Popular car uses 31% more fuel than advertised while other makes fare poorly in Australian efficiency test
by Elias Visontay Transport and urban affairs reporte from on (#6MZ40)
Eight of 21 cars tested underperformed against their marketed efficiency rates, Australian Automobile Association says
Cars driven by Australians are consistently consuming more fuel than their marketed efficiencies, investigations have found, with the latest tranche of real-world" testing finding one car used 31% more petrol than its advertised rate.
The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) testing - funded by the federal government - found that eight of the 21 cars examined in its latest round of testing consumed more petrol in real road driving conditions compared with the efficiency rates calculated by their manufacturers in laboratories.
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