The way some of these "journalists" drive, basically every car could get 10 mpg.

 

It's more likely from sitting in Seoul traffic, which Charlie from Asian Petrolhead constantly complains about in his reviews.

 

Not sure which review it came from but in one of the vids you posted, the reviewer literally said lots of "sport" driving and "power test" on the highway. So it's not from sitting and idling in traffic.

 

My LS460s were way better than that!

 

If it's not from that video, then there's really no point in referencing it.

 

This was a video I believe out of Korea, a woman that reviewed the vehicle and she was driving in what seemed to be pretty normal and moving city traffic.

 

the 12.5mpg is from this video around 18:40 in. She does floor the car quite a bit.

the new turbo hyundai/genesis engines do seem to be thirsty when accelerating hard a lot. My new santa fe 2.5T only gets low 20s and i'm not driving it hard.

 

I think a lot of that is a function of small turbos in general. When driven hard their fuel economy benefits fall off quick.

 

Just showing that most of these journalists are doing the exact same things, same routes, trying to get the same talking points, and mostly driving them similarly. They're all given the same amount of limited time in which to get all their clips and footage. So they're all going to report similar poor fuel economy.

 

A little hyperbole for humors sake. But my car legitimately gets that MPG in winter short trip driving.

 

The Santa Fe is EPA-rated at 24 MPG combined and 21 in-city, so it sounds like you're hitting the estimate.

I didn't watch her video, but it's obvious that any motoring journalist video is going to cut out the parts that have them waiting in traffic, which tends to be what takes the heaviest toll on fuel economy. The 2.5T's been around for a while now and I've yet to see anyone hit 12 mpg on average with it in any vehicle it's been put in.

 

The video I posted from Asian Petrolhead was released way back in December. Definitely not from the same press route.

 

Ok, that is true in this case, but journalists and reviews often don't drive anything resembling normal life. They are doing a lot of 0-60 type runs to get times and feedback points, going heavy on trying to get comments on passing power, etc. Leave the cars running as they're sitting inside and filming interior features and exterior shots. No information on when that onboard meter was last reset, etc.

Basically saying that journalist MPG results are typically nothing to hold value with.

 

I agree, my response was more to comment on the allegation that the 12 mpg rating came from one of the earlier videos I posted.

I doubt many of these journalists even have the time to reset the odometer to gauge a proper MPG test in these short test drives.

 

is that the 2.5T?

she was driving the 3.5T GV70.

agreed.