New Volvo C30 wins Green Car of the Year with over 80% of vote!
TheGreenCarWebsite have awarded the Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe with Start/Stop their Green Car of the Year award - beating rivals such as the Toyota Prius and BMW 316d to receive the accolade.
Both visitors and motoring journalists behind the site overwhelming voted the car as the winner – with the results from an online poll of 4,189 visitors as follows:
• Volvo C30 DRIVe (99g/km CO2) (81% of the vote)
• Toyota Prius T3 Hybrid (89g/km CO2) (6%)
• BMW 316d (118g/km CO2) (3%)
• Ford Fiesta ECOnetic (98g/km CO2) (3%)
• Honda Insight 1.3 IM (101g/km CO2) (2%)
• SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive (98g/km CO2) (2%)
• smart fortwo CDi (88g/km CO2) (1.%)
• Fiat 500 MultiJet (110g/km CO2) (1%)
• Toyota iQ 1.0 VVTi (99g/km CO2) (1%)
TheGreenCarWebsite.co.uk’s editor, Faye Sunderland said:
“The C30 1.6D DRIVe with Start/Stop technology is genuinely a fantastic addition to the ‘green scene’ this year. In such a short space of time, Volvo successfully slashed its emissions and as a relative newcomer in the green car market, it is impressive to see the Swedish carmaker make such strong progress in such a short time. A deserved winner, Volvo can afford to be very proud of the C30 DRIVe as its flagship green model."
With emissions on just 99g/km of CO2, the new Volvo C30 1.6D DRIVe with Start/Stop not only qualifies for free annual Vehicle Excise Duty (Road Tax), but also offers up to 74.3 mpg on a combined cycle resulting in around 850 miles on one tank of fuel.
Click here for more information on the Volvo C30 range