Citroen’s C1 – the UK’s lowest fuel cost

As the impending budget focuses attention on fuel costs, figures from the latest New Car Fuel Consumption & Emission Figures, produced by the Department for Transport’s Agency, VCA, reveal that the Citroen C1 Diesel will consume just £736 of fuel to cover 12,000 miles - less than half the cost of many large family cars – and the lowest of any conventionally powered car listed and available today.

The C1 Diesel, with CO2 emissions of just 109 g/km also falls into one of the current two lowest bands for Vehicle Excise Duty – today costing just £35/year – meaning that a C1 owner could tax their vehicle for eight years for less than the owner of the most polluting car would have to pay for just one year.

In addition, for those living in London, the car is set to be congestion charge free later this year – offering owners a potential further saving of over £1,500/year.

And a family driver , needing 5 seats and a large hatchback capacity , can still cover 12,000 miles for just a fraction over £800 of fuel in another £35/year Road Fund Licence and Congestion Charge exempt car - the Citroen C4 1.6HDi which, thanks to its Automatic Electronic Gearbox System produces less than 120 g/km of CO2.