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Emissions Scandal - is Mercedes-Benz being investigated?

In the light of Volkswagen problems with the emissions scandal, why has Mercedes Benz escaped investigation? I have an 10 month old SLK AMG Sport with the 2.1 diesel engine. Mercedes claim 70mpg for this engine. I have yet to achieve over 50mpg no matter how gently I drive or in fact if a whole tank of fuel is used on a motorway at 65mph.

Asked on 23 April 2016 by cheshiredolphin

Answered by Honest John
Mercedes Benz hasn't escaped investigation over NOx by the German government. See: www.honestjohn.co.uk/news/volkswagen-emissions-sca.../ But virtually all NEDC fuel economy is lab-test pie-in-the-sky. For what real drivers actually get driving real cars on real roads, see: www.honestjohn.co.uk/realmpg/ The average for an SLK 250CDI is 44.7mpg.

Real MPG enables you to register the fuel economy you are actually getting against your make and model of car, its engine and type of transmission.

Every time you enter an average consumption figure against your car, the overall average automatically adjusts to reflect it.

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