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Paul McCartney’s Lexus: a drop in the ocean
If you’re a car company keen to boost your green credentials, what better way to reward a high-profile advocate than with a shiny new eco-car?
Unfortunately, it’s not such a great idea if the car in question is a 21mpg limousine, and it arrives on a plane all the way from Tokyo.
BMW fast becoming green swot
Fresh from showing the Prius an even cleaner pair of heels, BMW has put another green feather in its cap.
What is this carbon dioxide stuff anyway?
While writing our earlier Lotus post, it occurred to us that everybody does a lot of talking about carbon dioxide, without ever really reminding us what the stuff is. So, for anyone who was having a quiet doze during school chemistry lessons, here’s a quick refresher.
Lotus Low CO2 car – good idea, dull name
Most people probably feel a frisson of excitement at the prospect of buckling themselves up in a Lotus and turning the ignition key, but not every one of the Norfolk-based company’s projects is a tyre-shredding sports rocket.
Should petrol be cheaper?
Yesterday we wrote about the Budget, in which chancellor Alistair Darling delayed a 2p tax hike on fuel but announced a hefty new tax for the largest, most polluting cars. Higher taxes aren’t great news for the driver, but they’re good for the environment, right?
Gas-guzzlers bear Budget’s brunt
You could almost hear a collective sigh of relief this morning, as the nation’s put-upon motorists awoke to news that April’s 2p hike in fuel duty was on hold for six months.
Congestion consternation
There’s never been any shortage of opponents to London’s congestion charge but, on the anniversary of the scheme’s expansion into West London, proposals to increase the fee paid by the drivers of larger cars have got people unusually hot under the collar.
Emission you already
Petrolheads might remember Vauxhall’s Calibra coupe with some fondness. Quick and sleek, it was a huge success for the company in the early 1990s, until discontinued in the face of newer competition in 1997.
Mini cleans up in emissions table
Mini is the car to have made the biggest strides in cutting CO2 emissions over the last year, according to a new comparison table.
Mass exodus
If you’ve ever got oily fingers from a car made before 1985, you’ll remember how much free space there used to be inside the average bonnet. These days, though, power steering, anti-lock braking and all the other things we expect from a modern car make sure that there’s precious little room to wield a screwdriver
