Automotive Emissions Laboratory Results: Supercars Are Going Down

Ferrari will reduce its supercars’ emissions by 40%

The general manager of Ferrari Amedeo Felisa has promised to reduce the level of CO2 emissions in all new cars from 400 g/km to 280-300 g/km. At the same time the engineers will do their best to make sure that the reduction of fuel consumption and thus emissions level doesn’t affect the power and speed figures of the cars.

The promise to minimize CO2 emissions (CO2 is the major cause of climatic change on the planet) and at the same time to make cars more economical includes also super-powerful cars, which are unable to reach the low levels of these figures without losing its advantages – power, dynamics and speed.

Meanwhile the strict Euro Parliament oblige to do it by promising to introduce a new requirement levels by 2010 – 130 g/km. The cars which won’t come under the regulations will be prohibited in Europe.

The Parliament’s decision shocked a number of companies. Last year in Geneva the head of lambordhini Stefan Winkelmann stated that if Europe will introduce new emission levels his company will have to be closed as powerful and fast cars cannot match such requirements as a matter of principle. He underlined that such cars account not more than 1% of all vehicles an people seldom drive in the to work or to do shopping. The analogical statement was made by the head of Porsche Wendelin Wiederking. Lamborghini, Ferrari, Porsche, Bentley, Maserati are still adding power to their cars.

However if the requirements are passed the companies will have to follow them. Ferrari announced the 40% reduction of CO2 emissions. But it is still a long way from the required 130 g/km. Nevertheless, one can call it a brave decision as it seems an engineering wonder to achieve such figures.

Meanwhile all the companies which produce powerful cars work on the pollution problem by the sweat of their brow and the result of these work is evident even today. Nowadays even the most powerful versions can consume no more than 10 liters and emit no more than 250 g/km of CO2. And a 400-hp Mercedes ML45 Hybrid consumes 7 liters per 100 km and emits 170 g of CO2 per 1 km. At the same time Mercedes continues to insist upon the effectiveness of diesels and diesel fuel. Its concept F700 uses a diesel technology and petrol and emits 127 g/km.

Mass demand cars are able to consume less than 4.5 liters like the new Ford Focus or Opel Corsa (3,75 l). A the exhaust of Peugeot 308 is 140 g/km which is equal to 4 tons of saved harmful emissions per car if the time of exploitation is considered. The head of Peugeot says that the company has a diesel with the emission rate of 80 g/km.

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