3-in-1 post following the Live!2008 Green Motor Show



First up of a mini-series of posts,following the highly successful first Green Motor Show to be held at the Echo Arena in Liverpool, covering three of the green products featured. One,the Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion proudly showed-off its green credentials. With its BlueMotion badging, it joins the Polo (also at the show) and Passat in introducing the greatly efficient management system, with software and gear ratios making for idling speeds and engine running that goes to achieving a competitive fuel economy of 62.8 mpg and CO2 emissions of just 119 g/km (and therefore a VED of £ 35 per annum). More details at Volkswagen UK

Two,represented at the show was Green Motion,the eco-friendly vehicle hire operation. Founded in 2005 by Richard Lowden,Green Motion is a stand out operation working tirelessly to meet the increasing demand for environmentally-friendlt and fuel-efficient vehicles for hire. It is most appropriate that last week, Green Motion took delivery of the first of its Golf Blue Motion (to join its sister car the Polo Blue Motion already in the fleet)extending the range of vehicles available to customers. More detail at the Green Motion site

Richard Lowden is shown above (centre) with Nick Berry (left) and Max Jacobs (right),owner of Green Motion's Oxford location where the first Golf was received. Before leaving Green Motion, we have ,three,I want to mention the partnership it has with the charity Trees4Good.When you hire a vehicle from Green Motion, Trees4Good will plant a tree.In this way the work of helping to provide sustainable future income for local people living in the now decimated rain forests of Brazil and Borneo can progress.

More car news coming-up, as promised, very soon.