automotive




This page lists up the cars whose CO2 emission does not exceed the 120 g/km per kilometer. (The cars which can be the subject of a tax cut -in Belgium- are reported by a green star (tax cut equal to 15% of the purchase price) and a white star (tax cut equal to 3% of the purchase price).
The paper was updated last month.

The consumption of the car (liters by 100 kilometers) is obtained after simulation of standardized course (downtown and on road). The average gasoline car consumes 7,3 l/100 km, the average diesel car 5,9 l/100 km.

The CO2 emission of the car is expressed in gram per kilometer (G CO2/km). The average gasoline car emits 173 G CO2/km, the average diesel car 158 G CO2/km.

The category of CO2 indicates the car's category of CO2 emission compared to the arithmetic mean (gasoline + diesel). You recognize it directly with the color:
- yellow corresponds to the mean
- green indicates emissions lower than the mean
- red indicates emissions higher than the mean.

Column "euro" : Europe imposes standards, fixing the maxima of emission of atmospheric contaminants. The more the index EURO is up, the more the contaminants are treated. The current standard is EURO 4.

Conclusion: even if it's true that the emission of CO2 is not the only criterion for pollution… stop buying large polluting motors, just because they're large motors (polluting).

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