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"Australians are buying cars that consume more petrol than the fuel
efficiencies marketed to them, repeated investigations have found, while many
vehicles also emit more toxic fumes than manufacturers advertise.
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) on Wednesday released the latest
results from its “real-world” testing program, a four-year $14m
government-funded scheme that compares the fuel consumption and emissions of
vehicles in Australian driving conditions with the consumption each vehicle
advertises.
The fourth round of testing included SUVs, passenger cars and utes, with nine
of the 15 vehicles consuming more fuel during AAA testing than their advertised
lab test results.
Toyota’s Corolla Cross hybrid 2024 model recorded the highest discrepancy in
fuel consumption, with the small car found to use 4.5 litres of fuel per 100km
in the AAA tests – 7% more than the lab-tested advertised rate of 4.2 litres.
Toyota Australia declined to comment.
Among utes, two Isuzu models had the largest discrepancies. The Isuzu Ute D-Max
4x4 2024 and D-Max 4x2 2023 used 6% and 5% more fuel, respectively in
real-world testing than their lab-calculated rates of 8 litres per 100km.
Meanwhile, the 2024 model of the Ford Ranger 4x4, Australia’s top selling car
in 2023, used 2% more than its lab-calculated rate of 7.6 litres per 100km.
The testing also examined noxious tailpipe emissions and found the three utes,
as well as the Kia Sorrento 2023, all produced oxides of nitrogen above
mandated lab-test limits."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
