Car manufacturers 'manipulating MPG tests'

Car manufacturers 'manipulating MPG tests', suggests report
Car manufacturers 'manipulating MPG tests', suggests report


CAR manufacturers are manipulating standard EU fuel efficiency tests in order to inflate the recorded efficiency, it has been suggested.

A report by the Transport and Environment campaign group outlines a number of ways in which manufacturers supposedly 'cheat' the system – making small, but legal, modifications to the cars on test in order to manipulate their recorded fuel economy.