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Restyled VW Scirocco makes debut at Geneva; up to 19% better fuel economy

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mpg US (4.1 liter petrol with 125 PS (123 hp), and a new 2.0-liter liter units, with either 150 PS (148 hp) or 184 PS (181 hp), and economy of up to 57.4 The Scirocco offers a choice of six new turbocharged direct-injection gasoline and diesel engines, all of which meet EU6 emissions standards and return between 57.4 Scirocco R.

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New Volkswagen Polo BlueGT with cylinder deactivation offers gasoline engine fuel economy of up to 52 mpg US

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l/100 km/h (50 mpg US), equivalent to 108 g/km CO 2. l/100 km (52 mpg US), equivalent to 105 g/km CO 2. TSI in the Polo BlueGT is the top engine of the entirely new EA211 series of petrol engines. The TSI develops a power output of 103 kW / 138 hp, with a combined fuel consumption of 4.7 Earlier post.)

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India to introduce new fuel efficiency standards

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India plans to introduce new fuel efficiency standards; the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards will give auto manufacturers time until 2015 to increase fuel economy from the current average of 14.1 mpg US, 7.1 mpg US, 5.8 for petrol cars and from 15.5 km/liter (33.2 L/100km) of gasoline to 17.3

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University College Dublin Study finds Prius IV hybrids drive >60% of the time in zero-emissions mode under Irish conditions

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mpg US) was recorded for the overall trip distribution. of the WLTP fuel economy measure, and within 5.7% However, our self-charging petrol electric hybrids have no such limitations. Other key findings of the study: An average fuel consumption of 4.92 liters per 100 km (47.76 An average CO 2 emissions of 114.2

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Revised Nissan Juke offers 1.2 DIG-T turbocharged engine

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liter turbocharged engine offering greater performance, economy and lower emissions; a revised 1.6-liter liter DIG-T petrol engine, which replaces the outgoing 117 ps (115 hp) 1.6-liter Three engines are available for new Juke, with changes to the two gasoline options: one is new and the other extensively revised. The existing 1.5

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Petrol Alto beats diesel rivals in Green Car Challenge

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In the Darwin to Adelaide run, the petrol driven Alto managed to complete the journey at an average consumption of 72mpg overall, an 18.5 litre petrol engined Alto continued to defy expectations by showing some of the much more expensive diesel cars the true meaning of fuel economy. per cent and 12.2 per cent respectively.

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Audi launches cylinder-cutting tech on A1 and A3

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Audi’s new ‘cylinder-on-demand’ (CoD) technology is helping the carmaker significantly cut its emissions and boost fuel economy. TFSI petrol models, fuel economy is as strong as 60.1 Available now on the Sport, S Line and Black Edition specs on the A1 and A3 1.4 First debuted on the Audi S and RS models, the [.].

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