Makers ‘tricking’ motorists over fuel efficiency

Car manufacturers are using a range of tricks to pretend their vehicles use much less fuel and that they spew less polluting CO2 into the air than they actually do.

Fuel costs can be 50% more than a car owner has been led to believe by the makers, according to independent tests on vehicles carried out for consumers bodies.

German car-maker Volkswagen and Italian manufacturers Fiat are now being taken to court in Italy by car owners to get their money back.