Opel Antara Owner's Manual page 223

Fuel consumption, CO
2
Directive 80/1268/EEC (last c hanged
by 2004/3/EG) has ap plied for the
measurement of fuel consumption
since 1996.
emissio ns The direc tiv e is oriented to actual driving
practices: Urba n driving is rated at
1
approx. /
2
approx. /
consumption). C old sta rts a nd acceleration
phases are also taken into considera tion.
The specification of CO
constituent of the directive.
and extra-urban driving with
3
(urban and extra-urban
3
emission is also a
2
Technical data
The figures given m ust not be taken as a
guarantee for the actual fuel consumption
of a p artic ular vehicle.
All va lues are b ased on the EU ba se
model with standard equip ment.
The calculation of fuel consumption as
spec ified by directive 2004/3/EG takes
acc ount of the v ehicle' s kerb weight,
ascertained in accordance with these
regula tions. O ptional extras ma y result
in slightly higher fuel c onsumption
and C O emission lev els than those
2
quoted .
To convert l/100 k m into mpg, divide 282
by num ber of litres/100 km.
S ave fuel, protec t the env ironment –
see page 130.
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