Greenest Cars in Britain Announced

Resources

Find Best in Class

Super Mini/Hatch

Family

HOME > GREEN CAR NEWS

The Greenest Cars in Britain Announced

The Environmental Transport Association (ETA) today announces the winners of its 2007 Car Buyers’ Guide, the definitive guide to Britain’s greenest cars. The results are also published on-line at www.eta.co.uk.

The Honda Civic Hybrid takes the top award for the second year running, winning the overall award as well as the award in its own Small Family Car category.

Overall Top Ten Winners

1. Honda Civic Hybrid

2. Vauxhall Corsa 1.3 CDTi

3. Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D Man

4. Renault Modus 1.2 16V VVT

5. Daihatsu Sirion M300

6. Citroen C1 1.1

7. Toyota Aygo 1.0 Manual

8. Peugeot 107 Manual

9. Daihatsu Charade Manual

10. Fiat Panda 1.3

Vauxhall wins the supermini category with its Corsa 1.3 CDTi, also overall runner-up and the Toyota RAV4 5 Door diesel manual rates as the greenest off-road vehicle in Britain. In the Luxury car category the Jaguar XJ 2.7 diesel auto wins again as the greenest choice. The Car Buyers’ Guide highlights winners and losers in a range of categories, rated in terms of power (engine capacity), CO2 emissions, fuel consumption, noise and finally safety (impact on pedestrians).

The Guide also ‘names and shames’ the worst offenders in terms of damage to the environment.

The Guide was first published by the ETA in 1992 in response to requests from its growing membership and has since become the environmental benchmark for the car industry and the public, championing the greenest cars in Britain.

"We know that increasing numbers of people want to make informed choices about cars particularly in terms of carbon emissions and the damage caused to the environment,” explains Andrew Davis. “It is not surprising that the winner this year is again the Honda Civic Hybrid. What is more striking is the huge range between the best and worst - the greenest and the least green cars in Britain today.

Manufacturers don't make cars that consumers won't buy. It needs consumer pressure alongside government leadership to help persuade manufacturers to allow us the choice to buy cars that are more environmentally sound."

For the first time this year the ETA has introduced an Innovation Award in order to champion a motor manufacturer that has demonstrated environmental innovation through a new product, or project, or in its production processes. The winner for this first award is Saab for its Bio Power Flex-Fuel Technology. Saab has developed the first production car that runs on E85 bio fuel.

Related Links

For more details on the above car, please visit our Best-in-Class page.

Category Winners and Runners-up

City

Winner

Runner-up

REVA G-Wiz

NICE Mega City

Supermini

Winner

Runner-up

VAUXHALL Corsa 1.3 CDTi