Fuel gurgling in car history: 43.5 liters per 100 kilometers

Created: 09/17/2022, 07:00

By: Simon Mones

Nowadays, manufacturers try to keep the consumption of their cars as low as possible.

But that was not always the case, as this ranking shows.

1 / 10At the end of 1966, Chevrolet responded to the obese Ford Mustang with the Camaro.

However, the muscle car from Detroit proved to be very thirsty with its V8 engine and 7 liter displacement: Up to 43.5 liters per 100 kilometers were not uncommon.

©Chevrolet

2 / 10In the rear of the first Lamborghini Countach, there was a V12 engine with a displacement of 5 liters.

With up to 33.5 liters per 100 kilometers, the sports car was anything but economical.

The new edition should consume significantly less thanks to the hybrid drive.

© Thomas Zimmermann/Imago

3 / 10Weighing around three tons, the Rolls-Royce Corniche is by no means a lightweight.

So it's no wonder that the V8 engine with a displacement of 7 liters also proved to be a bad guy.

The noble Briton allowed himself up to 29 liters per 100 kilometers.

© Sebastian Geisler/Imago

4 / 10The Dodge Charger is also a classic in American automotive history.

True to the motto "higher, faster, further", its fuel consumption is also generous.

In early models, up to 27 liters per 100 kilometers were possible.

©Panthermedia/Imago

5 / 10 Visually, you can think of what you want from the Aston Martin Lagonda.

In terms of fuel consumption, the Briton, with up to 26.1 liters per 100 kilometers, is one of the thirstiest cars ever built.

© Tim Graham/Imago

6 / 10The Hummer H1 was originally built by US military manufacturer AM General.

He eventually sold the trademark rights to General Motors.

The consumption of up to 24.5 liters per 100 kilometers was as massive as the off-road vehicle looks.

Incidentally, the new edition of the classic is purely electric.

© Sebastian Geisler/Imago

7 / 10Until 2010, Bentley built the 2.6-tonne Arnage, on which the late Queen Elizabeth II's state limousine was also based.

With the largest engine, consumption of 24.2 liters per 100 kilometers was possible.

© Sebastian Geisler/Imago

8 / 10The Bugatti Veyron was one of the first street-legal cars to have more than 1000 hp under the hood.

The engine of the "Super Sport" even made 1,200 hp.

The result: consumption averaging 24.1 liters per 100 kilometers.

Up to 37.2 liters are even possible in urban areas.

© Sebastian Geisler/Imago

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9 / 10In addition to the Charger, Dodge also conquered the US muscle car market with the Challenger.

The latter proved to be a little more economical with a consumption of 23.5 liters per 100 kilometers.

© Andre Poling/Imago

10 / 10All good things come in threes.

This also applies to Dodge, because the Viper proves to be particularly thirsty: up to 21.1 liters per 100 kilometers were possible.

The sports car was built from 1992 to 2017. © Eibner/Imago

Modern cars are consuming less and less fuel, partly because strict CO2 requirements have to be met.

The Kia Niro 2.6 GDI Hybrid, for example, is already satisfied with 3.4 liters of Super per 100 kilometers.

A consumption that was unimaginable in the 1960s and 1970s.

At that time, many a car had a consumption of 40 liters and more.

This may have been due to the state of the art on the one hand, but also to the fuel prices on the other.

At that time, they were still well away from record values ​​of more than 2 euros (about 3.91 German marks).

In the US, a gallon (about 3.8 liters) costs just 35 cents in the early 1970s (about 2.51 US dollars today).

Accordingly, it is hardly surprising that many gas guzzlers in automotive history come from this period, such as the Chevrolet Camaro, which appeared at the end of 1966 and consumed 43.5 liters of petrol per 100 kilometers.

The Bugatti Veyron built from 2005 was only slightly more economical at 24 liters per 100 kilometers.

The same applies to the Hummer H1, which brought it to 24.5 liters and thus also made it into the top 10.