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Vehicle fuel efficiency claims under fire after AAA real‑world tests | Many vehicles from big-name companies are using far more fuel than advertised – as much as 33% more.


The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) just dropped a bomb on some of the world's top-selling car manufacturers: Many vehicles from big-name companies are using far more fuel than advertised – as much as 33% more.

The Australian Automobile Association (AAA) just dropped a bomb on some of the world's top-selling car manufacturers: Many vehicles from big-name companies are using far more fuel than advertised – as much as 33% more. 88 of those popular cars (77%) had a higher fuel consumption than the figures advertised on the sticker, which the carmakers arrived at in their own mandated lab tests. The Ford Ranger failed all three emissions categories: Nitrogen Oxides (NOx), Total hydrocarbons (THC), and Particulate Number (PN).

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