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After VW, it's Mercedes s' turn to be in the news - Overstates Fuel Efficiency by more than 50%.
Mercedes-Benz topped a European lobbying group’s list of carmakers to overstate fuel economy for the second year in a row in an annual study that may receive extra scrutiny amid Volkswagen AG’s diesel-engine test scandal. BMW’s 5-Series and the Peugeot 308 produced differences between real-world and laboratory results of just under 50 percent.
Other vehicles consuming close to 40 percent more fuel than official results included the VW Golf and Renault SA’s Megane.
Following the Volkswagen scandal, the European Union is scrambling to assess weaknesses in a regulatory system that has laxer emissions tests than in the U.S. Environmental groups are pushing for tougher tests by 2017.
Mercedes Tops Study's List of Carmakers Overstating Fuel Economy - Bloomberg Business
Mercedes-Benz topped a European lobbying group’s list of carmakers to overstate fuel economy for the second year in a row in an annual study that may receive extra scrutiny amid Volkswagen AG’s diesel-engine test scandal. BMW’s 5-Series and the Peugeot 308 produced differences between real-world and laboratory results of just under 50 percent.
Other vehicles consuming close to 40 percent more fuel than official results included the VW Golf and Renault SA’s Megane.
Vehicles built by Daimler AG’s Mercedes division used 48 percent more fuel on average than their published statistics claim, with gaps exceeding 50 percent on new A-, C- and E-Class models, Brussels-based Transport & Environment said Monday.
T&E based its figures on a 600,000-car analysis compiled by the nonprofit International Council on Clean Transportation
Mercedes Tops Study's List of Carmakers Overstating Fuel Economy - Bloomberg Business