California

Diesel · Plug-in hybrid · Petrol · 3 versions

4,998 registered in Europe in 2025 (918 in Spain)

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Power148–201 hpdepending on version

Electric mode86 km53 mi · plug-in hybrid, WLTP

Fuel use6.7 lfrom, per 100 km · 35 mpg (WLTP)

Weight2,219 kg4,892 lb · from, in running order

Versions and official data

Version	Fuel	Power	Weight	Consumption / range	CO₂
California	Diesel	148 hp	2,265 kg	6.7 l/100 km (35 mpg)	177 g/km
California	Plug-in hybrid	174 hp	2,547 kg	0.9 l/100 km (261 mpg) · 86 km electric	22 g/km
California	Petrol	201 hp	2,219 kg	9.1 l/100 km (26 mpg)	208 g/km

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Source: European Environment Agency (EEA), “Monitoring of CO2 emissions from passenger cars”, CC BY 4.0 licence. 2025 data (provisional), imported on September 24, 2026. We automatically check for new data every 6 hours (last check: September 25, 2026 at 02:17 PM GMT+2). This is the type-approval data declared by manufacturers and it may contain errors.

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