Vee-Dub to show off green credentials

The second RAC Future Car Challenge, to be held on November 5, is set to be a showcase for the latest green technology from Volkswagen. The competing cars will follow a 57-mile route from Madeira Drive in Brighton to London’s Pall Mall and the winner will be the car that uses the least energy.

Volkswagen’s prototype electric Golf blue e-motion, which won the inaugural challenge last year, will be returning with two of them competing. Using an electric motor powered by lithium-ion batteries, the Golf blue e-motion looks pretty much the same as the new petrol-powered Golfs you see on the roads apart from the lack of an exhaust pipe. It has 113bhp and 199 lb-ft of torque and does the 0-62mph dash in 11.8 seconds.

The Golf blue e-motion is expected to go on sale in 2013 following an electric version of the up! city car.

As well as this eco-friendly Golf, the new Passat BlueMotion will also be talking on the challenge. This car is already on sale in the UK and its 1.6-litre diesel engine produces 104bhp. CO2 emissions are just 109g/km and combined fuel economy is 68.9mpg.

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The new Passat BlueMotion is on sale now with impressive eco-figures of 109g/km and a combined fuel economy of 68.9mpg


By Georgia Lewis

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