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The Honda Jazz Urban Fuel Economy Challenge, held during the vehicle’s
national media launch last week, illustrates the future environmental and
economic benefits of the market’s established shift to smaller cars.
During the Urban Fuel Economy Challenge, both 1.3-litre and 1.5-litre
versions of the all-new Jazz returned an impressive consumption figure of 5.1
litres/100km across a traffic-dense 60km drive through suburban Melbourne.
This strong result is less than half the average fuel consumption of
passenger cars in service in Australia, according to The Australian Bureau of
Statistics.
In its 2006 Survey of Motor Vehicle Use (the latest data available) Ausstats
reports the average fuel consumption of passenger cars at 11.4 litres/100km.
The Jazz’s 5.1 litres/100km result represents a saving of 55 per cent over
the national average.
Honda Australia Managing Director and CEO Mr. Yasuhide Mizuno said: “The
all-new Jazz is a smart choice for owners and the environment. The fuel economy
benefit of the market’s shift to smaller cars means substantial hip-pocket
savings for every owner, with consequential reductions in greenhouse gas
emissions, and reduced future dependency on foreign oil reserves.”
The average Australian passenger car travels 14,400km annually. In that
distance it consumes 1,640 litres of petrol, at a cost of around $2,500.
Based on the Honda Jazz Urban Fuel Economy Challenge, an all-new Jazz driving
the same distance would consume only 730 litres of fuel at a cost of around
$1,100 – representing an ongoing annual saving of around 910 litres of fuel
costing approximately $1,360.
Passenger cars in Australia currently emit 42.6 million tonnes of
carbon-dioxide, according to the Federal Government’s 2006 Australian Greenhouse
Gas Inventory. This is seven per cent of the annual total of 576 million tonnes.
A paradigm shift in the national fleet to cars returning 5.1 litres/100km
would cut passenger car greenhouse emissions by 23.5 million tonnes annually and
conserve almost nine billion litres of unleaded petrol.
HONDA JAZZ FUEL ECONOMY
(ADR 81/01 Litres per 100
kms)
|
MODEL |
5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION |
5 SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION |
|
JAZZ GLi 1.3 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
|
JAZZ VTi 1.5 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
|
JAZZ VTi-S 1.5 |
6.4 |
6.7 |
BACKGROUND BRIEFING: PASSENGER CARS IN AUSTRALIA
(Data
for passenger vehicles only)
Number of registered passenger vehicles in Australia: 11.3 million *
Total passenger vehicle kilometres:156 billion *
- Equivalent to 3.9 million laps of planet Earth
Average annual passenger kilometres travelled: 14,400km *
Average actual (non-ADR) fuel consumption: 11.4 litres/100km *
- Honda Jazz Urban Fuel Economy Challenge: 5.1 litres/100km
Total unleaded petrol consumed by passenger vehicles:16 billion litres *
- Potential saving @ 5.1 litres/100km: 8.8 billion litres
- 91.4 per cent of all passenger vehicle fuel is unleaded petrol
- 16 billion litres of ULP would occupy a space 100 metres x 100 metres,
stretching 1.6km into the air, dwarfing the world’s
tallest building, the
Burj Dubai skyscraper (636m)
Average number of litres used per passenger vehicle: 1640 litres
- Potential saving @ 5.1 litres/100km: 906 litres
Approximate annual cost of fuel per vehicle (@ $1.50/litre): $2460.00
- Potential saving @ 5.1 litres/100km: $1360.00
Total Australian greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-equivalent): 576 million
tonnes **
Passenger car greenhouse gas emissions (CO2-equivalent): 42.6 million
tonnes**
- Potential saving @ 5.1 litres/100km: 23.5 million tonnes
Sources:
* Australian Bureau of Statistics, Survey of
Motor Vehicle Use 2006 ** Department of Climate Change, National Greenhouse Gas
Inventory 2006
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