Toyota Prius isn't British enough for Lord Jones
Filed under: Diesel, Green Culture, Hybrid, Jaguar, Toyota, Legislation and Policy, Green Daily, UK
We can understand why Lord Jones, Britain's trade minister, would want to be driven around in his Jaguar as opposed to a Toyota Prius. First of all, while we really do like the Prius, a luxury car it is not. Secondly, and more importantly (or so he claims) is that he should be seen in a British car. An argument could surely be made that at least one British automaker should offer at least one environmentally friendly car for Jones to choose, but where is this car? At least the Jag that he's likely to use is powered by a small 2.0 liter diesel engine. Still, all MP's in Britain are supposed to be driving hybrids and an exemption for Lord Jones because the Prius isn't British enough sounds pretty lame to us. CO2 doesn't care about borders.[Source: What Car]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-21-2008 @ 10:07AM
Jimbo said...
He should drive a Tesla. Sure, it's an American company, but most of the chassis and body panels are fabricated by Lotus in England.
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3-21-2008 @ 11:23AM
why not the LS2LS7? said...
A Jag is no more British than a Honda now. They're British built, but Indian owned.
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3-21-2008 @ 11:51AM
Chad said...
Perhaps he should drive a Mini Cooper Diesel.
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3-21-2008 @ 4:40PM
Wildgoosechase73 said...
Why not a Tahoe hybrid, at least we speak English in America, that's close enough....
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3-21-2008 @ 6:16PM
Nick said...
What do you mean, "all MP's in Britain are supposed to be driving hybrids"?
First I've heard of it. Here in Britain we're not interested in hybrids, and consider them inefficient compared to a good diesel. Now when some manufacturer comes up with a diesel hybrid (VW), that'll be something.
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3-21-2008 @ 7:08PM
brn said...
He rides around in a car that has a 2.0L diesel that's built by a "British" company and that's not good enough for you? Apparently, there's no satisfying Jeremy. At least the Jag doesn't have all those batteries to pollute the environment with.
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3-31-2008 @ 9:49PM
GARY ILCYN said...
Tata bought Jaguar...the Jaguar is still "British" it's simply in deep financial trouble just like Ford so they sold it cheap to a Indian car company..I own a Jaguar Parts business http://www.Jagbits.com and hopefully Tata will rebuild Jaguar.
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