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Originally Posted by ljf12
Chris Bowen has stated that you can buy a Mazda CX30 in the UK that is 25% more fuel efficient than any you can buy in Australia.
Mazda UK website 2.0l auto fwd 6.1 l/100km, Mazda Australia website 6.3l/100km.
Do they use a different method for calculating fuel consumption in the UK ?
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For the longest time, car manufacturers reporting fuel economy figures in Europe did so
with the aim of lowest CO2 figures because surprise surprise a lot of registrations are taxed that way.
So yeah, I recon the European numbers have been massaged a bit where Aussie figures are probably less so.
I’m wary about all of this, anytime a government body or efficiency group has a good idea
it always ends up costing the average punter more, I’m surprised they haven’t raised fuel excise
to some ridiculous amount. I’m old, I’m cynical and just tired of all the bull****.