From just-auto.com

A new website measures the CO2 impact of manufacturers in terms of a sales-weighted assessment of its products. The methodology does not address the CO2 incurred by the manufacturers in making their products and the sales weighting is for the UK market only.

The website’s publishers says that they have published their data which has has correlated the sales of every car in the UK to its official CO2 output for the benefit of the public and to enable a more informed debate.

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Finally getting some real diesel news. This comes from tsn.ca.

Jacques Villeneuve’s goal to add the 24 Hours of Le Mans title to his racing resume may have to wait another year.

Despite winning the first two races they’ve entered in the Le Mans series this year, Peugeot says it does not think the new 908 HDi diesel can withstand the rigors of a 24 hour race.

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