What cars have launched in 2018, the least exhaust emissions and which vehicles are climate sinners? The ADAC has examined 109 models in the Ecotest.
Since 2003, the ADAC tests the emissions and fuel consumption of different car models. In the current Ecotest 2018, experts have studied the 109 vehicles. Winners are quite unexpected electric cars. Surprisingly, it is more likely that the much-chided the VW group has made the most clean models.
VW e-Golf trumped them all, Chevrolet Camaro disappointed
The VW e-Golf took first place in the ADAC Ecotest 2018. Behind the VW e-up, came in directly! a. Third place went to the BMW i3s. The Top five of the Smart fortwo coupé, EQ, and the Hyundai Kona electric. the All cars, the best rating received five stars . The first car with an internal combustion engine of the Fiat Panda 0.9 8V Twinair Natural Power with natural gas drive. Also, this model was able to achieve five stars.
Where there are winners, there are also losers and in the ADAC Ecotest 2018, it was the Chevrolet Camaro coupe 6.2 V8 automatic, the Jeep Compass 1.4 Multiair 140, the Fiat 500X 1.4 MultiAir Start&stop 4×2 DCT, the Kia Sorento 2.2 CRDi AWD automatic SsangYong Rexton 2.2 Diesel 4WD automatic.
also read: How long must buyers wait for their electric cars.
For the first Time, Euro 6d-TEMP
tested for the First time, the ADAC also looked at vehicles that already the exhaust emission standard Euro 6d-TEMP meet . A laboratory no longer applies limit, but you need to prove that their pollutants hold also in real operation on the road in the frame.
According to the ADAC experts Euro 6d-TEMP is a step in the right direction. Most of the new Diesel would have a model pollutant values – with few exceptions . To do this, the Opel Grand country X 2.0 Diesel automatic, met while 6d-TEMP, but high fuel consumption and CO2 values did count, for example. The competitor to the VW Tiguan gets only three stars in the ADAC Ecotest and ends up in the midfield to rank 59.
But could also Shine on the Hybrid and natural gas vehicles with exhaust emission standard Euro 6b in the environmental rating, because they emit few pollutants and little climate-damaging CO2.
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