DRIVEN TO DRINK

With Europe’s move to the Worldwide Harmonised Light Vehicle Test Procedure (WLTP), we’ll very soon have access to more useful and relevant fuel consumption figures for a large part of Australia’s fleet.

I think this is good news and would expect the results to be widely shared. But we’ll also have the wildly inaccurate local Adr-based figures with which to compare and that could give rise to some interesting observations. There could be some nervous shuffling of feet by those currently enjoying the higher Luxury Car Tax threshold, for instance.

Hopefully any controversy will spur our government to come to its senses and get rid of the LCT, introduce the WLTP locally… and whilst they’re at it, address our dreadful fuel standards, and provide incentives and infrastructure for EVS.

“The Up! is such fun to drive, I want to steal it from my daughter”