Leading carmakers from around the globe are gearing up to exhibit at the world's first-ever green' car show at the Eden Project* in Cornwall.

The Eden Project, home to the biggest greenhouses on earth, will be bedded in' with impressive eco-friendly machines for The Sexy Green Car Show from March 30 to April 15.

The eco-car show, sponsored by Co-operative Insurance, is attracting the giants from the motoring-world eager to showcase the very latest in green' driving, alongside innovators in car design, transport leaders and fuel manufacturers.

Following EU legislation instructing carmakers to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 18 per cent by 2012, Co-operative Insurance and the Eden Project believe that there has never been a better time for the world's first low-carbon motor show or a better arena.

Eden's Marketing Director David Meneer said: "We are delighted that so many major players in the motoring world are now committed to what promises to be a world first - a show entirely devoted to green' motoring.

"Traditionally, environmental organisations have not had much to say about cars, except to try to persuade people not to use them, and more recently not to buy 4X4s. However, The Sexy Green Car Show aims to give motorists who want to go green' a better understanding of Government schemes such as the new fridge-type efficiency labels on cars, tax bands on emissions and variable congestion charges."