
Business Car Manager road test verdict
The Insignia has always been a notch above the Passat and Mondeo in the poshness stakes. And the new Vauxhall Insignia elevates it further.
From under £50 a month in company car tax, you will be driving a spacious, good looking and well specified large company car.
The cleaning up of the interior centre console with better quality plastics on the dashboard helps, as does the general confidence of the cabin space which wraps comfortingly around both driver and front seat passenger.
But the real clincher is the killer combo of lower CO2 emissions and reduced P11D prices: it snaps your wallet shut away from the Chancellor’s greedy tax fingers.
And do you know what?
From under £50 a month in company car tax, you will be driving a spacious, good looking and well specified large company car for your business miles.
You could of course choose a 2.0 Golf GTD (smaller, and costlier on tax); or a BMW 1 Series (same issues as the Golf). But you won’t get the big car low tax experience of the new Vauxhall Insignia.
Downsizing? Who mentioned that to the Vauxhall engineers? With the new Vauxhall Insignia you really don’t have to.
The Low Down…
Doors and body style | 5-door hatchback |
Engine/gearbox | 2 litre 4-cyl turbodiesel/6-speed manual |
CO2 Emissions | 99g/km |
Economy | 76.3mpg |
Power/torque | 140PS/350Nm |
0-62mph/top speed | 10.5secs/127mph |
Insurance group | N/A |
…and what it costs
P11D Value | £23,974 | |
Monthly business rental (ex VAT) | From £318 (3+35 months/30,000 miles) | |
Road tax (VED) | Band A | |
Company Car Tax Bands 2013/14 to 2015/16 | 14%, 15%, 17% | |
Benefit in kind 2013/14 to 2015/16 | £3356, £3596, £4076 | |
Annual/Monthly fuel benefit (20%) | £591, £49 | |
Annual/Monthly fuel benefit (40%) | £1182/£99 | |
Annual/monthly company car tax (20%) | £671/£56 | |
Annual/monthly company car tax (40%) | £1343/£112 | |
Figures correct at time of posting | ||
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