How to get CO2 emissions of a VW Up imported from Japan?
I have imported a VW Up from Japan. Revenue wants the CO2 and NOx confirmed by the Japanese Ministry of Transport. I have the website address of the Japanese Ministry, but I cannot find the emissions section. Have you any advice?
Martin Fallon (Leopardstown, Dublin)Aug 2025 Filed under: importing
Expert answer
Hi Martin,
The information is supposed to be on this page but it's difficult to find your way around. First up, make sure you use whatever browser you have to translate to English.
Scroll down to the section marked '5. 1. Gasoline passenger car fuel economy'. We found the VW Up in the Volkswagen tab of the Excel file that downloads when you click on 'Imported vehicle (JC08 mode)'. However, that only gives the CO2 emissions (106g/km) for a single version of the Up, so hopefully that's the correct one.
To find the NOx, we searched the page that link is on for "Volkswagen Up" and found a series of documents, including this one showing a NOx value of 0.013g/km.
Hopefully Revenue will accept both of those documents as proof.
Shane O' Donoghue - Complete Car Advisor