Top 5 green people carriers

With people carriers being traditionally bulky, you might not expect there to be many green car people carriers or MPVs to choose from. However, there are several on the market with surprisingly low CO2 emissions – so if you have a large family check out our top five list now:

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Nissan Note 1.5 dCi Acenta 5dr with 119g/km CO2 and 62.8mpg combined.
Citroen Nemo 1.4 HDi 8v 5dr with 119g/km CO2 and 62.8mpg combined.
Fiat Qubo 1.3 Multijet Active 5dr with 119g/km CO2 and 62.8mpg combined.
Citroen C3 Picasso 1.6 16v Exclusive with 125g/km CO2 and 60.1mpg combined.
Citroen Xsara Picasso 1.6 HDi Desire with 131g/km CO2 and 57.6mpg combined.

Author: Faye Sunderland, February 27, 2008
Filed under: Citroen, Fiat, Green cars, Nissan

7 Comments »

All of these cars have 5 seats. They are tall cars rather than people carriers, they don’t carry any more people than any other car.
Have you considered the Renault Grand Scenic 1.5 Dci. 7 seats 53.3mpg combined and 140g/km Co2 ?
Or for a “Tall car” as listed above The Renault Scenic 1.5Dci. 55.4mpg combined and 135g/kg Co2 ?

No I dont work for Renault!
Richard

Comment by Richard — July 11, 2008 @ 10:57 am

these are not actually people carriers! they don’t help if you have a large family as they only have 5 seats.

Comment by Eve — June 2, 2009 @ 10:53 am

Again these are not people carriers and this list is worthless.
How about a list of 7 or more seater eco vehicles?

Comment by Philip John — August 2, 2009 @ 11:19 am

Comments appreciated guys, we will look to introduce a seperate list of seven seaters when time permits but for now I would recommend the Vauxhall Zafira Ecoflex with only 139g/km CO2 as a great green seven seater.

Officially all the above cars are classed as people carriers but I appreciate that when most people think of people carriers, they think seven seats so we will look to introduce a ‘Top 5 seven-seater’ guide too. Thanks

Comment by Faye Sunderland — August 11, 2009 @ 5:13 pm

my son has five boys and needs a green car which also has room to put their stuff when travelling which green cars are in the pipeline or is likely to come onto the market in the next year or so that would be suitable

Comment by D HUBBARD — August 12, 2009 @ 10:47 am

I have been spending some considerable time looking for a car to seat 2 adults and 3 kids – only problem is that all are in either booster/baby seats (not the adults!). Compounding this issue is that it needs to be as green as possible (less then 120 CO2 emissions and over 60 mpg) as it will be a company car and needs to be under £20k.
Only possibility I can see is the VW Passat Bluemotion which fulfills all the above criteria. Any ideas?

Comment by Matt S — September 3, 2009 @ 3:27 pm

I agree with the above comments. Three teenagers and assorted friends to carry requires a people carrier with seven seats.

Comment by Sue — November 8, 2009 @ 11:12 am