Been shopping for a new car and was rather surprised to find that in some cases the government is discouraging you from buying greener cars.

We’ve been looking at a Kia Sportage PHEV and we have our hearts set on one with all the gadgets and gizmos. This takes us up into the £35k bracket for a second hand car. The HEV is about £4k cheaper, but produces a lot more CO2 - so already you’re paying to go greener, but that’s the price of tech.