Road Tests

Can the solid Volkswagen Golf also be an efficient green car? This family hatchback achieves 62.8mpg, which suggests that VW has indeed found a way to combine sturdy engineering with economy.

At long last, Ford has a compact SUV soft-roader - and the company claims it's class-leading in the areas of economy and emissions, with 44.1mpg and 169g/km CO2. Will families be moving out of their people-carriers into the Kuga?

The Fiat 500 manages to be a green car while at the same time having bags of character. The design is based on the 1957 Fiat 500 – the car that is still held up as a design icon around the world.

The big green idea behind the Mazda 2 is that a special effort has been made to make it lighter than its predecessor.

The BMW 320d has to be the perfect balance between being a driver’s machine, an efficient green car, and a company car.

In the same way as the BlueMotion is the greenest product in the Volkswagen range, the 1.5 litre diesel is the greenest option in Renault’s Laguna line-up.

First there was the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion – the greenest Polo in the model line-up. Now Volkswagen is rolling out the BlueMotion treatment to the rest of its range – including the Passat saloon and estate.

There are currently only two conventionally-engined cars on sale that emit less than 100g/km of CO2, and the SEAT Ibiza Ecomotive is one of them (the other being the Ibiza’s close family member, the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion, which shares the same engine).

A new car has just appeared on the scene, and it’s not only the most economical 4x4, it’s the most economical 4x4 by a huge margin.

So you want a family car, but you also want something that has an interesting environmental edge. The Ford Focus C-MAX Flexi-Fuel could be your answer.