Honda Civic Hybrid – Greenest Car
March 19, 2007 by Alborz Fallah
Whilst Toyota’s somewhat unlimited marketing budget has put the companies green images in the minds of millions of people. Another Japanese manufacturer, Honda, has been quietly following Toyota’s lead and arguably creating a better car than Toyota’s iconic Prius – the Honda Civic Hybrid.
The British love the Civic Hybrid so much that the Britain’s Environmental Transport Association (ETA) has named the Honda Civic Hybrid winner of its 2007 Car Buyers’ Guide making the car the winner for the second year running. The aim of the award is to find the most environmentally friendly car, testing some 2,500 cars.
“We know that increasing numbers of people want to make informed choices about cars particularly in terms of carbon emissions and the damage caused to the environment, it is not surprising that the winner this year is again the Honda Civic Hybrid.” explains Andrew Davis, Director of the ETA.
The Civic was also named the cheapest hybrid car to own and maintain by the RACV here in Australia. Honda sells the Civic Hybrid in Australia from $32,990.
The top 10 greenest cars
1. Honda – Civic Hybrid
2. Vauxhall – Corsa 1.3CTDi
3. Toyota – Yaris 1.4 D-4D Manual
4. Renault – Modus 1.2 16V VVT
5. Daihatsu – Sirion M300
6. Citroen – C1 1.1
7. Toyota – Aygo 1.0 Manual
8. Peugeot – 107 Manual
9. Daihatsu – Charade Manual
10. Fiat – Panda 1.3
So, which cars are the worse for the environment? It shouldn’t be that hard to guess :
1. Lamborghini – Diablo Roadster
2. Lamborghini – Murcielago Roadster
3. Ferrari – Supermerica
4. Ferrari – Scagliatti
5. Bentley – Azure
6. Bentley – Arnage RL
7. Aston Martin – Vanquish
8. Aston Martin – DB9 Manual
9. Bentley – Continental Flying Spur
10. Ferrari – Spider
Super cars – objects of absolute desire, release the largest amount of pollutions into the world. So next time you read about some celebrity discussing how proud they are of their Toyota Prius, remember, there is a good chance there is a Lamborghini or Ferrari parked next to that Prius!
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cheaper and more powerful than the prius too. The Prius didn’t even make the top ten!
Yeah its odd that the Prius didnt even get in the top 10, specially given that the Yaris and Echo (aygo) were there
although it probably would make the top ten in Oz, considering most of those vehicles/engines aren’t even in Oz, in fact it only seems the Civic Hybrid is.
I think its good to have the choice, for a while it seemed like Prius was going to be the only serious Hybrid. What i’d like to see is some government rebate for Hybrids to make them more competitive.
In regards to the top 10, they are all (no surprise) very very small cars. The Civic & Prius are at least a good size for family use.
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I would also like to see government rebates for hybrids. Most are so expensive, that the price of the car at the beginning, would in the long run, cost more than a car of similar size that isn’t a hybrid.
And considering not many people are warming to the idea of LPG, this would be a better solution and encourage more car companies to make hybrids.
Yeah Myke, I did laugh when Ford this week selected LPG as their future fuel. I was expecting that sort of comment from Holden.
Holden are planning to use a diesel engine in the Commodore by the end of the year. Producing around 180kw and 550Nm.
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Ummm I dont think so… its been posted up here in some other article comments by someone high up at Holden, they have no plans for a Diesel Commodore in the near future….
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About a week ago, carsguide in the herald sun, said that the Commodore would have a diesel by the end of the year. I can’t find the article online, but it was definitely in the paper.
sory to wreck ur fun but that is the worst posible car ever… the interor is dual it looks drewy but thats not why it was voted…becuase its enviromental…yeah right. just to make a batrey does more enviromental damage then u think. to get the zinic for the batries it is mined and smelted at a plant in Sudbury Ontario.(north america) (im not american) This plant has caused so much environmental damage to the surrounding environment that NASA has used the around the plant to test moon rovers. this is due to the acid rain created from the smelting…the plant has spread sulfar dixode for miles around the plant killing all plant life…but this is not all the nickle is then refined in europe after a long boat ride acros the global. the batries are finaly made and the placed in cars such as the terible pruis (oh what a feeling…of anger that car gives of.)the g-wiz the lexus lh500 are just to name a few… so infact to make many of these hydbrids u would have to drive a supercar such as lamborghini muchelago and its not a roadster its a areo top…form over 600,000km and those cars are much beter bult and much beter to the enivroment than the civic pruis…so do tell me why by fule econemy…well no yes u can get redicullous somes of fuel econmey if u drive like a gramma i couldnt find very much good reports becuase toyota and honda and many more companys tend to represse this infomation. so be green and by a holden commadore becuse u are excepted to get 180,000kms out of that as a road going car and well over 700,000km for a holden comodore. and that means those in brisbane who are using them as taxis are losing a total of $6.5 per km much beter than the $3 from a commardore…
Dear Gums,What language is that? It seems you should be concentrating on schooling, rather than the environment,then we all may be able to take your comments seriously,I may be just some old fart, who is seriously contemplating the purchase of a hybrid,but I would appreciate serious comment in our native tongue.