SMALL fleet leasing specialist Fleet Alliance has seen a continuing drop in the CO2 emissions of the cars it has provided across its fleet despite an increase in sales over the last year.
The lowest carbon-emitting car on the Fleet Alliance fleet is the Toyota Auris Hybrid with average CO2 emissions of 91g/km, giving it a company car tax banding of just 10%
The Fleet Alliance CO2 average for its fleet currently sits at 123g/km per vehicle, which is significantly lower than the average for all new cars, which stands at 133g/km.
However, a low company car tax banding isn’t necessarily the way to every company car driver’s heart. It terms of popularity the Toyota Auris Hybrid was only the 32nd most popular in terms of number ordered.
The Audi A3, whiuch comes in at number 10 on the ‘green’ low CO2 emission chart was also the most popular – click here to find out the Fleet Alliance Top 10 best sellers.
The Fleet Alliance top 10 lowest CO2 emission models are:
|
Model |
Ranking 2013 |
Ave CO2 |
Popularity |
|
Toyota Auris |
1 |
91 |
32 |
|
Citroen DS3 |
2 |
97 |
33 |
|
Ford Fiesta |
3 |
100 |
39 |
|
Skoda Fabia |
4 |
100 |
35 |
|
Seat Leon |
5 |
100 |
19 |
|
Volvo V40 |
6 |
100 |
21 |
|
VW Golf |
7 |
103 |
6 |
|
Kia Ceed |
8 |
104 |
7 |
|
Ford Focus |
9 |
105 |
10 |
|
Audi A3 |
10 |
107 |
1 |
Fleet Alliance says it regularly advises its SME clients on the importance of encouraging take-up of low-carbon cars to cut tax bills and reduce fuel costs.
