96% of top 25 brands reduce average new car CO2 output
As the Frankfurt Motor Show opens its doors to the world, the average new car being sold in Europe today is now greener than ever, according to a special report released today by the world’s leading provider of automotive data and intelligence, JATO Dynamics.
JATO has found an average 6.2 g/km reduction in the CO2 output of new cars sold by the top 25 brands in H1 2009, with a similar reduction measured in JATO’s 21 monitored EU markets.
The figures underline how incremental improvements to high-volume vehicles can have an impact that far exceeds low-volume hybrid or alternative fuel vehicles, in the European new car market.
David Di Girolamo, Head of JATO Consult, explains: “Our analysis shows how the CO2 output of new cars has dropped significantly this year, with manufacturers’ own efforts in this area boosted by scrappage incentives and economic pressures, which have in turn persuaded customers to buy smaller, more efficient – and less polluting – new cars.
“The effect on new car CO2 is quite pronounced,” he concludes.
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