Green Car of the Year 2010 is Toyota iQ

Following a year of turmoil for Toyota involving questions over the safety of its vehicles, the world’s largest car maker has been awarded Green Car of the Year 2010 for its city car, the IQ, announced the Environmental Transport Association (ETA) today.

The least green car of the year was revealed as  being the Lamborghini Murcielago, a vehicle that over the course of a year emits an amount of CO2 equivalent to felling a football pitch-sized forest of trees*. The Lamborghini emits exactly five times more CO2 per kilometre than the 99g/km Toyota iQ.

The ETA examined over 5,000 cars and compared their power, emissions, fuel efficiency and the amount of noise they produce to create a definitive guide to buying the greenest vehicle.

Andrew Davis, director at the Environmental Transport Association, said: “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.”

A poll of 1,500 British drivers carried out by the ETA found that Scots were most inclined (42%) to buy a smaller car in order to reduce their motoring costs. The least inclined were drivers living in the north of England (34%).

Green Car Awards 2010 results