Volkswagen claims it will buy back cars affected by emissions scandal?
It is reported that Volkswagen will buy back cars where the CO2 in "correct" testing is 10% or more different to the published values. Does it mean therefore if the CO2 figure is actually 10% higher in retesting that the fuel consumption will be 10% worse than originally published? If so, is fuel consumption retesting as well as CO2 levels required?
Asked on 17 November 2015 by sjstanmore
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Honest John
I simply don't believe that what you have read will happen. Fuel economy and CO2 emissions are inextricably linked: the one is calculated from the other, though there is no fixed formula. The average real life economy of the average car is only 85% of the NEDC test economy figure, which works out at 17.7% more fuel used and 17.7% more CO2 emitted than in the NEDC tests.
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