Find the greenest wheels with WhatGreenCar?
September 20, 2007
Sep 20, 2007 -- /prbuzz/ --For Immediate Release

Find the greenest wheels with WhatGreenCar?


For car-buyers who are after a cute city runaround, a family saloon or an executive auto, WhatGreenCar? provides the ultimate guide to buying the most eco-friendly car.

The WhatGreenCar? rating system has been designed to be easy to understand – the impact for each car is expressed as a score between 0 and 100 - the lower the score, the less the environmental impact. For comparison, an average small family car, such as the Ford Focus 2.0 TDCi, has a rating of around 50.

WhatGreenCar? ratings are based on a database of over 16,000 cars available in the UK, which is updated every two weeks. Rather than simply recommending the greenest cars on the market, WhatGreenCar? identifies the Top 10+ green cars in each class. That way, green car recommendations are made to suit almost any type of driver.
WhatGreenCar? also provides a simple look-up facility for all UK cars registered since 2001 so that consumers can see the environmental impact of their current car.

WhatGreenCar? is the only green car website to give an environmental rating for all new cars based on the life cycle impacts of eight emissions including carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulates. Unlike the government's new ranking system, which only assesses CO2 exhaust (tailpipe) emissions, WhatGreenCar?’s ratings also assess the emissions associated with a vehicle’s use and manufacture.

Ultimately this means WhatGreenCar?’s independent guide offers comprehensive comparisons of all fuel and engine types, whether conventional petrol or diesel cars, petrol hybrids, biofuels, LPG, natural gas, or even battery electric vehicles; all at the click of a mouse.

WhatGreenCar? has already received extensive press coverage and is establishing strong links with key organisations within the automotive sector. One of our first major partnerships has been to assist MSN cars with providing top-quality information and ratings for visitors to their site. WhatGreenCar? will be working with other information providers to ensure that the WhatGreenCar? rating system becomes widely used throughout the industry and becomes well known to the general public.

Tom Evans (Manager), MSN Cars: "WhatGreenCar? is unique in coming up with a way to judge the environmental impact of every car on the market: from the day it is built to the day it goes to the crusher. WGC’s comprehensive guide gives consumers a way to make proper judgments about the ecological effect of their car buying decisions, which can only be a good thing for all."

Our press presence is already growing and we anticipate becoming a major partner to the UK motoring & environmental media providing independent green assessments for all vehicles. As an example, in July the Guardian website ran a major article listing the WhatGreenCar? selection of the Top 10 green wheels (link - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2007/aug/17/travelandtransport?gusrc=rss&feed=environment)(by class) for summer 2007.

To try out the tools on the WhatGreenCar? website, simply visit www.whatgreencar.com.

To view the full version of this press release please go to http://www.whatgreencar.com/press.php.

ENDS

WhatGreenCar? press contact:

Hina Alvi
Communications Manager
WhatGreenCar?
Unit 62, Spike Island
133 Cumberland Road
Bristol BS1 6UX, UK

Mobile: 07807 303298
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About the Press Release
Today marks the official launch of WhatGreenCar? (link – www.whatgreencar.com)- the only green car website to give an independent environmental rating for all new cars in the UK.


 
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