Peugeot Bipper

The Peugeot Bipper has just been crowned “City Van of the Year” at the 2011 Fleet Van Awards. The Peugeot Bipper is a popular choice for businesses and companies up and down the country and Trevor Gelken, editor of Fleet Van, said,”This was a closely-fought contest, but the Bipper was the overall winner, assisted by the prominence of Peugeot’s renewed focus on fleet support and after sales”.

The Peugeot Bipper van has compact proportions, coupled to a range of frugal diesel engines and transmissions with manual, EGC and Stop & Start systems available It has a payload of up to 660kg and a load volume of 2.5 cubic metres and is renowed for its durability and quality.

Phil Robson, Peugeot Fleet Director, said,”The Bipper is a terrific commercial van and throughly deserves to be the “Fleet City Van of the Year 2011. Winning this prestigious award is yet another demonstration of the importance we place in product excellence and good customer support and after sales service”.  The full Peugeot commercial range is available now on contract hire including the Bipper, Boxer , 207 car-derived van, Partner and Expert.

Peugeot Bipper

Following the recent announcement by the European Parliament of new CO2 targets for light commercial vehicles, Peugeot has welcomed the news as its fleet of efficient HDi-powered vans, already meets the initial target set for 2014 (70% of van manufacturers emitting less than 175g/km) . Their smaller vans also meet the long-term targets set for 2020 (147g/km of CO2).

Here is a quick summary of the Peugeot low CO2 van range

• The Peugeot 207 car-derived van has an emissions figure of just 110g/km of CO2 from its HDi 70 FAP engine and 115g/km from the HDi 92 diesel engine.
• The Peugeot Bipper has a new 1.3-litre HDi 75 diesel engine with Stop and Start technology, which emits 109g/km of CO2 and has a combined mpg of 68.2 (with an EGC gearbox).
• Peugeot Partner with its HDi 90 FAP diesel engine has a CO2 emissions of 140g/km of CO2.
• Peugeot is phasing in Euro 5 FAP engines right across the range bringing even the Expert and Boxer vans right up to date with the new targets.

If you want to search for vans with low CO2 emissions, try the Leasing by Vehicle Type shopper, choose vans, all manufacturers and then set your CO2 range and then click business contract hire leasing. This will display all your options and you can also set your monthly rental budget as well.

Fiat 500

Fiat Group Automobiles has continued its tradition of supporting sporting partners by announcing their newest partnership with the All England Netball Association. They have already tied themselves in with British Cycling and Aston Villa FC and this new deal sees Fiat becoming the title sponsor for the Fiat Netball Superleague, which is the highest-level league in the UK. In addition Fiat is now the title sponsor of the Fiat International Netball Series which starts on the 15th January.

Paolo Lo Monaco, finance and business development director for Fiat Group Automobiles UK and Ireland, said,”Netball is a female-dominant sport which crosses a wide variety of age groups, so we think much of the Fiat range will fit perfectly with the sport’s fans, such as the Fiat 500 and Panda. And the larger Fiat Qubo and Doblo models are excellent choices for carrying teams of netball players to matches”.

Peugeot vans

Monteray Ltd has taken delivery of 135 brand new Peugeot vans on a four-year deal on Peugeot maintenance contract hire. Monteray Ltd is a national venture company set up to provide facilities management to BT’s 8,500 buildings across the UK.

The new batch of 135 vans include Partner, Expert and Boxer models and are part of a total fleet of 700 vehicles. Rob Gaskill, Monteray’s Fleet Manager, said,”Peugeot was selected because they have a very modern range of vehicles of all sizes, from car-derived vans to 3.5 tonners”.

Peugeot's range of Emergency Vehicles

Peugeot has been added to the Police Framework agreement for the provision of new emergency vehicles and equipment. In particular, the Peugeot 308 achieved top place as the vehicle of choice in the “beat car” category. The contract will allow all Police, Fire and Ambulance Authorities to purchase Peugeot’s wide range of passenger cars and commercial vehicles.

