Spet0789 wrote:Given your mileage and the fact you rarely enter big cities, there’s no need for you to buy a hybrid. Get a petrol car.
Better still, recognising that making a car often creates as much pollution as it will emit over its driving life, buy a 3-5 year old petrol car!
Have a look at the Honda HRV, the Nissan Juke and the Hyundai Kona. All will tow 1000kg or more.
I hate looking at Nissan Jukes, mainly as their bloody headlights are at head height on 2 of our cars. For some reason, those (and 'minis') seem unusually bad.
I'm not sure the "making the vehicle causes more pollution than using it" - there are opposing views, and lies, damn lies, and statistics about this.
https://www.greencarreports.com/news/10 ... one-really suggests buying new, but the comparisson is skewed and the article not entirely unbiased. Replasing a 30 year old car with a new one will make more difference than new versus 3 years old, then again out 30 your old one does 45 mpg.
It really depends upon how many miles the vehicle does before it is scrapped.
Besides, the new vehicle will still be made, it would need a huge shift in behaviour to reduce the number of new ones made.
Paul