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Here an angry 4x4 owner hits back at the BBC for using 4x4 in all the headlines instead of high emissions vehicle, and the BBC response is there is not enough space to put high emissions vehicle, so all bad cars are going to be called 4x4 on the bulletins.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newswatch/ukfs...00/5324718.stm

But we have had a tendency to lump high emission vehicles together under the banner of 4x4s - it's a kind of shorthand. Phil mentioned specifically the on-screen caption used on News 24. Now space is at a premium on these captions and '4x4' is three characters while 'high emission vehicle' just won't fit.

And we pay a license fee for this?