Peugeot in police livery

Peugeot’s Specialist Vehicles Operation (PSVO) is a “one-stop-shop” preparation centre for emergency vehicles and is based at the company’s headquarters in Coventry. It is staffed by dedicated Peugeot trained technicians who work on all the vehicles and have vast experience in creating bespoke vehicles for the emergency services.

The Peugeot range of vehicles has a wide range of applications and a sample of some are below.

• Beat Car- Peugeot 308
• Cell vehicle – Peugeot Expert van
• Police dog vehicle – Peugeot Expert (for 2-4 dogs), Peugeot Partner van and Peugeot 308 SW (for 2 dogs)
• PSU (Public Sector Unit) - Peugeot Boxer van
• Mobile Police and Fire stations – Peugeot Boxer van
• Covert vehicles – 207 hatchback, 3008 crossover, 5008 compact MPV 7-seater, 4007 SUV 4×4

From 2011 onwards…..

• All-electric – Peugeot iON
• Hybrid- Peugeot 3008 HYbrid4 (combines four -wheel drive, zero emissions, diesel efficiency and 74mpg)
• Large patrol car- new Peugeot 508

Peugeot’s Fleet Director, Phil Robson, said,”Peugeot offers the Emergency Services high quality products that are provided “fit for purpose” to the required specification and also offer “best value” to the fleet manager”. Peugeot contract hire leasing on the whole range of cars and vans is available off the site now.

Lord Sebastian Coe, chairman of the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games(LOCOG) has announced that BMW will become the Automotive Partner of the 2012 London Games.

BMW will provide around 4,000 vehicles which will be used to transport athletes, officials, media, LOCOG team members and other sports federation and marketing partners. As LOCOG has set challenging targets for CO2 emissions, BMW will also be providing a fleet of vehicles that meet European 6 emissions standard and also beat the average of 120 g/km CO2 target set by LOCOG.  BMW also intends to showcase electric vehicles as well.

Greener Tepee

The new Peugeot Partner Tepee class leading MPV has now got “Greener” with a new Euro 5 petrol engine offering a 12.5% reduction in fuel consumption and a 15% reduction on CO2 emissions.

The Partner Tepee S model will now be powered by a 1.6-litre 120bhp VTi Euro 5 petrol engine, previously seen in the 207 and 308 model range. Using their class leading Variable Valve Lift and Timing injection (VTi) technology plus an inlet valve lift system, Peugeot is also using these two innovations to improve the engine’s thermodynamic efficiency and further reduce fuel consumption and CO2.

Carillion chooses Peugeot

Carillion Property Services has reduced its CO2 emissions by seven per cent and taken thousand of pounds of its fuel bills in just six weeks. They have achieved this by adding 200 diesel-engined Peugeot light commercial vans to their fleet.

The vans including Peugeot Bipper, Partner, Expert and the larger Boxer model, have been supplied on a four year with-maintenance contract hire arrangement by Carillion Fleet Management. All the vans are fitted with speed limiters and tracking systems which are helping drive down their fuel bills by up to seven per cent through smarter driving techniques. In their Scotland operation alone Carillion Property Services is estimating they will save £24,000 in the next 12 months.

Mark Smith of Carillion Property Services said “We were keen to have all our vehicles from one manufacturer and there was no other company that could match the sheer variety of sizes, together with the impressive service that Peugeot delivers”.

Martin Hayes, Fleet Sales Manager at Peugeot Commercial Vehicles UK, said: “Light Commercial Vans have changed dramatically in recent years and the traditional “one size fits all” approach no longer offers the flexibility our customers are looking for. That’s why Peugeot has designed and engineered a comprehensive range of vans in a selection of sizes in order to appeal to as many potential customers as possible”.

The vans will be used by Carillion engineers carrying out building maintenance work across the UK with the smaller vans being deployed in urban and city environments. Peugeot van leasing on the whole range and all other van manufacturers can be easily compared via our £ Shopper quote engine to see if Peugeot vans are right for you.