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SUVs are getting wider, outgrowing roads and parking spaces in these countries

Baua Electric

Also Read : Maruti Suzuki Ignis to Hyundai Exter: Top 5 automatic cars under ₹ 10 lakh The study has further called for regulatory intervention from the European Union. However, it acts as a loophole for the car manufacturers to produce SUVs and pickup trucks that are too big and don’t fit in the standard public vehicle parking space.

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T&E: VW sells least polluting Euro 6 diesels in Europe; no brand meets Euro 6 in real-world driving; loopholes & defeat strategies

Green Car Congress

Among the real-world findings per car brand: Fiat and Suzuki diesel cars on average exceed the NO x limit by 15 times; Renault-Nissan vehicles by more than 14 times; General Motors’ brands Opel/Vauxhall by 10 times; and. million) and Belgium (1.4 Volkswagen by 2 times. The largest number of such diesels is found on French roads (5.5

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

Belgium / 148 / 153 / 5. Manufacturer/ranking 2007/ Average CO2 in 2008(g/km). Suzuki / 9 / 156. Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007. Portugal / 138 / 144 / 1. France / 140 / 149 / 4. Italy / 145 / 147 / 2. Denmark / 146 / 160 / 12. Malta / 147 / 148 / 3. Spain / 148 / 153 / 6. Poland / 153 / 154 / 7.

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