Vehicle Standard (Australian Design Rule 81/02 — Fuel Consumption Labelling for
Light Vehicles) 2008
1.6.1 the “FUEL CONSUMPTION” heading, which shall be white lettering reversed out of the solid black background surrounding the heading; and
1.6.2 the “More information at www.greenvehicleguide.gov.au” statement, which shall be white lettering reversed out of the solid green background surrounding the statement.
1.8.1 The background area between the solid red background surrounding the fuel consumption values and the inner border containing fuel consumption information; and
1.8.2 The background areas between the solid green background surrounding the CO2 emissions value and the inner border containing CO2 emissions information.
1.9 The background area between the inner borders specified in clause 1.8, and between the inner borders and the edge of the label shall be yellow.
1.10 A description of the vehicle shall be placed on the yellow background between the fuel consumption heading and the white data boxes.
1.11 The wording of the vehicle description on the label shall have normal spacing of letter, line and word, and be centred horizontally and vertically in the area specified in clause 1.10.
1.12 The vehicle description specified in clause 1.10 shall include the:
1.12.1 vehicle make, model and variant description by which the vehicle is advertised and sold;
1.12.2 transmission type of the vehicle; and
1.12.3 fuel type of the vehicle, using the terms “Petrol”, “Diesel”, “LPG”, “CNG”, “Hybrid” or “Electric” as appropriate.
1.13 The three fuel consumption values in L/100km specified in clause 4.4.1 of this vehicle standard shall be centred in the red areas on the fuel consumption label indicated by the letters “XX.X” in Figure 1.
1.14 The CO2 emissions value in g/km specified in clause 4.4.2 of this vehicle standard shall be centred in the green area on the fuel consumption label indicated by the letters “XXX” in Figure 1.
1.15 Figure 3 provides a sample label to illustrate placement of the vehicle description and fuel consumption and CO2 emission values.

Figure 1: Illustration of Fuel Consumption Label with fonts and dimensions

Figure 2: Illustration of Fuel Consumption Label

Figure 3: Sample Fuel Consumption Label (for illustrative purposes only)