31 March, 2007

The Sexy Green Car Show

Yesterday saw the opening of the first ever "Sexy Green Car Show" at the Eden Project, Cornwall, UK. The show will not be devoted to the usual posturing over speed and luxury, rather it will be the green credentials exhibited by the cars that will be the star attraction.

If you are in the Cornwall area you can find more details about the show at the Sexy Green Car Show web page.

Amongst the line-up of green cars are the following top performers as highlighted by The Independent newspaper -

  • VW POLO BLUEMOTION 102g of CO2 produced per km
  • CITROEN C1 109g of CO2 produced per km
  • VAUXHALL CORSA 1.3CDTI 124g of CO2 produced per km
  • VAUXHALL TIGRA 1.3CDT 16V SPORT
  • 124g of CO2 produced per km
  • CITROEN C3 1.4I 16V STOP AND START 135g of CO2 produced per km
  • SAAB 9-5 ESTATE BIOPOWER 214g of CO2 produced per km(reduced by 50-70% if run on E85 bioethanol)
  • SMART EV Zero if run on renewable electricity
  • FORD FOCUS FLEXI-FUEL 167g of CO2 produced per km (reduced by 50-70% if run on E85 bioethanol)
  • SAAB 9-3 CONVERTIBLE BIOPOWER 203g of CO2 produced per km (reduced by 50-70% if run on E85 bioethanol)
  • TOYOTA PRIUS 1.5 VVT-I HYBRID 104g of CO2 produced per km
  • LEXUS GS450H 186g of CO2 produced per km

posted by Admin @ 11:11

1 Comments:

At 02 April 2007 12:33 , Blogger James020 said...

Its a nice change from normal car shows that show off gas guzzlers. I should be in the area tommorow so I will have to look in, I mostly want to see the Vauxhall Corsa 1.3CDTI as I have been considering getting one for a while although some people have complained about it not having a very powerful Vauxhall engine but as long as it can go 70mph its good enough for me.

 

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