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Married Couple Sets Guinness World Record for Fuel Efficiency - After Driving the Globe on 24 Tanks.

Publication: PR Newswire
Publication Date: 04-APR-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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John and Helen Taylor Complete 18,001-mile Journey, Achieve Average of 52.3 Miles per Gallon, and Teach Drivers How to Stretch Their Fuel

LONDON, April 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- After 78 days and 18,001 miles, John and Helen Taylor have set a Guinness World Record for Fuel Efficiency after successfully driving around the globe using only 24 tanks of Shell gasoline and averaging an impressive 52.3 miles per gallon. The Taylors' challenge began on January 17 in London and ended this morning in the same city after driving across 25 countries using Shell FuelStretch driving principles to help them maximize their fuel efficiency.

Initial estimates had the Taylors setting the Guinness World Record in 50 fill-ups or less; however, the estimate was lowered several times along the journey as the Taylor's fuel economy improved. The first of its kind, the new "Shell Fuel Economy Challenge" Guinness World Record marks the achievement of the lowest fuel consumption during a circumnavigation of the globe by an unmodified standard car. To achieve the record, the journey had to cover no less than 18,001 miles. Shell fuelled the journey and shares credit for the record with the Taylors.

"It's been the trip of a lifetime -- absolutely unforgettable," says...

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