen Passat B5 1.9 TDI has long enjoyed the kind of reputation modern cars struggle to earn: simple engineering, a large fuel tank, low consumption and an engine happy to cover huge distances. One German content creator put that reputation to the test with an extreme economy run. His goal was to drive a 1998 Passat from Hildesheim to the Arctic Circle in Sweden on a single tank of diesel. The result was 2,398 kilometres and a calculated average fuel consumption of around 3.0 l/100 km.
