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Subject:Re: "green" cars (NVC)
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Mon, 16 Feb 2004 10:24:18 -0500

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Kim Brennan wrote:

> Okay, so news.google.com referenced an article on "green" vehicles and
> which were the best and which were the worst. According to these folks
> (not google, that was just how I found it) www.greenercars.com, the VW
> Touareg V10 TDI, was the worst "green" car. even though it has better
> fuel economy (17 city, 23 hwy) than a LOT of other vehicles.

Maybe something to do with the high particulate (soot) and NOx levels from
diesels?

David Brodbeck, N8SRE
'82 Volkswagen Diesel Westfalia
'86 Volvo 240DL wagon