Land Rover has announced plans to cut its average carbon dioxide emissions emitted by each of its vehicles by 20 per cent over the next few years.
It is has been reported that green driving and eco-friendly European lawmakers have appeared to have influenced the SUV giant, which hopes to see new emissions levels achieved by 2012 .
The brand’s managing director Phil Popham disclosed that around £700m was being invested by the carmaker into CO2 improvements as part of its five-year business plan for both Land Rover and sister company Jaguar .
Although the EU have proposed figures to carmakers in an effort to see CO2 emissions reduced to 130 grams per km, Popham insists this figure is an unrealistic target overall.
"We can meet the intent of the legislation in terms of percentage improvement but there’s no way we’re going to get the fleet average down to 130 g/km," he said.
He stressed that both Land Rover and Jaguar will struggle to meet the EU limits as neither has any small sized cars in its product portfolio .
