In contrast to NEDC, the WLTP driving cycle is ten minutes longer and requires the vehicle to be stationary for 13 percent of the test. The entire cycle covers 23.5 kilometres – more than double the NEDC. It features higher average speeds of upto 131 km/h, exposes vehicles to higher fluctuations in speed and is subject to significantly more stringent test specifications.

The introduction of WLTP creates more transparency. Customers receive a more realistic, comparative benchmark for consumption and emission figures of different vehicle models.

CO₂ and consumption values also changed as a result of different testing procedures, a technically identical vehicle producing numerically higher CO₂ and consumption values.

Customers are able to determine the CO₂ values of their vehicle model much more accurately as a result of the choice of optional extras.

The data also includes a new type of equipment-specific indication: from the model with the lowest energy requirement to the model version with the highest. Numerically, this spread stretches from "WLTP low" (minimum optional extras) to "WLTP high" (maximum optional extras).