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13/06/2008 22:50. The Toyota Yaris (pictured) has won the Green Car of the Year award from the Environmental Transport Association (ETA), while Dodge's SRT-10 sports car has been deemed "the least green".

Announcing the winner to coincide with Green Transport Week next week (otherwise it's a strange time to announce a yearly winner, surely there are six months left for greener cars to come out?), the ETA looked at more than 1,300 models of cars on sale in Britain. It scored the vehicles on emissions, fuel efficiency and noise pollution.

There's a pretty large discrepancy between the best and worst. The Yaris' average fuel consumption is 62.8mpg, while the SRT-10 with its eight-litre engine manages 13.4mg and a miniscule 8.2mpg in urban areas. Even without the environmental impact, the current price of... // SmartPlanet.com