Are Drivers Really Thinking Green?

Monday, 28. September 2009

We keep hearing a lot about green issues and the need to improve our environment. The warnings are there, each year we see more extreme weather conditions that are blamed upon global warming but what are we actually doing about it in the cars we drive? Have I sold hundreds of hybrid cars? No. Have I seen a strong move from big gas guzzlers to city cars or even just mildly more modest cars? No. In fact I have more customers queued up waiting for large 4WD cars than anything else and in a very strange move, but one that confirms the real feeling towards eco cars, Nissan have decided to launch their prestige brand in the UK in the same way that Toyota introduced Lexus. The brand, known as Infiniti, is big in the US where a tanker of petrol costs a quid making big engine cars affordable but it seems amazing that the models that they will be introducing over here all have 3.7litre V6 petrol engines with no plans for a smaller petrol or diesel engine alternative. Amazing. Something clearly needs to be done if we are to move people closer to a greener attitude. It all seems as crazy as telling people to fly less then approving a new runway for Heathrow – oh they did that already! Bugger! By Graham Hill