Green VWs at Olympics, Honda FXC Clarity Arriving in CA
Controversies notwithstanding, the Olympics are gearing up and they’re doing so with a green presence courtesy of Volkswagen. The Beijing Olympics will make use of a fleet of 5,000 green cars made by official sponsor VW. They’re using the following models:
- Magotan 2.0 TDI
- Magotan BlueMotion
- Sagitar 2.0 TDI
- Touran EcoFuel
- Tiguan 2.0 TDI
Essentially the Magotan is a version of the Passat while the Sagitar is really a Jetta. The vehicles will be painted with symbols representing mobility, wind, and street in combination.
While I want to see the games come off without a hitch, the irony of one of the most polluted countries in the world using a fleet of eco friendly vehicles . . . well, drop of water in the ocean, you know?
A little closer to home, AutoBlogGreen has a report on Jamie Lee Curtis taking delivery of her Honda FCX Clarity complete with pix. (Personally I’m loving that dark maroon paint job.) According to the article, Curtis and her husband Christopher Guest are only the second Southern California couple to get their hands on the cutting edge hydrogen-powered sedans. The vehicles are lease jobs and you can’t get them anywhere but California and Japan, but hey, it’s a start, right?