The vehicles of Toyota, with the lowest emission levels in Europe

Toyota Motor Europe (TME) positions itself as the European automotive industry leader with the lowest CO2 emission level in Europe at an average of 103.6 g/km in 2012.

In the annual report published by the European Commission and the European Environment Agency, the average CO2 emissions of the company’s entire fleet fell by 5.7 g/km, a reduction of 5% compared with the previous year, 2011. This recent result places TME 24.3 g/km of CO2 below the company’s specific target, as set by the European Commission for 2012.

Within the European Commission’s programme, this ranking has been drawn up and covers 65% of the best-performing vehicles registered by each manufacturer. Emission calculations for the next two years will take into account a gradually higher percentage: 75% of vehicles registered in 2013 by each manufacturer, 80% in 2014 and 100% in 2015. Toyota and Lexus currently lead the European sector, with the highest percentage of vehicles emitting less than 100 g/km of CO2, which represents 23% of their range.

Which Toyota models contribute most to achieving these figures? Toyota and Lexus have 11 models with CO2 emissions below 100 g/km, six of which are below 90 g/km. Within the Toyota range, these are the iQ (99 g/km), Aygo (99 g/km), Yaris hybrid (79 g/km), Auris (99 g/km), Auris hybrid (84 g/km), Auris hybrid Touring Sports (85 g/km), Prius (89 g/km), Prius+ (96 g/km), Prius plug-in hybrid (49 g/km). In the Lexus range, the CT 200h at 87 g/km and the IS 300h at 99 g/km.

Among other manufacturers, only Renault, Peugeot and Citroën come close to Toyota, although with average values somewhat higher than those of the Japanese vehicles, according to the same European Commission report and the European Environment Agency report.

Source | Toyota