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EEA: All major car manufacturers in Europe met 2012 CO2 targets; 9 already meet 2015 targets

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Renault, Peugeot, Toyota and Citroen also had emissions well below the average. Earlier this year, the EEA analysed preliminary car registration data for 2012, showing car buying habits across the EU. Danish and Portuguese people buy the most efficient cars, the data showed. Cars sold by these companies made up 94.5%

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UK vans get CO2 database

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For some time there has been strong calls for this kind of data to be readily available to the van buying sector and now those calls have been answered with the simple to user online service. The database makes for interesting reading, with the Ford Fiesta Van coming out top of the results with CO2 emissions of only 110g/km for their 1.4

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Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

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Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015.

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Scrappage scheme sees end to Jags, Mercs and even a Morris Minor

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The i10 with emissions starting from 119g/km CO2 and the i20 with emissions rating from 116g/km CO2 are proving popular with motorists looking to take advantage of the scrappage scheme which gives them a £2,000 discount on a new car when they scrap a car aged 10 years or older.

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The French are coming. The Green Piece

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The green car race may have been dominated by Japanese and German manufacturers to date, with American automakers playing catch-up, but now it is the French who are fighting back with Peugeot, Citroen and Renault all revealing a greener outlook…. PSA Peugeot Citroen – one to watch. The green car race: the French are coming.

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