For those of you who stare, with looks of piercing hatred, at the drivers of big, luxurious, expensive cars as they waft expensively past you, we have a bit of a wake-up call. Those fat-cats aren't just swooshing around town in highly-priced, leather-lined luxo-barges for the good of their own health; they're helping to save the planet. Well, they are if they're driving the Jaguar XJ TDVi with it's 2.7-litre V6 turbo-diesel engine, anyway, as it's just been named the greenest luxury car by the Environmental Transport Association in the UK.The ETA cited Jaguar for its forward-thinking policy of creating a lightweight, all-aluminium luxury car, with stunning low CO2 emissions (139g/km), a figure that beats most family hatchbacks.
The ETA guide lists 2,500 new cars and provides a star-based ranking system
that gives consumers an overview of any vehicle's performance against the
following categories; power, carbon dioxide emissions, fuel consumption,
noise and safety. The XJ beat off strong competition from the Mercedes-Benz
S320 and BMW 7 Series to claim this award - following in the footsteps of
its stable mate, the X-TYPE, which won the category in 2006.
Managing Director of Jaguar in the UK, Geoff Cousins said: "We fully
recognise our responsibility to the environment and are committed to playing
our role in developing technology solutions in cars, fuels and
infrastructure to address climate change - this award shows we are heading
in the right direction."
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