PSA Peugeot Citroen was the first manufacturer to introduce a particulate filter to its diesel range some 11 years before that was mandated by the introduction of the EU5 standard.
Now, PSA wants to make it known that it will look at ways to change how fuel efficiency for its cars is calculated.
In an official release, the manufacturer said that in the wake of Dieselgate, “the Group conducted an in-depth review of its situation with regards to emissions and fuel efficiency.” It added that none of its cars featured similar software, even stating that it went so far as to test 4,300 random 2014 MY vehicles to make sure.
We totally understand why they want to keep the image of diesels clean, as 60,3 percent of their European sales are made up of diesels or 41.9 percent of the global figure.
In announcing this, PSA is again planning for the future, this time anticipating the introduction of the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicle Test Procedures, or WLTP, which will also address the issue of real world versus lab-generated efficiency results.
WLTP’s concept is still being fine tuned, but it is expected to be introduced in 2017.