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THE ENVIRONMENTAL impact of today’s classics is investigated in a new report, which provides carefully calculated data of the average carbon footprint for a car over 30 years old
A new report investigating the carbon footprint of all classic cars registered in the UK has revealed that their total annual CO2emissions represent just 0.22 per cent of those from the entire UK transport sector.
The report, Quantifying Classic Car Emissions 2022, was collated by automotive PR agency Loop, and included all cars over 30 years of age – the same definition of classics as used by FIVA, the international federation for historic vehicles. There are currently 874,083 such cars registered in the UK, 461,515 of which are declared SORN.
According to Loop, an average classic car’s annual emissions are comparable to a single round-trip flight from London to New York, a typical three-day Christmas for one person, or the equivalent of drinking three lattes a day.
Drawing on years of data from official sources, including the DVLA and Department for Transport, the detailed report also offers insights on the make-up of the country’s classic car sector, how fuel efficiency and car use have changed over time, and the part that global events have played in shaping the motoring landscape.
Alex Kefford, Loop’s technical writer and author of the report, comments: “Assigning
