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Honda’s Fuel Economy Drive Advocates Proper Driving Habits for a Greener Future

June 4, 2008 by Tsikot · Leave a Comment 

Honda Cars Philippines, Inc. recently completed the Media Edition of Honda Challenge Cup, a fuel efficiency driving competition that serves as an instrument in promoting fuel economy awareness in the face of fuel crisis.

Honda, in cooperation with Petron, embarked on this drive to demonstrate how a simple fuel efficient driving style can make a big difference. The competition posed grueling challenges in both city and highway driving conditions using normal, day-to-day driving style with running airconditioning system. Natural driving environment was chosen for the competition. For city driving, participants were tasked to traverse traffic congested roads of Ayala Avenue, Sen. Gil Puyat Avenue and EDSA on a Friday morning at around 11 AM. As if the challenge was not enough, nature also had its way in making the activity trickier by pouring heavy rains by noontime. For highway driving, participants tackled the North Luzon Expressway on the way to Dau, Pampanga. The team with the best kilometer per liter record generated by adding the fuel consumption within the 39.3 km stretch of city driving and within the 65.5 km distance under highway driving condition wins.

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