Toyota iQ wins 2010 Green Car of the Year in Britain

The awards can’t stop coming for the Toyota iQ which impressed the adjudicators in Britain’s Environmental Transport Association when they were going through files to pick what they think is Britain’s greenest automobile.

The ETA took into account 5,000 cars to draw to a conclusion. There were other findings that came out in this study. 42% of the 1,500 motorists who took part in the survey disclosed they were inclined to down-size.

The farthest you can possibly down-size in Britain would be to go for the iQ which emits just 99g/km of carbon dioxide. Power, emissions, fuel efficiency and the noise were the other leading factors that they took into account while choosing the iQ.

Andrew Davis, director, Environmental Transport Association -

There has never been a more important time to make fuel efficiency a deciding factor when choosing a car.

Results (best and worst respectively) in key categories

Small family car – Honda Insight 1.3 / VW Golf 3.2 V6.
Large family car -  BMW 320d Touring / Vauxhall Insignia VXR V6 Turbo.
Supermini – Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D / Renault Clio Sport 200.
City car – Toyota iQ / Ford Ka 1.6 Sportka.
Sports car – Vauxhall Tigra / Lamborghini Murcielago.
MPV – Peugeot Bipper Tepee / Mercedes R63.
Small MPV – Renault Modus 1.5dci / Vauxhall Zafira VXR 2.0i Turbo.
Off-road – BMW X1 E84 / Mercedes ML63.
Luxury car – BMW 740d / Bentley Brooklands.

Source – Motoring South Africa

Lamborghini’s green car approach not appreciated by ETA

Lamborghini has clearly misunderstood the meaning of ‘Going Green’. Lamborghini’s interpretation of a green car (pictured above) is the 640 hp Murcielago LP640 in a Lime Green paint job, which does not go well with the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) of the UK.

While the world is increasingly becoming environment-conscious, there are a few car manufactures with their ‘heart over mind’ approach who seem to care little about the rants of environmentalists. Lamborghini Murcielago’s notoriety in this regard has encouraged ETA to award it the ‘Least Greenest Car of the Year’ title.

ETA has released the list of the ‘Greenest’ and the ‘Least Greenest’ cars in all categories and the Lamborghini has fared the worst. ETA examines over a 5,000 car models every year to pick the winners and losers of the ‘Green Car of the Year’ award in 11 categories.

Andrew Davis, Director, ETA

With emissions five times worse than the greenest car, the Lamborghini is the bull in an environmental china shop. Thankfully, there are very few on the roads and there is an increasing choice of environmentally-sound cars.

ETA reports that the Lamborghini Murcielago produces as much CO2 as a ‘football field full of tress’. The winner of the ‘Green Car of the Year 2010′ award is the Toyota iQ. The ‘Least Green car’ is five times worse than the Toyota iQ in polluting the environment.

ETA Green Car Award – Winners and Losers

Green Car of the Year 2010

Winner- Toyota iQ

Worst- Lamborghini Murcielago

Greenest small family car

Winner- Honda Insight 1.3

Worst- VW Golf 3.2 V6

Greenest large family car

Winner- BMW 320d Touring

Worst- Vauxhall Insignia VXR V6 Turbo

Greenest Supermini

Winner- Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D

Worst- Renault Clio Sport 200

Greenest city car

Winner- Toyota iQ

Worst- Ford Ka 1.6 Sportka

Greenest sports car

Winner- Vauxhall Tigra

Worst- Lamborghini Murcielago

Greenest MPV

Winner- Peugeot Bipper Tepee

Worst- Mercedes Benz R63

Greenest small MPV

Winner- Renault Modus 1.5dci

Worst- Vauxhall Zafira VXR 2.0i Turbo

Greenest off-road car

Winner- BMW X1 E84

Worst- Mercedes ML63

Greenest luxury car

Winner- BMW 740d

Worst- Bentley Brooklands

Source: Autoevolution