Top 5 green cars by category
Looking for green cars? Which are the greenest saloons, hatchbacks, coupes, cabriolets, estates, people carriers and 4x4's?
- Top 5 green saloons
- Top 5 green hatchbacks and superminis
- Top 5 green coupes
- Top 5 green cabriolets
- Top 5 green estates
- Top 5 green people carriers
- Top 5 4x4s and SUVs
- Top 5 seven seat vehicles
- Top 5 automatics
Company Car Tax in 2010/11
Including details of the 2010 vehicle excise duty reform. Make sure that you will be paying the right company car tax in 2010/11?
- 2010 vehicle excise duty reform
- Company car tax in 2010/11
- Company car tax: calculating your benefit-in-kind liability in 2010/11
- Business mileage in a private car: reimbursement rates
- Employer-provided ‘free’ fuel for private mileage: benefit or liability?
- Capital allowances to be based on emissions of CO2 from April 2009
- Calculation of employers’ Class 1A National Insurance Contributions
- Company vans
- Biofuels
Electric cars
Electric cars were once expected to be the ultimate travelling option of the 21st Century only to be maligned when initial efforts such as the Ford Think failed to earn a sizeable share of the UK market. However, with further technological advancements, electric cars are once again emerging as a viable alternative to the fuel guzzling and polluting vehicles that most of us drive today.
Some of the best electric cars which may be available to you soon include:
- Audi E-tron
- Citroen C-Zero
- Nissan Leaf
- MINI E
- Mitsubishi iMiEV
- Peugeot iON
- Pininfarina EV
- Renault Ze range
- Tesla Model S
- Volkswagen E-Up!
- Volvo C30 electric
For more information see our Electric Cars guide.
Hybrid cars
The number of hybrid cars available in the UK is on the increase although they are still not as readily available as it is hoped they will be in the long term. Here is a list of some of the hybrid cars currently available in the UK, click on the links to find out more:
- Honda Civic IMA
- Honda Insight
- Honda CR-Z
- Lexus-GS 450h
- Lexus-LS 600h
- Lexus-RX 400h
- Toyota Prius
- Toyota Auris Hybrid
There are also several hybrid cars available in other markets:
- Lexus HS250 hybrid
- Toyota Camry hybrid
- Ford Escape Hybrid
- Ford Fusion/Milan Mercury
- Nissan Altima Hybrid
- Mercedes-Benz ML450 hybrid
- Toyota Sai hybrid
To find out more about how hybrid cars work and to find out about exciting new hybrid concepts and forthcoming models, read out Hybrid Cars guide.
The top 10 green cars
Our list of the top ten green cars will put you on the right road to reducing your emissions while still driving in style and comfort.
The most economical green cars
One of the major benefits of owning and running green cars is the increased fuel economy that they are able to offer. Green cars such as the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion and Seat Ibiza Ecomotive are now able to return more than 70 miles to the gallon and have the added bonus of very low CO2 emissions. We look at the green cars that offer the most miles per gallon and have broken down the results into the following categories: saloons, hatchbacks, estates, coupes, cabrios, people carriers and 4x4s.
