Car Leasing News

Used Car Expert, the leading used car magazine, has undertaken an analysis of the depreciation of small family hatchbacks (1.6-litre petrol or comparable engine) and has discovered some interesting results. They looked at the resale value of three year old values against their new price, with 30,000 miles on the clock.

They found that many new car buyers will have lost up to 50% of their money in this time. Depreciation is never on most people’s minds when they buy a new car and this is why business car leasing is becoming more popular with many small businesses, as the risk around depreciation is with the vehicle leasing company.

• New car prices are an approximate guide price of the price paid for a new car 3 years ago

Fiat vans

Fiat Professional is set to show two new vans, the Doblo Cargo and the Fiorino at the forthcoming Food and Drink Logistics Show 2010, which takes place at the NEC, Birmingham on the 21st to the 24th March.

The Doblo engine line-up of a 1.4-litre 16v 95bhp petrol unit and three MultiJet 16v diesels -1.3 (90bhp), 1.6(105bhp) and 2.0 (135bhp) should appeal to most smaller and food and drink logistics transport companies. Standard equipment across the range includes ABS, height adjustable steering wheel, power steering, electric front windows and central door locking.

The Fiorino line-up consists of a 1.4 73bhp petrol and 1.3 MultiJet turbodiesel and offers safe and economical motoring. Fiat contract hire prices for these vans are available now.

Mobile catering LCV

Jiffy Trucks, the UK’s largest manufacturer of mobile catering vehicles has just launched a new Panino model based on the Citroen Berlingo. The new mobile catering vehicle will be on show at the Food and Drink Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham, between March 21st -24th.

The actual model of Berlingo is the 1000 1.6HDi 90 platform cab and this new range looks likely to be a best seller for Jiffy Trucks. This LCV has a heated oven and chilled food compartment allowing it to meet most needs for any mobile catering company and has a high specification including easy clean finish, stainless steel panelling and internally white finish GRP panelling.

DVLA Plates auction

The forthcoming DVLA Personalised Registrations auction at Old Trafford starts on March the 24th and is set to offer a vast array of  car and van registration plates for sale.

Reserve prices start from £250 and with 1,500 registration plates on offer there is bound to be a plate for your new car (or van).

Some of the plates on offer are as follows;

• 9 0 – £10,000
• 2 000 – £4,000
• F4 LSE – £900
• FER 661E – £900
• OLD 805S - £350
• NEW 805S – £400
• UTD 805S – £900
• VDS 1 – £3,200
• TAX 80Y – £400
• TOW 805S – £400

Jody Davis, DVLA Personalised Registrations’ Event Manager said,”Our Spring auction will be an unforgettable experience for the whole family. I think you can safely say, you don’t have to be a fan of Manchester United or even football for that matter to full appreciate it”.

The county of Surrey has been named as the worst for damaged and blighted roads, with circa 1,998 potholes afflicting Surrey’s 450,000 motorists.

The Kia Motors UK Pothole Survey has highlighted the growing problem of potholes across the UK and the effect this is having on car suspension failure, damaged alloys and split tyres.

The list of Britain’s potholes mapped is as follows;

1. Surrey- 1,998
2. Hampshire – 892
3. Kent -857
4. Hertfordshire – 855
5. Oxfordshire – 796
6. Lancashire - 733
7. Essex – 734
8. West Sussex- 680
9. Buckinghamshire – 678
10. Gloucestershire – 655

SMMT

The SMMT has reported that new car average CO2 emissions fell by their biggest ever margin last year with the impact of the recession and the Scrappage Incentive Scheme.

The average new car sold in the UK in 2009 emitted just 149.5g/km CO2 and was down 5.4% on the 2008 figure and 21.2% better than the 1997 base level.

In addition, 27.6% of the cars registered in 2009 emitted less than 130g/km of CO2 which is the target set in the European CO2 regulation for 2015. The full New Car CO2 Report 2010 is available off the SMMT website.

Fiat eco:Drive Fleet

The highly successful Fiat eco:Drive system has now been launched to the fleet market after more than 34,000 private motorists have enjoyed the benefits, with over 4 million journeys now being logged and analysed on the dedicated website.

The Fiat eco:Drive Fleet system analyses mileage and fuel consumption from your company car driver journeys and then provides suggestions on how to improve efficiencies in the future. The data can be sorted in various ways i.e. by individual driver or batches of drivers.

eco:Drive Fleet is free to download from www.fiat.com/ecodrive and is available on all fleet models including 500, 500C, Punto Evo, Bravo, Qubo and new Doblo. The application can also be used on Fiat Professional commercial vehicles (equipped with Blue&Me) such as Grande Punto Van, Fiorino and Doblo Cargo.

Matra sports cars

Veloce Publishing has released a new book charting the origin and history of the legendary French firm that launched various Matra sports cars between 1966 and 1974 to challenge for the World Sports Car Championship.

Matra sports cars

The book contains a complete history and development of the Matra protoype sports cars for this period and has many rare and unseen photographs of the cars in action, a full list of the races in which these cars competed, plus a brief profile of the works Matra drivers from the same period as well.

The author is Ed McDonough who was born in the USA but lived in the UK and France for many years. He raced saloons, sports cars and single seaters from the late 1950s and has a wealth of other vintage racecar experience. The books costs £15.99 and is available now from Veloce or any good bookshops.

Toyota Prius

The Toyota Prius recorded sales of 538 units in February and this has more than doubled the previous best for the month which was 237. This is further proof that UK motorists have faith in Toyota quality and reliability and in the Hybrid Synergy Drive system.

The Toyota Prius has been ranked highest in customer satisfaction surveys across the world and is shortlisted for the World Car of the Year 2010. More than 1.6 million cars have been sold since the first generation was launched in 1997 and Toyota car leasing prices are available now.

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The Jaguar XF is a stunning executive car and the Jaguar XF 3.0d V6 Luxury 4-door diesel automatic is available on Jaguar car leasing from only £462.01+VAT per month. This superb luxury car returns 42mpg on the combined fuel cycle and emits 179g/km of CO emissions.

Jaguar car leasing terms are based on the following;

- Non-maintained business car leasing over a three year contract at 10,000 miles per year – total 30,000 miles.

- Only three month rentals in advance followed by 35 subsequent rentals.

-  This totals 38 equal payments

- “With maintenance”, metallic paint and all other accessory options can be added to your vehicle at an extra cost to the rental shown above.

-  Please note the image we have shown may not represent the exact model.

-  Pricing is subject to change at any time and must be verified directly with each vehicle leasing supplier