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Euro 5 Kills Ford Focus ST

European Union's Euro 5 emissions standards, set to become mandatory from 1 January 2011 for the registration and sale of new types of cars, have already claimed another victim, following the already announced European demise of the Honda Civic Type R, Mazda RX8 and Alfa Romeo Brera.

We are talking about the Ford Focus ST, whose 2.5l turbo engine will be unable to meet the standards. According to Autocar, the current ST will however be replaced with a more environmentally orientated four cylinder unit, which will make its debut at the 2010 Paris Auto Show.

To give you a better idea why the new European legislation is killing more and more performance vehicles, we'll give you a short introduction into what the EU has in mind. The Euro 5 emission standards came into force on September 1, 2009 and will apply, as said, from January 1, 2011. It's provisions state the following:

For diesel vehicles:

  • carbon monoxide: 500 mg/km;
  • particulates: 5 mg/km (80% reduction of emissions in comparison to the Euro 4 standard)
  • nitrogen oxides (NOx): 180 mg/km (20% reduction of emissions in comparison to the Euro 4 standard)
  • combined emissions of hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides: 230 mg/km
For petrol, natural gas or LPG vehicles:

  • carbon monoxide: 1 000 mg/km
  • non-methane hydrocarbons: 68 mg/km
  • total hydrocarbons: 100 mg/km
  • nitrogen oxides (NOx): 60 mg/km (25% reduction of emissions in comparison to the Euro 4 standard)
  • particulates (solely for lean burn direct-injection petrol vehicles):5 mg/km (introduction of a limit that did not exist for the Euro 4 standard).
And this is only the beginning. More vehicles are likely to be history from January 1, 2015, when the stricter Euro 6 standards will come into effect.
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About the author: Daniel Patrascu
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Daniel loves writing (or so he claims), and he uses this skill to offer readers a "behind the scenes" look at the automotive industry. He also enjoys talking about space exploration and robots, because in his view the only way forward for humanity is away from this planet, in metal bodies.
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