CAR MANUFACTURERS

Early day motion 216, tabled 30 June 2015 by Gregory Campbell (DUP). Signed by 18 members.

That this House notes the consistent criticism that has been levied against car manufacturers for a number of years, whereby new cars are given miles per gallon (mpg) performances almost all of which are more than 20 per cent in excess of genuine real-time car usage, so that a vehicle which is, in strictly controlled tests, capable of 50 mpg is only able to achieve less than 40 mpg by those buying and using the vehicle; and calls on the motor trade industry to implement a realistic driving assessment so that the general car-buying public knows when it sees a mpg figure that it is genuine, realistic and achievable.

Signatures by party: Labour 6, DUP 5, Scottish National Party 4, Conservative 2, Plaid Cymru 1.