May 11, 2012

World record 1,626 miles on one tank of #diesel #sustainable #energy

A Loudoun County, Virginia Sheriff’s Deputy verifies the car’s mileage before removing...

Apparently not happy with collecting over 40 world driving fuel economy records, the husband and wife team of John and Helen Taylor – also known as “the world’s most fuel efficient couple” – have been back on the road to claim the world record for the longest distance traveled on a single tank of fuel. The record 1,626.1 mile (2,616.95 km) journey was achieved in a stock 2012 Volkswagen Passat powered by a 2.0-liter TDI Clean Diesel inline four-cylinder engine with a six-speed manual transmission... Continue Reading World record 1,626 miles on one tank of diesel