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One of our car leasing partners has just loaded a great contract hire offer on the Honda CR-V 2.0 i-VTEC SE+ 5-door SUV from only £255.41+VAT on a two year deal. This Honda contract hire offer is based on non-maintained business contract hire, 10,000 miles per annum, 6 months initial rental followed by 23 rentals (over a 24 month contract).

Other terms are available from our car finance partner and if you want any further details on this great 4×4, just fill out a Contact Form today. The image shown is for illustration purposes and may not represent the actual model.

City Emergency Braking on the up!

The Volkswagen up! is not even on UK roads yet, but it has just been awarded the title of What Car? Car of the Year 2012, as well as Best City Car, at the What Car? Awards.

Volkswagen had a successful night at the motor industry’s annual ‘Oscars’, which was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The Golf was voted the top Small Family Car category for the sixth time overall and fourth consecutive year, and Volkswagen also won the coveted Safety Award.

Commenting on the awards, What Car? editor-in-chief Chas Hallett said: ‘The Volkswagen up! sets new standards for a car at £10,000.  It’s a city car that can seat four adults, while offering new levels of refinement, quality and maturity at this price; none of its rivals feels quite so grown-up.  Buyers will be looking for even more for their money than ever in 2012, so the up! is a worthy winner of the What Car? Car of the Year.’

Meanwhile the Safety Award was in large part the result of the availability of Volkswagen’s new City Emergency Braking system on the up!.  The What Car? judges were impressed by this particular example of ‘big car’ technology filtering down to a smaller model and the system uses sensors to scan the space ahead. It then applies the brakes automatically if it detects that the car is about to hit an object in front. 

Director of Volkswagen UK, Chris Craft, said: ‘We are absolutely delighted with the awards we have received from What Car? this year.  The magazine continues to be one of the most thorough and important sources of new car buying information for UK customers and winning the overall Car of the Year accolade gives our new city car, the up!, the best introduction to the UK market that we could have hoped for”.

First models should arrive in UK showrooms in March and Volkswagen contract hire on the up! range is on the site now.

The full list of category winners at the What Car? Awards 2012 is below.

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There is a two year contract hire deal on the site for personal customers, that looks appealing if you are looking for a brand new SUV. The Kia Sportage 1.6 GDi 1 5-door petrol manual is on the site from £269.19 including VAT on a two year contract hire offer, with full maintenance cover, 10,000 miles per annum, 6 rentals in advance.

The Kia Sportage is a great looking car and this model returns 44.1 combined mpg and emits 149g/km of CO2. Metallic paint colours will be an extra charge and other contract hire terms are available direct from our finance partner, so fill out a Contact Form for more information.

Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 204PS

Audi has released the details of the new Audi Q7 3.0 V6 TDI 204PS lead-in model that offers you more luxury with more economy. The new Q7 3.0 TDI quattro 204PS model compliments the existing 3.0 TDI quattro 245PS versions and is available in Standard, SE, S line and new S line Plus spcification levels.

The new Audi Q7 3.0 TDI 204PS returns 39.2 combined mpg, has a CO2 emissions figure on 189g/km, reaches 0-62mph in 9.1 seconds and on to a top speed of 127mph where permitted. It combines seven-seat practicality with quattro four-wheel drive plus variable height adaptive air suspension for genuine off-road capability.

While there are four trim levels it is the S line Plus specification that gives you all that you would look for in a luxury 4X4 SUV.  Standard vehicle options on the S line Plus include metallic paint, 21-inch alloy wheels, Verano leather upholstery, privacy glass, hard disc-based navigation with Google Earth mapping, in-car Wi-Fi hotspot, iPod connection, powered tailgate and Audi Parking System Advanced with reversing camera and running boards.

The UK OTR prices are as follows;

• Audi 3.0 TDI 204PS eight-speed tiptronic Standard – £39,995  
• Audi 3.0 TDI 204PS eight-speed tiptronic SE – £42,960
• Audi 3.0 TDI 204PS eight-speed tiptronic S line – £44,620
• Audi 3.0 TDI 204PS eight-speed tiptronic S line Plus £49,120

Mazda regenerative braking system

Mazda has developed a vehicle regenerative braking system that reduces fuel consumption by 10% and will showcase their new i-ELOOP system in the TAKERI concept car, at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show. The TAKERI concept is the next-generation mid-sized saloon that also features a range of SKYACTIV Technology and the Japanese company’s “KODO-Soul of Motion” design theme.

A regenerative braking system uses an electric motor or alternator to generate electricity as the vehicle decelerates, which then recovers a proportion of the vehicle’s kinetic energy, to power climate control systems, audio and numerous other electrical components. The capacitor in the i-ELOOP system can also store large volumes of generated energy as well.

