Lamborghini is the least environmentally friendly car

The Lamborghini has been named the least "green" car of the year by the Environmental Transport Association.

By Laura Roberts
Published: 6:30AM BST 16 Jun 2010

The Lamborghini emits exactly five times more CO2 per kilometre than the car named Green Car of the Year, the 99g/km Toyota iQ.


Over a year of driving, the Toyota emits CO2 equivalent to that absorbed by three tennis courts of forest.

the greenest sports car was the Vauxhall Tigra.

Andrew Davis, director at the Environmental Transport Association, said: "With emissions five times worse than the greenest car, the Lamborghini is the bull in an environmental china shop. Thankfully, there are very few on the roads and there is an increasing choice of environmentally-sound cars.

"With the price of petrol at record levels and greater understanding about the threat to the environment there has never been a more important time to make fuel efficiency a deciding factor when choosing a car."

People in Scotland were found to be the greenest motorists with almost half of drivers saying they would buy a smaller car to reduce their driving costs.

Meanwhile only 34 per cent of drivers in the north of England would consider getting a smaller car - the worst area in the UK.