These days, new cars entering the marketplace are increasingly becoming more economical. One of the main advantages of these new generation cars is that they emit less CO2 so they are kinder to the environment. However, if you think all this global warming thing is just a huge PR stunt, I’m sure you’ll enjoy the extra dosh you save at the fuel pump.
It’s not unusual to find new cars getting more than 80mpg. The average family car can return more than 65mpg without having to suffer from snail-paced acceleration. In fact, unless you’re doing street racing (which is illegal, as far as I know), you’ll hardly notice any difference between a gas-guzzler and a green car when it comes to driveability and enjoyment.
This Top 20 greenest cars list is split across 3 pages and is followed by a convenient table summarizing the main pros of the vehicles. I especially want to draw your attention to the fact that all these green cars produce less than 100g/km CO2, which means? … drumroll! They are road-tax exempt in the UK!
So what are the top 20 Greenest cars available on the market today?
1. Smart Fortwo cdi
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The most economical passenger car available today averaging 85.6mpg. It only has two seats and a noisy diesel engine but based on Green credentials this is number 1.
2. Skoda Fabia Greenline
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A very practical supermini vith a tiny 1.2 diesel that averages 83.1mpg and gives off only 89g/km CO2 making it the greenest car of its type. Five seats can be very useful.
3. Toyota Auris Hybrid
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British built and has the same petrol-electric driveline as the Toyota Prius. Averages 74.3mpg and better than the Prius around a town or city.
4. Toyota Prius T3
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Made famous as the first eco car to attain a cult following. Sales have now gone well over a million units and the greenest model returns 72.4mpg.
5. Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion
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The Bluemotion is a green version of the regular Polo returning 80.7mpg along with some of the lowest CO2 emissions from any car on the market.
6. Fiat 500 0.9 TwinAir
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The engine has been described as “revolutionary” and uses state of the art technology that makes it fuel efficient and high powered. When driven at a steady rate it gets 70.6mpg with CO2 emissions of 92g/km. You often forget that it only has two cylinders.
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It”s definitely a good list to consider. I would buy a green car as a “backup” or a commuter car. I don”t know if I can live without that joy of driving.