Ford’s new range of super economical ECOnetic models are fronting the company’s bid to cut UK CO2 emissions by over 80,000 tonnes.Independent industry analysis shows that if customers maintain their move into lower CO2 and higher mpg Ford models, 83,818 tonnes of CO2 a year would be avoided – equivalent to annual emissions from around 13,000 homes.
The launch of the 76.3mpg Fiesta ECOnetic (98g CO2/km) hands the award of UK’s greenest car to Ford. Its likely effect would be to eradicate an added 10,750 tonnes of CO2 if selected by all new Ford Fiesta buyers so far this year.
The new Ford Fiesta ECOnetic joins the Ford Focus ECOnetic, which went on sale earlier this year and achieves CO2 emissions of 115g/km and fuel consumption of 65.6mpg (combined cycle). The Ford Mondeo ECOnetic went on sale this month and offers large car comfort combined with fuel economy of over 53mpg and CO2 of 139g/km.
Roelant de Waard, Ford of Britain chairman and managing director, said: “This research shows the full potential of an accelerating trend towards greener motoring. In the first half of this year, we have seen a 38 per cent rise in sales of all Fords achieving under 120g CO2. Thanks to Cleangreencars we’ve seen what could happen if this swing continues within each of our model ranges.”
At the same time that the Fiesta ECOnetic is being launched, Ford is announcing that all Ford dealerships in the UK will offer service customers the option of offsetting their vehicles’ CO2 from September this year. Ford will be the first auto manufacturer in the UK to launch this initiative spanning service intervals based on engine size and mileage. CO2 will be offset via BP’s Targetneutral scheme.
