Part of the Greenpeace Motor Show blog
So, to round up the SUV rant, what's the overall picture here? Well it's more Bosch than Constable, I'm afraid.
Despite a few little green shoots coming up through the tarmac, the dominant impression is that 4x4s are set to continue grabbing market share for a bit longer. The reason why I think this, in flagrant contradiction to the motor show guide, is that just about every manufacturer is now producing them.
After winning a BAFTA in February for her performance in "Crash", Thandie Newton has now set her sights even higher: on doing her bit to save the planet.
Last year, the actor found a Greenpeace leaflet stuck to the windscreen of her family's SUV. A short while later, she traded in her gas guzzling 4x4 for a fuel efficient Toyota Prius, which switches between petrol and electric to get nearly three times more miles to the gallon than her old BMW X5.
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