Clean diesel cars were included among the five finalist positions for 2015 “Green Car of the Year®” award with the Audi A3 TDI clean diesel car and the Volkswagen Golf, which offers a new 2.0 liter TDI clean diesel, gasoline and electric engines, being named as finalists today.
The other finalists are the BMW i3, Chevrolet Impala Bi-Fuel and Honda Fit, according to Ron Cogan, the editor and publisher of the Green Car Journal (http://greencarjournal.com/) which inaugurated the award in 2005.
Since the “Green Car of the Year®”award was created 10 years ago, clean diesels have had 10 finalists and two winners, with the Volkswagen Jetta TDI clean diesel winning in 2009 and the Audi A3 TDI clean diesel winning in 2010.
“We’re pleased to see the new generation of clean diesel cars recognized again by the 2015 “Green Car of the Year®” award and the editors of the Green Car Journal,” said Allen Schaeffer, the Executive Director of the Diesel Technology Forum (http://www.dieselforum.org/).
“While clean diesel cars make up around one percent of the entire U.S. car market, they have received 20 percent of the finalist nominations since the “Green Car of the Year®” award was launched in 2005. This is a reflection of the impressive fuel efficiency, advanced diesel engine and emission technology, and cleaner diesel fuel that is common to all of today’s clean diesel cars and pickup trucks,” Schaeffer said.
“Today, consumers have more shades of green to choose from than ever before, and the selection panel is really going to have their work cut out for them. It’s a great success story that there are so many choices and where clean diesel can compete in such a competitive field of advanced technology vehicles.”
The winner of the “Green Car of the Year®” award will be announced November 20th at the LA Auto Show.
Subscribe to Motor Age and receive articles like this every month…absolutely free. Click here
