Team Michelin Drivers Beat Published MPG by 30%

The two teams of drivers Michelin entered into this year’s MPG Marathon scored notable success in the annual fuel economy run, both taking top ten places at their first attempt. Both crews achieved more than 80 miles per gallon, and one team exceeded published figures by 30 per cent, in Peugeot 308s fitted with Michelin’s latest low rolling resistance Energy Saver tyres.

The ALD Automotive Total Excellium MPG Marathon organised by Fleetworld Magazine took 39 competing teams over a “real-world” route from Bristol to Macclesfield and back – a distance of more than 400 miles – with all the normal road traffic conditions of delays, traffic lights, hold-ups and slow moving tractors!

Michelin fleet manager John Stack and co-driver Nicola Sergeant finished a highly creditable fifth car overall, their Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 on Michelin Energy Saver tyres returning 83.04 mpg, an improvement of 32.45 per cent over the official figure of 62.7mpg. A similar success was achieved by Mike Lawton and co-driver Christina Black who returned 80.58 mpg in their Peugeot 308 S HDi 90 to show a 28.5 per cent improvement.

John Stack was delighted to set the outstanding MPG figures: “It goes to prove that all drivers can achieve significant fuel savings by simply driving more carefully, anticipating the road conditions ahead, being lighter on the accelerator pedal and using a higher gear where possible. The MPG marathon was a real test and Nicola and I proved that we can all save expensive fuel on the road if we put our minds to it.”