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Vauxhall set to be UK’s top green car retailer

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Vauxhall expects to sell more green cars than any other brand in the UK next year, the carmaker has announced. With the revision of its Corsa range, the Vauxhall hopes the supermini will sell more sub-125g CO2 cars than any other model range in the UK. The Corsa’s 85PS 1.2-litre

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The Budget 2009 - working towards sustainable transport

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The Budget confirmed and built on the Chancellor’s measures in Budget 2008 and the Pre-Budget report by: Confirming the new rules on capital allowances linked to CO2 emissions. Increasing company car benefit in kind tax in the future for all but the lowest carbon cars. 16. * +3% for diesel cars. Capital Allowances.

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Fiat becomes lowest average CO2 carmaker

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Fiat has the lowest average CO2 emissions figure on all cars sold in Europe the latest figures show. During the first half of 2009, Fiat’s average of all its cars sold in Europe dropped to 129.1 During the first half of 2009 around 65,000 Fiat Natural Power cars, with an average of 115.8

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Honda Insight 2009 road test

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The major selling point of the Insight is its hybrid powerplant, a petrol-electric unit that reduces CO2 emissions and provides a cleaner, greener way of motoring. Read the full 2009 Honda Insight road test report. RoadTestReports.co.uk provides road tests reports written by members of the Guild of Motoring Writers.

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Is the Ford Fiesta more fuel efficient than the Prius?

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Perhaps its indicative of the Toyota Prius’s standing in the green car world that it is seen as the standard bearer that most new vehicles aim to surpass. An updated version came into effect in October last year for vehicle models sold for the first time from April 2009 onwards in the Australian market.

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Production version of i-MiEV unveiled

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Considered by many to be the ultimate eco-car, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation finally unveiled the production version of the i-MiEV as part of World Environment Day in Tokyo. Tags: Electric cars Green cars Latest news Mitsubishi Mitsubishi i-MiEV. The vehicle has some impressive credentials.

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Could E85 be a cheaper alternative to diesel?

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At the 2009 SAE World Congress, a Ford study revealed that a separate E85 direct injection boosting system combined with a petroleum port fuel injection makes an engine more efficient in its use of petroleum - and can be viewed as a more cost effective alternative to diesel.

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