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Glasgow council orders 320 Polo BlueMotion vehicles

This is the largest order to date for the Polo BlueMotion: 320 Polos have been ordered by Glasgow, Scotland city council. The vehicles were judged on parameters including fuel efficiency, viability for every day use, comfort and value for money and are destined for everyday council work. This Polo version manages to get 73 mpg UK (61 mpg U.S.) with a 1.4 liter TDI (diesel) engine that uses piezo-electric injection, a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF), aerodynamical improvements and low-rolling resistance tires. Emitting just 99 g/km of CO2, the ... Read more →

BlueMotion VWs in Streetcar car sharing test Sebastian Blanco

Glasgow council orders 320 Polo BlueMotion vehicles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

BlueMotion VWs in Streetcar car sharing test 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Here's an announcement that combines two green car strategies in a sensible and beneficial way: clean diesel cars used by many people through car sharing. Awesome. The companies/vehicles in question are Volkswagen and the UK car sharing company Streetcar. Streecar has been using VW Golfs ...

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