Since 1982, Helen and John Taylor have consistently continued to break Guinness World Driving Records and country National Driving Records, with 82 world driving records to date, incorporating 46 speed world driving records in both diesel and lpg categories (retired from speed drives), as well as 36 fuel economy world driving records. The below chart is a brief overview of some of the records the Taylor’s have broken and they will not be the last, as many exciting world record drives around the globe are planned in the future. Keep your eyes peeled on the Home Page, under Latest Adventures.
Year |
Record |
Car |
Comments |
1982 |
Round Britain Guinness
Book Economy Record |
Ford Fiesta Petrol |
3,628 miles, 43.75 miles per gallon |
1982 |
John O’Groats to Lands End, UK, End to End |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
900 miles on less than a tank, 90.05 miles per gallon |
1982 to 1985 |
7 Economy Driving Records in Europe |
Ford Fiesta Diesel & Petrol |
9 World Economy Driving Records in 3 years for Ford |
1987 |
Round Britain Guinness Book Economy Record |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
3,609 miles, 85.2 miles per gallon |
1987 |
Round Jersey Guinness Book Economy Record & Jersey National Record |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
Covering the 48 mile coastal road route, averaging 128 miles per gallon, in Aid of The Children In Need Appeal Channel Islands |
1988 |
John O’Groats to Lands End, UK, End to End |
Ford Fiesta Diesel |
900 miles on less than a tank of fuel, at 92.5 miles per gallon |
1990 |
Sydney to Adelaide on less than a tank record |
Daihatsu Charade Turbo Diesel |
1,330.06 km’s on less than a tank, 107.38 miles per gallon, City to City Guinness Book Record |
1990 |
Round Australia Guinness Book Economy |
Daihatsu Applause |
14,517 km’s at 4.43 L/100 km |
1991 |
Round Australia Petrol Guinness Book Economy |
General Motors Holden Barina |
14,500 km Economy Petrol Drive, at 75.57 miles per gallon, still a record 17 years down the track |
1991 |
Round Britain Guinness Book Economy Record |
Daihatsu Charade Turbo Diesel |
3,621 miles round Britain at 103.01 miles per gallon |
1992 |
Round Australia Over 4 Litre Economy GWR |
Ford Falcon 4.0i Petrol |
14,857.8 km’s, averaging 42.49 miles per gallon |
1992 |
Sydney to Melbourne LPG on less than a tank of LPG, GWR |
Ford Falcon 4.0i LPG |
900 km’s on less than a tank of LPG, 1st and only time achieved, at 39 miles per gallon |
1992 |
John O’Groats to Lands End UK, 4 Wheel Drive Guinness World Record |
Range Rover Diesel |
1,440 km’s on less than a tank of fuel, at 53 miles per gallon, in 19 hours driving |
1993 |
John O’Groats to Lands End, Natural Gas Economy Challenge |
British Gas, 10 Ford trucks, cars and buses |
Clean Across Britain, showing Natural Gas infrastructure in place, whilst breaking Economy Records in different categories |
1993 |
Coventry England to Milan Italy |
Rover Cars Diesel |
4 Rover cars, travelled 925 miles on less than a tank, at 68 to 83.75 miles per gallons, European Economy Fleet Car Records |
1993 |
John O’Groats to Lands End Fuel Economy |
Jaguar V8 Petrol |
1094.6 km’s on less than a tank of fuel |
1994 |
City to City Guinness Book Economy Record Australia |
Land Rover Diesel |
1,484.13 km’s, at 53.39 miles per gallon, from Darwin to Alice Springs Australia, GWR |
1994 |
City to City to City Economy Guinness World Record |
Toyota Land Cruiser Diesel |
Sydney to Melbourne to Sydney, 1,654.6 km’s, at 59 miles per gallon, on less than a tank |
1994 |
Round Australia Guinness Book LPG Economy Boral Gas Record |
Ford Boral Gas 4.0i LPG |
14,433.2 km’s Round Australia, at 9.9 L/100 km, First LPG Record to break 10 L/100 km |
1996 |
