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Originally Posted by 320touring
As for this volvo-has anyone taken volvo to task over the mpg claims?
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They've got their official test results, and that's what counts officially ...
The car will match its economy figures if you match the silly driving style during the official tests.
Recently, lots of car manufacturers have come under some flak because their "eco" cars simply don't match their claimed FE in real life - hence no fiscal bonusses should be handed out for buying them.
(We get 15% off the price for buying a car with less than 104 gr/km CO2 , paid for by the government.)
But that's not due to the car manufacturers, it's the very tests themselves that are ridiculously unnatural and should be changed quickly to reflect a more normal car use. And that's a political issue.
EPA has done so in the recent past.