Can Fast Acceleration Save Fuel?

Many people have told me that accelerating gently doesn't save much fuel because it takes longer to get up to speed and the engine is less efficient when it's doing less work. So in this video I compare 6 different methods of acceleration and gear changes to find out which is the most economical and whether accelerating gently actually saves fuel.

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00:00 Why could it be possible?
00:55 The car
01:23 The tests
02:03 Full throttle
03:52 Half throttle
06:18 Gentle throttle
07:40 Different cars
09:36 Full throttle change up early
11:14 Gentle throttle change up late
12:26 Very gentle throttle
13:52 Results
15:09 Another video
15:34 Outro