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Green car highlights of 2011
These are the Green-Car-Guide highlights of 2011, ranging from driving up the hill at the Goodwood Festival of Speed with Red Bull F1 team boss Christian Horner in an Infiniti M35 hybrid, to seeing if a 50 mpg Range Rover Evoque can still get up a mountain
April 8, 2011
Economy challenge: Can a Volvo get to Austria on one tank?
Green-Car-Guide took part in an economy challenge to see if it was possible to drive from the UK to Volvo Snowbombing, a huge music party at the ski slopes in Austria, on one tank of fuel – so did we make it…? Read the full story: Volvo V60 economy challenge
April 26, 2011
Lotus is best known for producing driver-focused sports cars, so what happens when the company combines this expertise with the development of an electric car? Read the full story: Lotus and electric cars
May 10, 2011
The Lotus Elise combines fuel economy of 45 mpg with fantastic mid-engined handling, but with its new, smaller engine, can it beat a twin-engined go-kart in a race? Read the full story: Lotus Elise road test
May 27, 2011
Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2011
The Michelin Challenge Bibendum is the world’s leading showcase of the latest green cars, so what were the highlights of this year’s event held in Berlin? Read the full story: Michelin Challenge Bibendum 2011
July 5, 2011
Performance, luxury, efficiency and individual design; these are descriptions that are used in the marketing of many cars, but is the Infiniti M35h actually the first car that genuinely deserves all these titles? Read the full story: Infiniti M35h road test
July 6, 2011
Green Cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
A number of green cars made an appearance at Goodwood, in addition to the Infiniti M35 hybrid in which we went up the hill with Red Bull Racing F1 team boss Christian Horner at the wheel. Read the full story: Green cars at the Goodwood Festival of Speed
July 6, 2011
Nissan wins Green-Car-Guide Greenest Manufacturer of the Year Award
Nissan was awarded Green-Car-Guide’s Greenest Manufacturer of the Year Award for showing real commitment and leadership with the launch of the all-electric Nissan LEAF. Read the full story: Nissan wins Green-Car-Guide’s Greenest Manufacturer of the Year Award
July 14, 2011
The 175 mpg Vauxhall Ampera is an electric family hatchback, but one with unlimited range thanks to the on-board petrol range-extender. Read the full story: Vauxhall Ampera road test
July 21, 2011
Green-Car-Guide Live! at the 2011 Cholmondeley Pageant of Power
Green-Car-Guide Live! was a showcase of the latest green cars, on track and on static display, at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power event that took place from 15-17 July 2011. Read the full story: Green-Car-Guide Live! at the Cholmondeley Pageant of Power
September 14, 2011
Green Cars at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
These were the most important green cars at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. And what an exciting choice green motorists are about to get. Read the full story: Green cars at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show
October 3, 2011
The Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 is the world’s first diesel-electric hybrid, and it offers four-wheel drive capability in a vehicle that emits just 99 g/km CO2 and returns 74 mpg. Read the full story: Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 road test
October 13, 2011
The RAC Green Grand Prix was held at Silverstone on 12 October and Green-Car-Guide took part. Read the full story: RAC Green Grand Prix
October 31, 2011
Range Rover Evoque off-road test – video
Can the Range Rover Evoque make it to the top of a mountain to prove that it’s the greenest ‘real’ 4×4? Watch the video: Range Rover Evoque off-road test
November 3, 2011
BMW 520d EfficientDynamics Saloon
The BMW 520d EfficientDynamics Saloon has a combined economy figure of 62.8 mpg and emissions of just 119 g/km CO2; surely such supermini-levels of emissions mean that this must be an ‘eco-special’ with compromises? Read the full story: BMW 520d EfficientDynamics Saloon
November 7, 2011
Green-Car-Guide drive of BMW ActiveE in the RAC Future Car Challenge
Paul Clarke, Founder and Editor of Green-Car-Guide.com, drove the BMW ActiveE in the RAC Future Car Challenge event; could we achieve a result that showed that this was one of the most efficient electric cars? Read the full story: Green-Car-Guide.com drive of the BMW ActiveE in the RAC Future Car Challenge
November 25, 2011
What will provide the best traction up an icy hill? – a four-wheel drive car with standard tyres, or a two-wheel drive car with winter tyres? Read the full story and watch the video: Winter tyre test
December 11, 2011
We’re back to Clocaenog Forest yet again, this time in the MINI Coupe Cooper SD – can it really combine 65.7 mpg and fun? – and what it’s like to drive on ice? Watch the video: Ice driving in a MINI Coupe Cooper SD
Green-Car-Guide would like to wish all of our visitors a Merry Christmas, and a fun and green 2012.
