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France has everything ready for the new road tax disk

A few months ago we announced that France was going back to having road tax disks on windshields, similar to system used in the UK. However, the process has been simplified quite a bit from the French Minister of Economy's original idea. Plans to complicate the fee by basing it on Euro pollution levels is gone. Instead, France will tax cars that produce over 250 g/km of CO2 an additional €160 per year duty. That's simple enough, isn't it? This measure only applies to cars purchased after January 2009, so it won't affect families with older ... Read more →

Volvo prices the sub-120 g CO2/km DRIVe models: 15,410-21,660 Sebastian Blanco

We met Volvo's good-looking new DRIVe eco-models (so named because they emit less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer) earlier this monthy and they now have a "preliminary" price tag. The three ...

Saturn Vue Green Line Revisited Joel Arellano

Ann Job provides a more extensive review of the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line than the one previously posted by Automobile. She speculates, for example, that the "Eco" light, which brightens when the ...

France has everything ready for the new road tax disk 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

A few months ago we announced that France was going back to having road tax disks on windshields, similar to system used in the UK. However, the process has been simplified quite a bit from the French Minister of Economy's original idea. Plans to complicate the fee by basing it on Euro pollution ...

Volvo prices the sub-120 g CO2/km DRIVe models: 15,410-21,660 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We met Volvo's good-looking new DRIVe eco-models (so named because they emit less than 120 grams of CO2 per kilometer) earlier this monthy and they now have a "preliminary" price tag. The three diesel models - C30 SportsCoupe, S40 Saloon and V50 Sportswagon - will be shown for the first time at ...

Saturn Vue Green Line Revisited 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

Ann Job provides a more extensive review of the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line than the one previously posted by Automobile. She speculates, for example, that the "Eco" light, which brightens when the Vue exceeds government fuel standards, is vacuum-operated instead of using a computer to determine ...


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