The official fuel economy figures also uncover some facts about the auto’s effect on the engine efficiency; manual 8.3L/100km while the auto is over 1L/100km less economical at 9.8L/100km.

In the manual we actually achieved lower that this, at around 6.8L/100km, however, the official average is 7.7L/100km. Like any car, it simply depends on how you drive. The manual gear throw is ...