A few days ago we revealed that Vauxhall had launched a range-topping Insignia – the Vauxhall Insignia VXR, a 325bhp road burner. Well, in these eco-friendly times, it seems appropriately balanced that Vauxhall has now announced the arrival of the Vauxhall Insignia ecoFLEX, to balance the Co2 and testosterone the VXR produces. The Insignia ecoFLEX, […]
Citroen to launch range of Green, Eco cars
It looks like Citroen have made their minds up to launch a new range of green, eco cars, based on the C-Cactus Concept that first turned up at Frankfurt in 2007. This is the second new Citroen ‘Brand’ that has turned up lately; we had the new Citroen ‘DS’ cars trumpeted last month and on […]
Ford Fiesta TDCi ECOnetic first drive
UPDATE 28/05/2009: FORD FIESTA ECONETIC ROAD TEST / REVIEW Cars UK has been out on a bit of a jolly today, to the depths of rural Hertfordshire for the press launch of the Ford Fiesta TDCi ECOnetic. Any excuse for a free lunch! So what’s it like, this planet-saving Fiesta? Well, ‘Green’ cars are not […]
Mercedes C180 Kompressor Blue Efficiency Announced
Mercedes Benz has today announced that they will be bringing the C180 Kompressor Blue Efficiency to the UK in January, cutting Co2 emissions of the model and increasing fuel efficiency, and replacing the current C180 Kompressor. Despite a reduction in capacity of almost 200cc (which begs the question, why isn’t it called the C160 – […]