This would be the equivalent of taking up to 350,000 polluting cars off Britain’s roads.
However, many drivers are set to be affected by the changes with some of the UK’s leading manufacturers admitting some models will not be able to run the new fuel.
A report from the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA) detailed which models may be incompatible.
They found the Ford Model 1.8 SCI from 2003 to 2007 was the only model since 1992 which could not use the new fuel.
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Volkswagen has claimed E10 is cleared for use in all models except for a few exceptions.
This included classic variants of their popular Golf and Polo models as well as classic Lupo, Bora and Touran cars.
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The UK government made headlines last year with its plan to ban new petrol and diesel model cars by 2030, but campaigners were disappointed that there would be an exemption for some fossil-fuelled cars. Now documents released under freedom of information laws reveal that the concession came after the trade body for UK car-makers argued that the vehicles are used in a green way by drivers – a claim that independent researchers dispute.
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