From the Environmental Transport Association.
The Honda Insight, a new family-sized hybrid that is already providing stiff competition for the ubiquitous Toyota Prius, has been named Green Car of the Year 2009 by the Environmental Transport Association (ETA).
The least green car was found to be the 8-litre Dodge SRT-10 sports car. A year's driving in the Dodge emits the same amount of CO2 as is absorbed by 322 mature trees – the equivalent of an acre of oak forest. *
The ETA examined over 1300 models of car currently on sale in Britain and compared their power, emissions, fuel efficiency and even the amount of noise they produce to create a definitive guide to buying the greenest vehicle.
A fully searchable database of the results and full details on each car is at
http://www.greencarawards.co.uk Green Transport Week is (13th – 21st June 2009)
Best and worst by category (C02 g/km)
Greenest car overall: HONDA Insight 1.3 IMA ES (101g/km)
Worst(least green) car overall: Dodge SRT-10 (488g/km)
Large Family - best: BMW 3 Series 320d with particulate filter (144g/km)
Large Family - worst : BMW M3 (309g/km)
Supermini - best: TOYOTA Yaris 1.4 D-4-D 6-speed (109g/km)
Supermini - worst: RENAULT Clio Renault Sport 200 (195g/km)
Small Family - best: Honda Insight 1.3 IMA ES (101g/km)
Small Family - worst: VOLKSWAGEN Golf R32 4MOTION (255g/km)
City - best: TOYOTA iQ 1.0 VVT-i (99g/km)
City - worst: FORD Ka, Post 2006 1.6 Duratec Sportka (182g/km)
Sports - best: VAUXHALL Tigra 1.3CDTi 16v (124g/km)
Sports - worst: Dodge SRT-10 (488g/km)
MPV - best: S-Max 1.8 Duratorq TDCi (164g/km)
MPV - worst: MERCEDES R-Class R63 AMG (387g/km)
Small MPV - best: RENAULT Modus 1.5 dCi 86 Quickshift 5 (119g/km)
Small MPV - worst: MERCEDES Viano 3.5 (284g/km)
Executive - best: BMW 5 Series 520d saloon with particulate filter (136g/km)
Executive - worst: CADILLAC CTS-V (350g/km)
Off road - best: SUBARU Outback AWD (153g/km)
Off road - worst: CADILLAC Escalade 6.2 V8 (383g/km)
Luxury - best: JAGUAR XJ 2.7L Diesel Saloon (209g/km)
Luxury - worst: Bentley Brooklands Coupé (465g/km)
