I don't doubt your experience, having been frustrated many times myself, but in case anyone is curious, my first and most obvious guess worked:
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=convert+5+mpg+to+L%2Fkm
https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=convert+5+mpg+to+L%2Fkm
Because way down in the "Corresponding quantities" it shows "0.47 L/km" and "47 L/100 km"
:)