The finalists for 2007 World Green Car are from BMW, Mercedes and VW
My friend John over at Autoblog did a good job of highlighting the fact that the German automakers cleaned up when it comes to the World Car of the Year finalists. Speaking of cleaning up, (haha) a subcategory of the competition offers up some choices of the "World Green Car", also all from Germany. The finalists are... in no particular order...
- BMW Hydrogen 7
- Mercedes-Benz E320 BLUETEC
- Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion
[Source: WCOTY.com via Autoblog via Winding Road]
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Mirko 3:32PM (3/20/2007)
Those cars are all interesting, but the Hydrogen 7 is just stupid. If you burn hydrogen, do it in a fuel cell - makes more sense.
The Polo stands out, because it's more efficient than the Prius, not as dull to drive, and two thirds the price of the Prius.
The Smart? Sure, that's great if you want a two-seater.
The E320? Not bad either.
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Turbofrog 8:13PM (3/20/2007)
I think the point of the Hydrogen 7 is to try and address the chicken/egg problem of hydrogen infrastructure. If you have a vehicle that can take advantage of both fuels, you can drive it more often because you won't need to worry about getting stranded without a place to fill up your fuel cell.
I tend to agree that hydrogen is silly in general, though. My vote definitely went to the Polo.
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