Every Colour Under The (dying) Sun

[Doofus]

Given that everything eco-related is supposed to be green, why do motor manufacturers give their eco (low powered, small engined) cars blue names?

blueefficiency, Blue motion, Blue drive...

Why blue?

[ewenm]

Hedging their bets.

[thinfourth2]

I think it was a gentlemens agreement not to use green

And lets face it no car is enviromentally friendly just some as less enviromentally unfriendly then others

[kiethton]

Skoda Greenline?

[Pints]

thinfourth2 said:

I think it was a gentlemens agreement not to use green

And lets face it no car is enviromentally friendly just some as less enviromentally unfriendly then others

I think this is it in a nutshell.

[Paraicj]

Saving the "green efficiency/motion" etc for their future hybrids.

[Jacobyte]

Doofus said:

... Blue motion...

Why blue?

Because "Brown motion" wouldn't have quite the same ring to it?

[RobCrezz]

Blue is better than Green.

[Toaster Pilot]

Future models will use adblue, just working it in slowly. Already do in some countries.

[Toltec]

Could be something to do with Blue Angel being a German eco organisation that rates products. Blue is certainly a term that has been applied to heating boilers for some time.


At a guess a reference to the blue of an unpolluted sky rather than the green of growing plants.

[LuS1fer]

Blue porno material, blue steaks (half-baked) and boom, boom, boom, boom, Esso Blue.

Or none of the above.

[Doofus]

Toltec said:

At a guess a reference to the blue of an unpolluted sky rather than the green of growing plants.

Makes sense..

[v8250]

Jacobyte said:

Because "Brown motion" wouldn't have quite the same ring to it?

but it might make then "GO" a bit better...!

[GC8]

Toaster Pilot said:

Future models will use adblue, just working it in slowly. Already do in some countries.

Which Euro standard (Euro VI, Euro VII etc)is going to bring this in?

[Toaster Pilot]

GC8 said:

Which Euro standard (Euro VI, Euro VII etc)is going to bring this in?

No idea but passenger cars with adblue diesel engines are definitely already in use in some countries so can't help but assume the EU will make that compulsory just like all these other stupid standards

[r1ch]

It's related to the fact that driving an environmentally friendly car makes you feel depressed/blue.

[McSam]

Jacobyte said:

Because "Brown motion" wouldn't have quite the same ring to it?

Oh, but it would