According to What Car? Magazine, the diesel Volvo S40 is the greenest car of the year, surprising many as it is a diesel, and not a hybrid, or electric engine. A smaller car with carbon emissions equalling those of the Toyota’s Prius, the Volvo S40 DRIVe received the award from London mayor Boris Johnson.
Johnson said: “There are clear incentives for manufacturers to raise the bar higher and higher to design less gas guzzling cars that take hundreds of pounds off consumers’ fuel bills. This is good for the planet, good for the economy and great for the driver.”
What Car? Magazine editor Steve Fowler said this about the winning car – “It’s not just about a low CO2 figure. The S40 is great to drive, safe, has enough space for the family and, crucially, is cheap to run, too.”
Toyota’s Avensis 2.0 D-4D won the best family car award, while Toyota subsidary Lexus picked up the prize for the greenest 4×4 with a petrol hybrid SUV, the RX450h SE-L.
June 9th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
BRING IT TO THE USA. I CURRENTLY DRIVE A 2004 VW GOLF DIESEL, 5 SPEED TDI & A 2009 VW JETTA SPORTSWAGON DIESEL, 6 SPEED TDI. LOVE THEN BOTH. WOULD THINK ABOUT GETTING A VOLVO, IF THEY WAS SOLD HERE IN THE USA. SO THE BOTTOM LINE BRING THEM HERE, ALL DIESEL’S SHOULD BE SOLD HERE IN THE USA! PLEASE GIVE US DIESEL CARS, NOW!
HYBRID IS A JOKE! DOWN THE ROAD WHAT WILL BE THE COST OF BATTERIES, TO REPLACE, & FOR THE PLANT! THINK ABOUT WHAT IS THE GOING TO HAPPEN, WHEN THE BATTERIES END UP IN THE WASTE DUMP! HOW LONG HAS THE DIESEL ENGINES BEEN AROUND, & WHAT DOES THE DIESEL’S ENGINES CURRENTLY DO FOR ALL PEOPLE, LARGE TRUCKS & TRAINS. NO LINE AT THE DIESEL FUEL PUMP, GO FIGURE THAT OUT?
A 27+ YEAR RETIRED MARINE SPEAKING HERE. SO BRING US DIESEL CARS, NOW!
“KICK-IT-DOWN, KICK-IT-ROUND, KICK-IT-TO-ME, LET’S GO!” W. LESLIE L.