The Environment

Toyota Named World’s Greenest Brand

July 30, 2011

In a not-unsurprising move, Toyota has been named the World’s Greenest Brand. Toyota continues to forge ahead with new technologies to reduce the amount of pollutants that our vehicles produce – not just when on the move but when being built too. The Interbrand report says that Toyota is “a leading example of making the [...]

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It’s All Doom And Gloom For Petrol Prices

January 16, 2011

In what may well be a confirmation of a prediction I made on this site, Yahoo have ran an article stating that we may soon be paying up to £70 in order to get a full tank of petrol. Worse still, diesel could be up to £1.40 per litre, which isn’t unbelievable when current prices [...]

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Government crackdown on illegal scrap merchants

August 26, 2010

New Government rules on vehicle disposal favour legitimate services over illegal, polluting scrap dealers. Services like Giveacar, that offers free green disposal or salvage auction of cars to raise money for charity will benefit from the crackdown. Their service will be essential in helping the public meet the guidelines at no personal cost. North West [...]

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Winter Weather Conditions Drive Buyers Into Land Rover Showrooms

February 7, 2010

It seems that poor weather has been sending people into 4×4 showrooms and specifically those of Land Rover. Subsequently, sales have gone up. For January 2010 sales levels were up 58% versus January 2009 nearly doubling the industry average – with Discovery up 92%, Range Rover Sport up 66%, Freelander up 57% and Range Rover [...]

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Why I’ll Never Buy A Smart Car…

December 13, 2009

I’ve decided that when I reach the hallowed 100,000 miles mark in my current car, it will be time to get a new motor (provided that, of course, I’m financially in a position to do so). I have a few choices circling in my mind, but I just couldn’t face letting my Astra go whilst [...]

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Further Car Sales News

November 8, 2009

It’s been reported that car sales have continued to rise and that October of this year has shown an increase of more than 30% over last year. The reason has been cited as the government’s ‘cash for bangers’ or car scrappage scheme. Were you one of the lucky ones to access the £2k saving on [...]

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How Are Hybrids Doing?

September 7, 2009

Amazingly, more than two million Toyota hybrid models have been sold around the world since 1997, with more than 200,000 of them making their way to the UK. And who said that we don’t care about the environment? Perhaps what’s most impressive is the statistic that more than 11 million tonnes of CO2 less has [...]

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Nissan LEAF – Zero Emissions Coming Soon

August 3, 2009

Nissan has today unveiled LEAF, which is being sold as the “world’s first” affordable zero emissions car. It’s another lithium-ion (electric) car with a range of 100 miles and the size of a medium hatchback, so it can carry five adults in reasonable comfort. Here’s a quote from Nissan: “Nissan LEAF is a tremendous accomplishment [...]

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The New Toyota Prius – Living Up To The Green Reputation?

July 31, 2009

I wasn’t a great fan of the original Toyota Prius – it just never seemed to quite live up to the hype. However, the new 1.8 T3 is simply incredible and probably justifies the many orders that are no doubt flooding in. Here’s why: CO2 emissions of just 89 g/km mean that you pay NOTHING [...]

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Public Transport Isn’t That Clean!

July 1, 2009

I’m not sure how newsworthy this is, but I’m guessing quite so given how furiously politicians sprout their nonsense about buses and other forms of public transport being perfect for the new ‘green’ world we all find ourselves in (like it or not). On the way home, I had to stand on a noisy, cramped [...]

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