Passenger cars and light-duty vehicles

In 2005, the first fuel economy standards were introduced in South Korea. These were for domestically produced vehicles in 2006 and then for imported vehicles from 2009. Under the standards, the average fuel economy (AFE) program sets fuel economy targets of 12.4 km/l for vehicles with an engine capacity of 1,500 cc or less and 9.6 km/l for vehicles with an engine capacity of more than 1,500 cc.

In 2009, South Korea’s government announced the Five-Year Plan for Green Growth. The plan required all new cars to meet a fuel economy target of 17.0 km/l or a maximum carbon emission of 140 g CO2/km for model year (MY) 2015. This legislation was implemented in stages from 2012 to 2015 by setting a percentage of cars sold by the manufacturer to meet the followi