JAGUAR'S AWARD FOR BRITAIN'S GREENEST LUXURY CAR

That this House congratulates Jaguar on receiving the award for Britain's greenest luxury car in the Environmental Transport Association's 2008 Car Buyers Guide in respect of the XJ 2.7 Diesel; notes that the model in question, built at the firm's Castle Bromwich plant in Erdington, is capable of achieving 1000.2 miles on a single tank of fuel, the average fuel consumption hitting 53.5mpg; recognises Jaguar Land Rover's commitment to delivering carbon dioxide and fuel consumption reductions to customers through development of industry-leading diesel engines and application of advanced lightweight aluminium vehicle architectures; and calls on the Government to take full account of the environmental advances and the reduced carbon footprint of products of UK-based car makers when making decisions on Ministerial cars.