'Pretty soon the biggest thing you'll be able to find over there will be the Smart Car. And this, from the people who gave us the Aston Martin and Jaguar. Sad -'
Not so, you just have to drive a vehicle with a diesel engine. Pretty much everything in the UK is available as a diesel and they put out far less CO2 than petrol/gasoline engines. Even the biggest Jaguar, the XJ6 comes with a superb twin-turbo diesel which drops it below the top band.
But don't get me wrong - I totally disagree with this green tax nonsense and we will soon get the chance to kick Labour out for good!
We are in violent agreement. I worked in Bristol for 177 days in 2003 and always looked forward to getting a diesel from Thrifty at Heathrow. When they offered a diesel 4x4 Mitsubishi Samurai (we call it a Montero) I jumped at the chance - was king of the road for the following 3 weeks, everybody cleared out of my way. Parking was impossible, though.