Italy to UK Economy 4 Wheel Drive Record on less than a tank of fuel |
Jeep Cherokee 2.5 Turbo Diesel |
1,440.80 km’s at 58.47 miles per gallon, Engine plant, Cento Italy to Jeep UK, HQ, Dover, England |
1997 |
Italy to UK 7 Seater MPV GWR Economy Record |
Chrysler Voyager 2.5 Turbo Diesel |
1,392.8 km’s at 53 miles per gallon, with a family and luggage |
1999 |
City to City Guinness Book Economy Record |
Daewoo Musso 2.9 Turbo Diesel |
1,703 km’s at 61.24 miles per gallon, Melbourne to Brisbane, 4WD Guinness World Record |
1999 |
Automatic Transmission UK Economy Record |
DaimlerChrysler Grand Cherokee 3.1 TD Automatic |
1,176 km’s from Jeep UK HQ to north west Scotland, at 42.86 miles per gallon |
2000 |
City to City Guinness Book Petrol Economy Record |
Daewoo Matiz Petrol |
1,111.7 km’s on less than a tank, Australia |
2000 |
City to City Guinness Book MPV 7 Seater Economy Drive |
DaimlerChrysler Voyager 2.5 Turbo Diesel |
1,724 km’s, at 65.3 miles per gallon, from Graz Austria to Brussels Belgium |
2000 |
23 Guinness Book Speed Endurance Records over 24 Hours |
DaimlerChrysler Voyager 2.5 Turbo Diesel x 2 vehicles |
23 World Endurance, Distance Records, covering 4,303.4 km’s in 24 hours, in a 7 Seater MPV |
2002 |
Guinness Book Record, Longest Distance Covered on a Single Standard Tank of Fuel |
Peugeot 406 HDi Diesel |
2,348.3 km’s covered in 36 hours, on less than a standard tank of fuel from Melbourne to Rockhampton Australia |
2004 |
2 x Guinness Book Round Australia Fuel Economy Records, Diesel & Overall categories |
Peugeot 307 HDi XS Touring Diesel |
Averaged 81.16 to 88.86 miles per gallon, 3.49 L/100 km’s, covering 14,634 km’s round the coastal road route of Australia |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Toyota Camry 2.0 Litre Petrol Automatic |
Covering 1,052.5 km’s from Singapore to Penang to Kuala Lumpur, 4.99 L/100 km, 20.05 km/L |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Lexus RX300, 3 Litre, V6 SUV PetrolAutomatic |
Covering 1,025.8 km’s from Singapore to Penang to Kuala Lumpur, 6.88 L/100 km, 14.54 km/L |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Subaru Impreza 1.6 Petrol |
Covering 838.5 km’s from Singapore to Genting / Kuala Lumpur to Singapore on less than a tank of fuel |
2004 |
Malaysia Book of Records & Singapore Book of Records National Fuel Economy Records |
Volvo S60 2 Litre Petrol Automatic |
Covering 1,289 km’s from Singapore to Penang to Kuala Lumpur to Malacca |
2005 |
Indonesia Book of Records, National Fuel Economy Record |
Subaru Outback
Petrol |
Covering 1176 km’s on less than a tank from Jakarta to Bandung to Jakarta to Bandung to Jakarta |
2006 |
Round The World Guinness Fuel Economy |
Shell / VW Golf 1.6 FSi Petrol |
Covering 25 countries on 4 continents, averaging 4.5 L/100 km’s on this epic 29,717 km drive |
2006 |
Round South Africa Fuel Economy National Record |
Shell / VW Golf 2.0 Litre Petrol |
Driving 3,800 km’s using only 3 tanks of fuel, averaging 4.3 L/100 km |
2006 |
Oman Fuel Economy National Record |
Shell / VW Golf 2.0 Litre Petrol |
Driving 1000 km’s from Muscat to Salalah on two thirds of a tank of fuel |
| 2008 |
Setting a new standard for SUV's |
Chrysler Compass & Chrysler Patriot Diesel |
Six Countries - One Tank of Fuel
London to Poland |
2008 |
Guinness Book Round Australia Fuel Economy Overall Record |
Peugeot 308 HDi Diesel |
Averaged 90.75 miles per gallon, 3.13 L/100 km’s, covering 14,580 km’s round the coastal road route of Australia |
| 2008 |
US 48 Contiguous States Lowest Fuel Consumption Guinness World Record |
VW Jetta TDI
Diesel 2.0 Manual |
Driving 9,419 miles achieving 58.82 US MPG 70.64 Imperial MPG 3.99 L/100 KM 11.04 Tanks of Shell Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel costing US$ 653.06 |