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The South African consumer should not be punished with the proposed introduction of a carbon dioxide (CO2) emission tax next year, when the fuel necessary to run cleaner-burning engines was not yet available in South Africa, said Toyota South Africa Motors (TSAM) president and CEO Dr Johan van Zyl on Monday.
As South African refineries did not yet produce the fuel used in Euro IV engines, but were still only working to the lesser Euro II standards, the South African auto industry was unable to introduce more sophisticated, cleaner-burning engine technology to the local market.
Therefore, Euro II engines were still the standard in South Africa.
Euro standards referred to the amount of harmful emissions, CO2 included, produced by an engine, with Euro IV engines producing much less than Euro II engines.
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