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Peugeot is top UK and European purveyor of low CO2 cars

Peugeot has the highest market share of all brands in Europe and the UK for cars that get CO2 emissions of 120 g/km and 130 g/km or less. Peugeot's emphasis on smaller cars with highly efficient diesel engines has helped it capture 18.6 percent of sales in the sub-120 category in the UK and 15.5 percent of such sales Europe-wide. In the sub 130 category it has 14.3 percent of UK sales and 13.7 percent of European sales. Toyota only breaks into the top five in the UK sub-120 group thanks to sales in that country of the Prius. In the rest of ... Read more →

Peugeot installs small diesel engine in 407, beats CO2 figure Xavier Navarro

Click on image for full-resolution gallery If I told you a few years ago that a medium-sized sedan would get a 1.6-liter diesel engine, you might have thought that I was crazy. However, Peugeot is ...

Renault introduces eco2 version of Twingo, 104 g/km CO2 Sam Abuelsamid

Renault has announced a new high efficiency, low CO2 variant of its Twingo mini-car in France called the eco2. The Twingo eco2 is powered by a 1.5L four cylinder diesel engine putting out 85 hp ...

Peugeot announces low CO2 Blue Lion branding Sam Abuelsamid

Click on the Blue Lion Peugeot for a high res gallery Continuing the recent European theme of "blue is the new green", Peugeot is adding Blue Lion editions to many of its most popular models. Like ...

Madrid Motor Show: Kia eco_cee'd - 104g/km of CO2 Sam Abuelsamid

At the Madrid Motor Show this week, Kia is showing off its latest entry in the low CO2 derby with the eco_cee'd hatchback. With power coming from 1.6L diesel that automatically shuts off whenever the ...


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