Most fuel efficient and least polluting conventional car?

Jolanta_Nowak

The hybrids, electrics etc to one side, is there a recognised leading brand/model from the green perspective?

balsingh

they are all at it at the moment trying to make cars less polluting and more economical. the one that comes to mind is the Citroen C1 which is low polluting and very economical. Teh Peugeot 107 and Toyota Aygo are also based on the same car.

Basically, if you can find a car which is economical and falls into Band A or B for road tax, it can be considered a 'green' car.

Crabman

The VW Polo BlueMotion claims an MPG of 70+. The CO2 figure is 99g/km which means until the goalposts are moved, it won't be liable for road tax - that's about the only model that really caught my eye for it's efficiency figures

balsingh

I've heard about that Polo too. Problem is that the price is £12000+ which is double the C1 price. Even with 70mpg and free road tax, thats a hefty price to pay just to be greener considering the Citroen will manage 60mpg.

anewman

The VW will hold value somewhat better. I wonder if any of the other VolksWagen Audi Group cars use the same engine and reach similar MPG figures? Skoda and Seat are the most likely candidates.

goldspanners

anewman wrote: »

The VW will hold value somewhat better. I wonder if any of the other VolksWagen Audi Group cars use the same engine and reach similar MPG figures? Skoda and Seat are the most likely candidates.

you may be right,maybe the next fabia will have it.

redux

It's a bit of a step backwards compared to the VW Lupo and Audi A2 3 litre TDIs a few years back. 3 litres is the fuel used to travel 100 km, equivalent to 94 mpg.

When Greenpeace tested the Lupo at its press launch in Sweden, they wanted their 113 mpg average kept a secret as they were against diesels.

And then VW built a 1 litre prototype, 280 mpg

The_Biff

According to Which? Motoring nobody is getting the claimed mileage on the Aygo/C1/107.(petrol engine)
I use a diesel yaris & get 62.5mpg on a mix of town/country.
I also have heard the Audi A2 diesel gets amazing economy- better than the hybrids. So why did Audi stop building it?

daveyjp

Very few cars achieve the published figures - there are too many variables to affect the mpg.

Our Aygo does mid 40s round town, £35 to tax, £100 first service and £180 insurance.

Audi stopped the A2 becuase at £15,000+ for a small car they were too expensive - I had a 1.4TDi and loved it, but it didn't do 'amazing' mpg. Mid 40s in town mid 50s fifites on the motorway - same as our Aygo, but a far more pleasant place to sit and it was much better for long distance cruising.

steve_r123

My Peugeot 107 got 52mpg out of the last tank, and that was with a crate of Carling in the boot that I had forgotten about, blunting my performance! Thats a mixture of country B roads, and town driving.

Depends what size car you want though really.......

philhuff

A nice mix of fun and green is the MINI Cooper D, pushing 104g of CO2 out the back every kilometre, and returning around 50mpg. The Polo BlueMotion is better, but the MINI's not far off. Beyond that, as others have said, there's the C1/107/Aygo triplets.

Ah, 75mpg. I dream of that. Just put £76 of fuel in my car and it won't last more than 400 miles...