Vehicle emissions and consumer information in car advertisements

Table 2 Type of engine fuel mentioned in the vehicle advertisements (n = 514) by year (2001–2005)

Year	Petrol^a		Petrol or diesel^b		Diesel		Electric/petrol (hybrid)		LPG		No fuel information given^c
	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N
2001	25.0	17	7.4	5	5.9	4	0	0	2.9	2	58.8	40
2002	52.5	32	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	47.5	29
2003	50.5	53	1.0	1	4.8	5	0	0	0	0	43.8	46
2004	49.1	80	0.6	1	1.2	2	1.2	2	0	0	47.9	78
2005	47.9	56	2.6	3	5.1	6	0.9	1	0	0	43.6	51
Total	46.3	238	1.9	10	3.3	17	0.6	3	0.4	2	47.5	244

^a Advertisements with engine information were assumed to be petrol unless otherwise stated.
^b Advertisements of vehicles with both petrol and diesel options.
^c Advertisements with no information about fuel type or engine specifications.

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