Volvo S40 1.6D DRIVe wins What Car? award.
Following on from the Volvo XC60 winning What Car? SUV of the Year, the Volvo S40 1.6D DRIVe featuring new Start/Stop technology has secured a second prestigious award for Volvo, winning the top honour and crowned Green Car of the Year at the prestigious 2009 What Car? Green Car Awards.
The Volvo beat 23 other contenders to take the top accolade, including entries from BMW, Audi and Mini, in categories ranging from best green supermini to best green sports car.
On presenting the award, The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, said: 'Three cheers to the Volvo S40 DRIVe for scooping the top prize for green motoring at this year's What Car? Awards. This is good for the planet, good for the economy and great for the driver.'
Offering exceptionally low CO2 emissions of just 104g/km and returning up to 72.4 mpg on the combined cycle, What Car?'s judges praised the S40 DRIVe's unique combination of low emissions, practicality, safety and driver enjoyment as key reasons for the win.
Steve Fowler, What Car’s editor, heaped praise on the car. He said: “Volvo’s S40 DRIVe is one seriously appealing eco-friendly car. Its low emissions don’t come at the expense of quality, safety or driver enjoyment and it’s great value, too. It’s everything we look for in a Green Car of the Year.”
Upon receiving the award, Stuart Kerr said: “Volvo has a strong commitment to its environmental activities and we have worked hard to reduce the carbon footprint on all our cars by focusing on health, resource utilisation and the ecological consequences right through from production, use to disposal.
"The recent launch of the DRIVe range enables Volvo to offer mid-sized cars with the same fuel consumption and CO2 emissions as competitor's small cars. For customers, this means that they don't have to compromise on anything when they choose a Volvo. This highly important award is recognition of Volvo's desire to build the most fuel efficient cars possible," he concluded.
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