Murcielago Is the Least Green Car of the Year 2010

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The Environmental Transport Association (ETA) revealed today the Green Car Awards winners (or losers), after it has examined over 5,000 car models and compared the results. According to the ETA, the Lamborghini Murcielago emits a CO2 amount equivalent to ‘a football pitch-sized forest of trees’, which brought it the Least Green Car of the Year 2010 title.

"With emissions five times worse than the greenest car, the Lamborghini is the bull in an environmental china shop. Thankfully, there are very few on the roads and there is an increasing choice of environmentally-sound cars," Andrew Davis, director at the ETA, said in a release.

"With the price of petrol at record levels and greater understanding about the threat to the environment there has never been a more important time to make fuel efficiency a deciding factor when choosing a car," added Davis,

The 2010 Green Car Awards, as well as the best and worst in each category are listed below:
  • Green Car of the Year 2010: Toyota iQ
  • Least Green Car of the Year 2010: Lamborghini Murcielago
  • Greenest small family car: Honda Insight 1.3 Least green small family car: VW Golf 3.2 V6
  • Greenest large family car: BMW 320d Touring Least green large family car: Vauxhall Insignia VXR V6 Turbo
  • Greenest Supermini: Toyota Yaris 1.4 D-4D Least green Supermini: Renault Clio Sport 200
  • Greenest city car: Toyota iQ
  • Least green city car: Ford Ka 1.6 Sportka
  • Greenest sports car: Vauxhall Tigra
  • Least green sports car: Lamborghini Murcielago
  • Greenest MPV: Peugeot Bipper Tepee
  • Least green MPV: Mercedes R63
  • Greenest small MPV: Renault Modus 1.5dci Least green small MPV: Vauxhall Zafira VXR 2.0i Turbo
  • Greenest off-road car: BMW X1 E84
  • Least green off-road car: Mercedes ML63
  • Greenest luxury car: BMW 740d
  • Least green luxury car: Bentley Brooklands

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On 16 June 2010 at 07:55 UTC, zanyko said:
is it me or almost all fun cars are o the 'least' list .. :(

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