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Channel 4 finds that real-world testing undermines "green" car claims

We have heard all about these European hypermilers who manage to churn out 45-50mpg U.S. in production cars, usually with high-technology turbocharged diesels. However, British TV station Channel 4's motoring website 4Car has carried out real-world fuel economy tests on eight low-emissions cars (5 diesels, 2 gasoline and one hybrid) and has found out that they didn't meet the official mileage and CO2 emission figures. Although the EU driving cycle is more theoretical than real-world driving, the difference is quite stunning. For instance, the ... Read more →

U.K. Channel 4 test drives the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion Dane Muldoon

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U.K. Channel 4 test drives the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for a gallery of high-res images of the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion. The Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion is already on sale in the United Kingdom where it claims the title of producing the lowest carbon dioxide emissions of any passenger car available there at just 102 g/km. The ...

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