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L'automobile publishes own list of less polluting cars

One of France's most prestigious car magazines, l'Automobile, believes that considering CO2 as the only pollutant to adapt legislation is unfair. Hence the magazine editors came up their own list that includes all pollutants coming from the exhaust pipe. The list is actually pretty harsh on small displacement diesels, which are the ones that benefit from low-CO2 legislation, because not also have Diesel Particulate Filters installed. This lack is something the new Euro V rules are fixing for introduction starting in September, but will not be ... Read more →

VW decides BlueMotion fits gasoline cars as well, especially Passat 1.4 TSI Xavier Navarro

L'automobile publishes own list of less polluting cars 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

VW decides BlueMotion fits gasoline cars as well, especially Passat 1.4 TSI 7 months ago on Autoblog Green

Volkswagen just announced that the green badge applied to its high-mpg diesel models will also be used for a gasoline model. The Passat 1.4 TSI will get the BlueMotion badge, a move that should help the car sell in markets where low CO2 emissions matter, tax-wise, like France or the Netherlands. ...

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