New Cars

The diesel smart fortwo cdi now emits just 86 g/km of CO2, with fuel consumption of 85.6 mpg.

The new Renault Mégane Coupé-Cabriolet offers another option for people who want a convertible together with low emissions.

The Mazda5 will make its world premiere at the Geneva Motor Show, together with a DISI petrol engine with i-stop, and the company will also showcase its SKY Concept green technologies.

Volvo has revealed the 119g/km DRIVe versions of its S80 saloon and V70 estate, which it claims are the world's first large premium executive cars with emissions of less than 120 g/km.

Suzuki's SX4, available in two or four-wheel drive, has minor revisions for 2010, including a petrol engine with lower emissions.

The new Astra range will soon have an ecoFLEX model which emits just 109g/km CO2 and manages 67.3mpg.

The Skoda Octavia hatchback and estate range now has two new engines, a 1.2 TSI 105bhp petrol engine and a 1.6 TDI CR 105bhp diesel engine with DSG dual-clutch transmission.

The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class Estate is now on sale and the E 220 CDI Estate emits just 150 g/km which is a significant 38 g/km less than the previous generation. Fuel economy of this model also improves by almost 10 mpg to 49.6 mpg.

Here's another potential solution for people who want a small, efficient, all-wheel drive car for the extreme weather events that are described as once-in-one-hundred year occurrences, but which seem to be happening most years.

Convertible-lovers who want lower emissions now have another car to choose from, as Peugeot launches the 308 CC with a new diesel engine that manages 53.3 mpg and CO2 emissions of 138g/km.