Are All Models Included In The List?

Almost all types of new passenger cars have to be tested. However, several models which do not differ significantly in certain technical characteristics important in determining fuel consumption may be grouped together into a ‘class’. Only one representative car of the class needs to be tested. Certain types of vehicles are excluded from the fuel consumption testing scheme; these are cars manufactured in low volume, cars adapted to carry more than eight passengers (excluding the driver), three-wheelers, invalid carriages, van derived passenger cars and cars built specially for export. These vehicles will not, therefore, be labelled in the showrooms. New cars whose engines run on liquid petroleum gas or compressed natural gas have been required to undergo fuel consumption tests since 1st January 2001. Lorries, buses, vans and motorcycles are also excluded from these tests.

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