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The Top 10 Most Toxic Cars
A report released yesterday by a Michigan-based non-profit environmentalist group, the Ecology Center, ranked the interior air quality of about 450 2008-09 model vehicles. The investigation is part of a two-year old (fledgling) endeavor initiated by the Ecology Center known as the Clean Car Campaign.
The CCC’s primary objective is to raise consumer and manufacturer awareness concerning, beginning with their official findings. Accordingly, the Ecology Center’s report ranks vehicles based on the potential threat they pose to human and environmental health. Ranked on a scale from 0 to 5 (0 being little-to-no threat), a vehicle’s score is tabulated by measuring the amount of toxic chemicals present in its interior. According to the report, the ten most toxic cars in descending order are [with score appearing beside vehicle model]:
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spider GT [4.7]
Suzuki Reno [4.2]
BMW 128i [3.9]
VW Beetle [3.9]
Lincoln Mark LT 4×4 [3.5]
Suzuki Forenza [3.5]
Mazda 6 Sport Value Edition [3.4]
Lincoln Navigator [3.3]
Kia Rondo LX [3.3]
Audi TT Coupe 2.0 [3.3]
When asked by Automotive News about the significance of these findings, Jeff Gearheart, who is spearheading the Clean Car Campaign, said, “Companies are starting to take this seriously.”
I beg your pardon, starting? Shouldn’t interior air quality already have been important? I mean, I know the fuel crisis is what’s on the front burner right now, but I don’t want a car that gets 40 mpg if the flame-retardant material used to upholster the seats is going to give me Black Lung.
[Full article & additional report results available at Automotive News]
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This was interesting to read, I would never have guessed that these cars would be so toxic, but now that these have been mentioned they I am sure are rectifying this so that they are more Eco Friendly.
Words by Susan @ Thrifty Cars on July 9, 2009 at 4:38 am | #
Wow those are some facts you would think that now a days they would produce cars that don’t damage the air, and these cars are not that old and they cause so much damage, this manufacturers are going to have to do some major changes and these cars up to date and causing less damage to the environment.
Words by Sue @ Used Cars on July 10, 2009 at 1:55 am | #
That isn’t a Rondo, thats a Rio…
Words by SNAK3 on December 22, 2009 at 10:16 pm | #