What is the average weight of a car in Europe? (by car I mean passenger vehicle which includes mini vans, mpv)

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I have been looking everywher on the web and I can't find any figure anywhere. I know that in the US it is around 2 metric tonnes so I expect the average european car to be around 1-1.5 tonnes. Could anyone help? Thanks :)

Answer 1

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There are a few cars in the 'supermini' class which I guess you don't have at all in the states ( Fiat Punto, Renault Clio) which are 900-1100kg. Most of the smaller family cars are about 1000-1400kg (Ford Focus, VW Golf) Bigger saloons are maybe 1500-1800kg (BMW 5 series, Jaguar XJ) Really big cars & 4x4s car be anything up to 3000kg ( Merc S, Range Rover)
Cars are too damn heavy nowadays!
As the late Colin Chapman (founder of Lotus cars) once said, 'To make a good car better, just add lightness'!!

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Thanks for the effort, I have the answer it is 1175 Kg for the average passenger vehicle in Europe and 2000 Kg in the US.
This explains why the US consume 25% of the world's oil production!

Answer 2

I would guess around 1.2 to 1.4 tonnes.
I do have access to the data to calculate it, but it would take all day.