I know it does, that is with a warm engine and in a time before the oil shock when people didn't question such figures. Mine was 7 years old and when you started it the exhaust was not only black smoke but stank of petrol.That page says "mpg (imp.): 23.5-28.3 / 17.3-20.8 / 18.2-21.9 / 22.7"