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Car makers to be forced to disclaim ‘Official’ economy figures

We’ve banged on for a long time about the futility of official economy figures, especially as car makers get better and better at ‘gaming’ the official economy tests to produce the results they want. Much of the impetus to create the best headline economy figure for a car is driven by taxation, with car makers well aware that the better the official economy results are, the lower their CO2 will be (CO2 isn’t tested for – it’s just extrapolated from the official mpg) and the more appealing the car will be to buyers, particularly fleet buyers. But a ruling by the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) against Audi could at least see car makers having to admit in their adverts that the ‘official’ economy figure bears no relation to what owners can expect to achieve in the real world.

GM launches test program in California selling cars on eBay

General Motors and eBay are partnering for a four-week selling spree in California. Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Pontiac dealers in the Sunshine State will sell up to 20,000 cars on gm.ebay.com from Aug. 11 to Sept.

2011 BMW X3 M Sports Package: Official

BMW X3 M Sport Package - on sale Spring 2011 BMW has taken the wraps off a bit of butchness for the 2011 BMW X3 with the reveal of the M Sports Package. Which won’t surprise regular readers much as we reported on the 2011 BMW X3 M Sports Package as far back as July. Still, it’s nice that BMW has got round to making it official.