Citroen DS5 named Eco Car of the Year

thegreencarwebsite.co.uk 15 Oct '12, 8am

Citroen DS5 named Eco Car of the Year

Citroen’s first hybrid model, the DS5 HYbrid4 has been named ‘Best Eco Car’ at the Scottish Car of the Year awards 2012. With emissions as low as 99g/km CO2 and fuel economy as strong as 74.3mpg, the DS5 HYbrid4 is the first car in the Citroen range to make use of the diesel hybrid technology developed by the PSA Peugeot Citroen group and first used in the Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4. The new executive model, the third in Citroen’s upmarket DS5 line-up, doesn’t sacrifice performance to achieve this impressive eco-standard either, with 200hp and a 0-62 time as fast as 8.3 seconds. John Murdoch, President of the Association of Scottish Motoring Writers, which dish out the annual awards, said: “Making the most of every drop of fuel is the perpetual quandary of car makers. Whilst some try to go further by skimping on equipment or driving pleasure Citroën DS5 offers all this and much ...

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