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m.sigurdsson
By m.sigurdsson | AA Member | 1 Post | 29 July 2017 at 9:06pm

I recently purchased a mazda premacy 2009 with only 70000kms. I was told by dealer to only use premium fuel, not 91, is this right?
Also, on a full tank of premium we only got 390 kms with mostly around town travel, this seems low?
Thanks

Anon
By Cade | AA Expert | 3937 Posts | 31 July 2017 at 9:09am

Hi there,
Specs for Japanese vehicles can be hard to find, but from what I can see you should be able to at least use 95 octane or even try 91 as most Japanese vehicles seem to use 91. You should be getting around 405-485kms around town for this vehicle so you're not far this, and obviously a lot lower for highway use.