Ford: Good values for the Puma in the green acid test
SUSTAINABILITY In its December test, Green NCAP took a closer look at five models with internal combustion engines. The Ford Puma 1.0 Ecoboost with E85 flex-fuel engine scored best with three out of five stars.
Green NCAP (New Car Assessment Programme) has been assessing the environmental friendliness of passenger cars according to uniform and future-oriented standards since 2019. The Green NCAP star rating focuses on pollutant emissions and fuel or energy consumption, and thus CO2-emissions.
Five internal combustion engines in testing
In its December test, Green NCAP tested five passenger cars with internal combustion engines. The best performer - with three out of five stars - was the Ford Puma 1.0 Ecoboost with E85 flexfuel engine. It outperformed the model running on Super E10 in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. The E85 engine was awarded 6.9 out of ten points, while the conventional gasoline engine was awarded 3.7 points in this discipline.
Diesel with the fewest pollutants
Green NCAP awarded two and a half stars to the Ford Focus 1.0 Mild Hybrid and the Mercedes-Benz T180. The Kia Sportage 1.6 T-GDI 48 Volt earned two stars, and the Land Rover Range Rover D350 AWD one and a half.
However, the only diesel in the test emits the fewest pollutants of all six candidates. The Range Rover also performs quite well in terms of fuel consumption for a vehicle of this size and type, but both are fundamentally too high, according to Green NCAP. The effect of the mild hybrid system is not sufficiently effective here. The testers determined 100-km consumption values for all vehicles that are 0.6 to 0.9 liters above the WLTP figures.
