Tories Buy Flying Spur...
...And are promptly branded as hypocrites
Tory leader, David Cameron should have a big job removing all the egg on his sizeable
cheeks after MPs in Tory led Kensington and Chelsea constituency have bought a Bentley Flying Spur.The councillors have been branded hypocrites by residents who were told to give up their ‘Chelsea Tractors’ and threatened that 4X4s would be charged more to park in the area.
The car does 10mpg and emits 423g/km of Carbon Dioxide, nearly four times that of ecomentalist car of choice, the Toyota Prius.
Tony Bosworth, from Friends of the Earth whined: “This car is one of the biggest contributors to climate change of any of the cars on sale in the UK today. A more fuel efficient car would not only be much less pollution but would also save tax payers a fair bit in petrol bills.”
Still, the sub 5 second 0-60 time and 202mph top speed should help them escape the criticism…
Source: News of the World
Most African leaders have better transport than the PM of Britain!!
As for the 4x4 and environmental impact-no comment....but maybe they should try lpg on it....
> Tony Bosworth, from Friends of the Earth whined: “This car is one of the biggest contributors to climate change of any of the cars on sale in the UK today"
"whined" - AWESOME!
For me the maths don't add up in his statement I suppose by even answering this post we are giving the greens some credibility rather than machine gunning them off the planet and saving it from their carbon trail! However, being serious for a moment, I can't understand how Tony Bosworth's statement can possibly be true given the exremely small number of these cars sold! If it was a BMW 3 series or VW golf punting out these emmisions then I may try just a little bit harder to understand his point.
Im no expert but surely the whining Friends of the Earth muppet should know that there are far more harmful cars on the road than the new Spur, most un-loved big cars from the 70s 80s and 90s pumping out all sorts of crap. If the tories rode in on a methane pumping cow would the friends of the earth complain?
Most African leaders have better transport than the PM of Britain!!
As for the 4x4 and environmental impact-no comment....but maybe they should try lpg on it....
But related to this item, we've often got a bunch of Bentleys/various big cars (300cs?) with official badges on them by the offices here (by tower bridge); I think they're invariably the mayors motorcade (judging by the badges). Good old Ken and his pimped out black Bentley.
Gassing Station | Motoring News | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff