Gen 2 On The Road Test
Top speed: 118 mph 0-62 mph 12.6 seconds CO2 172 g/km Tax band E
PROTON's new Ecologic version of its Gen2 is a bit of a surprise. And not just because it's a dual fuel car that runs on either petrol or LPG, according to the flick of a switch in the cabin.
The lines of the GEN2 are smart enough and if you can ignore the dowdy and dated interior in what is, after all, a budget car it's good to drive too, thanks to input from Lotus.
It rides and handles smartly and is easy to drive for all those chores, such as the school run or shopping.
According to Proton you can save around [pounds]500 a year on your motoring bills by opting for the Ecologic, which includes a no- extra-cost factory conversion to liquefied petroleum gas, which costs around 52 pence a litre.
As a driver you probably won't notice that there's slightly less oomph from the 1.6-litre engine when running on LPG, although with a LPG tank you lose around three inches of boot space.
Other good news is that because of its LPG credentials this Proton drops down a VED tax band because, although there's less energy in a litre of LPG compared to petrol, it also produces less CO2.
If you want to clean up your act in the New Year, the Proton is worth considering but work out where your nearest LPG fuel station is first, by logging onto wwwproton.co.uk.
Around 15 per cent of all filling stations cater for LPG.
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