Top 5 green estates

An estate is broadly the same as a saloon but with an extended rear cargo area. This means that in addition to being good executive cars they are also popular with families. Now this versatility has extended to green cars with a host of green car estates to choose from. Here are our top five picks:

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MINI Clubman 1.6 Cooper is our greenest recommendation. As a style icon, the MINI Cooper is as head-turning now as when its predecessor first burst on to the market in 1959. It is also one of the front-runners in the green car revolution thanks to incredibly low CO2 emissions of 109g/km and 68.9mpg combined. The MINI Cooper and MINI Cooper D are both classified in the lowest car insurance band.
Skoda Fabia Estate 1.4 TDi PD 80 GreenLine 5dr is next in line with 109g/km C02 and 68.9mpg combined.
Ford Focus Estate 1.6 TDCi Econetic 5dr with 114g/km CO2 and 65.6mpg combined.
Ford Fusion Estate 1.4 TDCi 1 5dr with 116g/km CO2 and 64.2mpg combined.
Peugeot 206 SW Estate 1.4 HDi S 5dr with 117g/km C02 and 64.2mpg combined.

Author: Faye Sunderland, February 21, 2008
Filed under: Ford, Green cars, MINI, Peugeot, Skoda

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interested in new fiasta sport 1.6 to 2.0 3/5 dr only problem suffered id theft after computer fraud ,past 2006/7 todate been in volved with police investigation effc nigeria interpol its ruined credit files previous goodname looking for new fiasta 36 mths miles low only 5 7 000 pa car kept super as new condition please check if you can assist me jon

Like the comments on the MPV list, these cars are small estate cars and not suitbale for family and, say, a load of camping gear. The lists need to give the greenest cars of a certain size and I want to know what is the greenest car out of those similar in size to a Mondeo, 406, Laguna, A4 etc. The lists don’t work for readers if you just list the smallest 5 cars that may qualify as an estate, MPV etc.

Comment by M Matthews — January 15, 2010 @ 9:19 am

In reply to M Matthews – do check the actual vehicles ‘in the flesh’ we were surprised by the boot space in the Fabia Estate. It has served our family very well. We thought we would buy a roof-box for the odd time when we needed to carry more, but we still haven’t needed to buy one.

Comment by M Hunter — January 29, 2010 @ 3:05 pm