Diesel SUVs: Consumption Test Wanted: The Most Fuel-Efficient Compact SUV

To date, the consumption of their Achilles heel. Without all-wheel drive and with a small diesel cars but also the popular off-road look to be slowly politically correct.

So they are also popular: Sports Utility Vehicles - better known by the acronym SUV - is not saving in the blood. Because they are descended from road vehicles, they tend to have greater thirst than ordinary cars. Debt is mainly the added weight and the higher air resistance. To conserve fuel, many manufacturers are climbers have fallen to the trendy compact format. With success: A VW Tiguan brings up to 600 kilos on the scales less than its big brother Touareg . In addition, increasingly the hundredweight wheel-drive technology can be saved. Rightly so. Most buyers come anyway-never land astray, and that to reach the urban jungle of a curb, it does not need a Porsche.

How high is the acceptance that has become even in cars that look like off-road adventures, demonstrating the latest figures. Hyundai sold nearly three-quarters of all ix35 with front-wheel drive. And even with the top of the class Tiguan 40 percent are driven only by the front wheels, and rising. Comfortable sitting, boarding and higher sovereign go - but please do not use higher than in ordinary compact car. What initially sounds like squaring the circle, is possible with start-stop technology and small diesels. Values ​​less than seven liters are then possible in everyday life without trouble. With many cars is even a five-point front. If you skimp on the most expensive fuel, our comparison test reveals eleven popular SUV models.

We tested the following models: Audi Q3, BMW X1, Dacia Duster, Ford Kuga, Hyundai ix35, Kia Sportage, Mini Countryman, Mitsubishi ASX, Nissan Qashqai, Skoda Yeti and the VW Tiguan. The measured consumption values ​​can be found in the gallery above. Gives the complete article with all data and tables in the online article's archive.