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Vauxhall Insignia: load it up!

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Vauxhall Insignia - hatchback configuration allows plenty of practicality - while still looking smart for business

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30 July 2014

 

Boot of Vauxhall Insignia filled with luggage cases
Fill it up! The Insignia’s boot takes holiday luggage cases with ease

Whether it’s the weekly supermarket shop – or in this case, our luggage for a holiday – the Insignia’s boot just swallows it up.

And, of course, should you wish to carry more, the seats can be split folded to further improve carrying ability.

Back to Vauxhall fleet service. When I first started driving the Insignia, it started to have an inconsistent zizz. This was located above the passenger seat; and above my head close to the B pillar.

Sometimes you would hear nothing; then suddenly it would come on – and as quickly disappear.

Facts, figures, likes and dislikes

  • P11D – £24,169
  • Company car tax – £60 per month for a basic rate tax payer
  • Official mpg – 76.3mpg
  • Our average mpg – 53.3mpg over 5620 miles
  • Our best mpg – 65.2mpg on a 120 mile trip
  • We like – long distance travelling experience, luxury specification, outstanding economy, low company car tax exposure, sat nav graphics, carrying capacity
  • We don’t like – engine noisy under acceleration, sat nav doesn’t always recognise your destination by full address, muting needed on first ring of the phone

Vauxhall fleet offered to book the car in to investigate.

But having booked the car in for a few months hence the Insignia has been absolutely quiet. No zizz, no nothing.

I’ve decided the Insignia has the ability to heal itself – and cancelled the appointment.

Apart from that, the Vauxhall Insignia has been a brilliant long distance companion: comfortable seats; a long sixth gear for excellent fuel economy; DAB digital radio for a choice of stations; a reliable sat nav with good graphics; and a generally relaxing demeanor.

It all adds up to stress-free business motoring underpinned by really keen running costs.

No wonder it was voted the SME Company Car of the Year.

Read more on the award-winning Vauxhall Insignia

Click here: The SME Company Car of the Year is the Vauxhall Insignia

 

 

 

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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