City drivers ‘should think twice’ before buying SUVs – BBC News
By Roger Harrabin
BBC environment analyst
• Three quarters of all SUVs sold in the UK are registered to people living in towns and cities
• The largest SUVs are most popular in three London boroughs – Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Westminster• One in three new private cars bought in these areas is a large SUV. These boroughs also top the league for popularity of most polluting cars by UK sales volume, all of which are SUVs• The most likely large SUV to be owned by a city driver is the Lexus NX300
