CLASSIC car emissions are falling year-on-year as more modern, fuel-efficient vehicles achieve classic status.

While the number of classics on UK roads has more than doubled in the last ten years, emissions from the sector as a whole have only increased by 34% since 2013, according to automotive communications agency loop.

Head of Editorial, Alex Kefford said: “Ten years ago, there were roughly 18,000 cars on our roads that were exactly 30 years old. Today there are nearly 70,000.

“This influx of young-timers is having a positive impact on the classic sector’s overall emissions, as they bring greater fuel efficiency and tighter emissions controls with them, helping to offset what would otherwise have been a doubling in the environmental footprint of our motoring heritage.”