The 62.28 km route was covered in only 76 minutes by a team of two Gaadi.com members, Bunny Punia (driver) and Meghan Naik (navigator).
AP
The Renault Scala diesel was tanked up on the Pune-Mumbai expressway and driven for a minimum of 60km, a condition laid by the Limca Book of Records. Before the start of the drive, its tank was sealed and checked by both Mrigank Mehrotra, an Indian Army Major and Sharanayya Kalmath, a qualified automobile engineer who were jointly supervising and auditing the complete record run.
After driving 62.28 km as per a GPS device, the car was again tanked up in the presence of Mehrotra and Kalmath and expectedly, the car took in only 1.24 litres of fuel, translating into a real world economy of 54.15 km/l.
Bunny Punia, head of content at Gaadi.com and piloting the Scala to a record drive adds, “Our aim was to showcase that even a modern luxury sedan can deliver high fuel economy under real world driving conditions. The Renault Scala not only excels as far as comfort, space and premium-ness goes, it also delivers in the crucial area of being a frugal and efficient vehicle.”
Ankur Agarwal, Head, New Cars at Gaadi.com had to say “We wanted to do something big with a great car and the Renault Scala was the perfect fit. By partnering with Renault, our idea was to showcase the heights that modern cars can achieve. This will go a long way in establishing those credentials."
Full record run report and details can be had by logging onto Gaadi.com/Scala
Some noteworthy points:
Team Gaadi and Renault create new benchmark for highest fuel economy achieved in India.
Team Gaadi covered 62.28 km using only 1.24 litres of fuel in a stock Renault Scala diesel sedan.
Achieved fuel economy of 54.15 km/l, which is 250.26% over ARAI certified figure.
The current record stands at 245.38% of the ARAI claimed mileage and we managed to get 250.26% higher than the claimed fuel efficiency.
Team Gaadi also covered the 62.28 km route in 76 minutes on the Pune-Mumbai expressway
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