A Volkswagen Polo has been named the greenest car on sale, beating environmentalists' favourites such as the Toyota Prius.
The BlueMotion manages 74 miles to the gallon, meaning it can be driven from London to Edinburgh for just £20 and travel more than 700 miles on one tank of fuel.
Unfortunately, its passengers are likely to be sweating by the time they get there, because the road tax-exempt version doesn't come with air-conditioning. Fitting air-conditioning uses more energy and pushes the car into a higher band of road tax, which is calculated by how much carbon dioxide a vehicle produces.
But chilled-out owners will still only have to pay £35 a year - a snip compared with the £300 imposed on drivers of many gasguzzling off-roaders.
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