Smart car: Think Smart
                   
telegraph.co.uk     05-Jul-2008          

The Smart is one of the greenest cars you can buy, but Mercedes recently unveiled a trio of even more economical models: a battery-electric prototype, a new diesel and a petrol version that switches off below 5mph, which you could win in an exclusive Telegraph Motoring competition. Andrew English reports Politicians aren't very good at picking winners. Ken Livingstone and his gang of uninformed pedants at Transport for London decided on supposedly environmental grounds to favour petrol-electric hybrid technology and ended up with gargantuan Lexus limos driving through the capital for free. However, if Mayor Boris Johnson is ever so moved, he might achieve a measure of success by discounting the congestion charge for cars that are genuinely fuel-efficient, such as those that automatically switch off when stationary - the peace... [read full story]                    


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