Contract hire and leasing, traditionally seen as a cost-effective way of acquiring a brand new vehicle, has just begun to take off as an effective and mutually beneficial way of customers acquiring the vehicle of their choice, but for less per month than they would imagine! A few car leasing brokers such as Freedom vehicle contracts now have dedicated pre-owned sections on their websites, promoting great value deals on used vehicles in stock and ready to go! Equally, main dealers are read more
Economic constraints on suppliers now impacting on effective fleet management
and the contract hire and car leasing market
Fleet operators should now be reviewing their overall funding strategies as a matter of urgency, says Fleet Audits, the leading consultancy for business travel optimisation.
“There are now several critical factors which make a full review a high priority” said Stewart Whyte, managing director of the consultancy. “There is clear evidence that several contract hire read more
More and more contract hire and leasing customers are lookintg for fuel effcient vehicles, Hyundai Motor America announced today the launch of Blue Drive an environmental initiative which will bring to market a family of eco-friendly Blue Drive products and establish Hyundai as an environmental leader. With Blue Drive products and technologies, Hyundai will be able to achieve a fleet average of 35 miles per gallon by 2015, five years ahead of government requirements. During a news conference read more
The Driver and Vehicle licensing Agency (DVLA) has won The bigmouthmedia Marketing Strategy of the Year Award category of The National Business Awards. The winner was announced at a ceremony hosted by Andrew Marr at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel.
DVLA, one of only two public sector organisations in the final ten for this category, won because of its work in promoting its Electronic Vehicle Licensing (EVL) service, an online facility that allows motorists to renew their vehicle licence read more
The NEW Audi A6 has always been popular with the fleet market with it’s up market image and high residual values. Audi has opted to make small changes on the design of its new generation of Audi A6 and focused most of its efforts on developing range of new engines with improved economy and lower CO2 emissions. Major changes on exterior design are the addition of LED daytime-running lights, as used on the Audi A8, the front bumper has been restyled, LED tail lamps and a gentle lip on read more
Always a popular choice with contract hire & leasing customers, the new Audi S4 will be powered by a 3-litre engine V6 with direct fuel injection and supercharger , delivering a total of 333hp and accelerates from 0-62mph in 5.1s and fuel consumption is 9.7litres/km. Audi chose to supercharge the new power plant to ensure better response than using turbochargers.
The new V6 is both cleaner and more efficient than the old V8, returning 29.1mpg on the European combined cycle (compared to read more
Contract hire deals are now being made available on the VW Passat 2.0 Tdi s Saloon from just £174 per month! This follows a new trend of main dealers up and down the country offering tempting contract hire deals on used cars in order to move existing stock.
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The Chrysler 300c Diesel is being offered at groundbreaking rentals by dealers and brokers up and down the country. Twelve and eighteen month deals are being publicised at just £250 per month for used vehicles with Lux pack (Sat nav, Leather, upgrade trim and audio). Most vehicles are ex-fleet or management cars in good condition with full service history etc.
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Peugeot makes the 407 in three distinct versions: saloon, SW (estate) and this rather luxurious-looking Coupé. To a squinting, untrained eye it could just be a big BMW coupe or even an Aston Martin, but even though it’s neither, this comfy tourer has other cards up it sleeve.
Peugeot 407 Coupe 2.7 V6 HDI full road test report
Peugeot 407 Coupe car leasing special offers
Peugeot 407 Coupe new and nearly new cars
In theory, the 407 Coupe should hold its value well. However, in read more
The votes have been counted and after a hard fought battle the impressive Vauxhall/Opel Insignia has pipped the Ford Fiesta to the prestigious title. The winning margin? A tiny single point.
The all-new family focused Insignia polled an impressive 321 votes from the 59 motoring journalists from 23 countries in Europe; scooping top marks from 20 of the journalists. While the excellent new Fiesta can consider itself very unlucky with 19 journalists giving it top marks, and scoring a total of read more
