Fiat Group’s commitment to sustainable mobility is an essential part of its business strategy. Reducing the environmental impact of vehicles throughout their life cycle is the objective that steers the development of innovative solutions aimed at minimizing fuel consumption, emissions and noise while reducing traffic congestion and improving product recyclability.
Technological solutions can bring significant benefits for the environment only if they are embraced by a large number of consumers. For this reason, the Group strives to deliver affordable solutions to the wider public.
In Europe, in 2011 Fiat Group maintained its leading position with average CO2 car emissions of 123.3¹ g/km. Not including Chrysler Group, the average totaled 120.6 g/km, representing a 4% reduction compared with 2010.
(1) Data includes Chrysler Group for the full year.
In particular, Fiat Group Automobiles reduced the average CO2 emissions of cars sold in Europe by 22% in the last ten years. The Fiat brand has been confirmed, for the fifth consecutive year, as having the lowest average CO2 emissions among the best-selling automotive brands in Europe with 118.2 g/km (source: JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive intelligence).
In 2011, approximately 65% of newly-registered Fiat Group Automobiles cars in Europe had CO2 emissions at or below 120 g/km and 79% at or below 130 g/km.
The best-selling model was the Fiat Panda 1.2 69 hp, with CO2 emissions of 113 g/km. The Group’s most efficient models were the Fiat 500 TwinAir Turbo 85 hp, featuring Automated Manual Transmission (AMT), the Fiat Punto 1.3 Multijet 85 hp Start&Stop and the Alfa Romeo MiTo 1.3 Multijet 85 hp Start&Stop, all with CO2 emissions of 90 g/km. In 2012, the zero emission Fiat 500 electric will be launched in the US market.
In the US, fuel economy expressed in miles per gallon is the parameter used to measure vehicle efficiency. In 2011, sales-weighted average fuel economy for Chrysler Group passenger cars improved by 6.4% over the previous year, while fuel economy for the entire fleet, which includes light duty trucks, remained flat. CO2 data will be available for the US starting with the 2012 model year as specified by the US Environmental Protection Agency.
(1) Data is reported to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and provided by model year, meaning the year used to designate a discrete vehicle model, irrespective of the calendar year in which the vehicle was actually produced, provided that the production period does not exceed 24 months.
(2) CAFE standards from NHTSA are set independently for passenger cars and light duty trucks. The vehicle fleet average and related trend are presented here only for informational purposes. 
