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The consultation period on the proposed congestion charge alteration has now opened. This is receiving a lot of press at the moment and rightly or wrongly there are a lot of people who are up in arms about it all..
If you don't know what I am talking about have a look at the TFL website. I'm not going to be talking about the scheme itself but one of the side affects of it which is the sudden rush of manufacturers who are or are just about to produce cars which emit 120g/km or less.
I noticed that there is also some confusion about the actual figure that is needed to be able to qualify for free London driving but according to the website it is 120 or less that qualify so that's the magic figure that most of the manufacturers are trying to hit.
A lot of manufacturers are now desperately tweaking existing and new vehicles so they can hit or get under the 120 target. It does make me think through that with all of these vehicles qualifying for free congestion zone travel (£10 per annum to register) 120 might well soon seen to be too easy and the bar could be lowered to 100 or even less.
You can use BusinessCar's handy tool to check out what is available in the sub 120 category.
I applaud the manufacturers in making these environmentally friendly moves but having spoken to a very experienced colleague this week he made an interesting point that I hadn't yet considered.
Are these vehicles going to be drivable due to the severe engine tweaking that has to be done to hit the 120 figure or are we all going to be running round in third gear all the time just so to there is some acceleration?
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