In stop-start driving conditions, Mazda is estimating the new i-ELOOP system (working in conjunction with Mazda’s “i-stop” idling stop technology) will cut fuel consumption by 10%. The name i-ELOOP stands for “Intelligent Energy Loop” and the first Mazda vehicle in the UK market to feature the full range of SKYACTIV technologies will be the Mazda CX-5 compact SUV, which should be launched in the spring of 2012.

Volkswagen Cross Coupe SUV

Volkswagen has revealed their new Cross Coupe SUV concept at the 42nd Tokyo Motor Show and this all-wheel drive plug-in hybrid shows how a crossover, a four-door coupe and an SUV might look. This is also the first Volkswagen to showcase a new stage in Volkswagen engineering design with Volkswagen’s new “modular transverse matrix” (MQB).

The concept is longer than a Golf at 4,345 mm, but shorter than a Tiguan. The width is 1,868 mm and the height is 1,523mm and places this new concept in the popular A-segment class. It also promises good off-road credentials with a 24.2 degrees front angle approach and at the rear, 32.5 degrees and also has good off-road clearance.

Volkswagen Cross Coupe SUV

The four-seat Cross Coupe has a distinctive, Volkswagen design and is powered  by two electric motors (one front and one rear) and a TSI direct injection turbo petrol engine. With 265PS on tap the Cross Coupe reaches 0-62mph in just 7 seconds and on to a top speed of 125mph, plus it can travel 40 miles on pure electric power.

The all-new Ford Escape SUV

Ford has unveiled their all-new Ford Escape SUV (sport utility vehicle) at the Los Angeles Auto Show and this car has 11 features that no other SUV currently offers. Some of the clever stuff on the car includes an available hands-free power tailgate that allows quick and easy access to the cargo compartment with the kick of a foot.

The sleek new design of the car is coupled to a new Ford Intelligent 4WD system that provides better traction off-road and the car is also more fuel-efficient as well, with around a 5mpg improvement over the previous Escape.

All-new Ford Escape SUV

The Escape is better known as the Ford Kuga in the UK and Europe and the updated model will be shown at the Geneva Motor Show in March of next year, featuring unique European powertrains and other features. However in the meantime current Ford Kuga car leasing is on the site now.

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One of our Partners has just updated their pricing and one of their two-year car leasing deals that caught our eye was the Volvo XC60 D3 (163ps) DRIVe ES diesel SUV 5-door with Start Stop, which is currently on special offer on Volvo car leasing from only £282.02+VAT.

This great looking family SUV returns 49.6mpg on the combined cycle and emits just 149g/km of CO2. which is also well under the 160g/km tax threshold for company car drivers.

Strong performance from the turbo-powered diesel ensures this Volvo reaches 0-62mph in 10.3 seconds and on to a top speed of 124mph where permitted. The two year deal may not on the site long, so if this great Volvo XC60 offer appeals just fill out the Contact Form today. The contract terms are two-year vehicle leasing, non-maintained, 10,000 miles per annum, 6 rentals in advance followed by 23 subsequent rentals. Other terms are available on request.

New Mitsubishi Shogun (12MY)

The new Mitsubishi Shogun 12MY arrives in the UK and comes with a Euro V compliant turbo diesel engine and offers a choice of either three door short-wheel base or five door long wheel-base versions. This classic off-roader combines its  four-wheel drive “go anywhere” capability with a new muscular styling, including a new front grille.

Flared wheel arches, strong flanks, upright windscreen, rear-mounted spare wheel and new 18-inch alloy wheels complete the look and the new Shogun is packed with an array of standard safety and luxury equipment.

The new 12MY (model year) line-up is made up of four trim levels – SG2, SG3, SG4 and the familiar Warrior. Mitsubishi is dropping the Equippe, Elegance and Diamond names for the 12MY (2012 model year). All models get the new chrome grille with slotted bars on either sides, colour-keyed front bumper, black front skid plate, 12-spoke 18-inch alloy wheels, black roof rails and the Euro V compliant engine.

Inside there is a new brushed silver finish, new instrument illumination and updated materials for the cloth and leather upholstery. The SG3 and SG4 models get auto lights, auto wipers and privacy glass, and the SG4 also adds a colour coded spare wheel as standard, plus the Brake override system. Colour options are Diamond Black (Pearlescent), Frost White (Solid), Graphite Brown (Metallic), Orient Red (Metallic) and Cool Silver (Metallic).

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The Honda CR-V 2.2 i-DTEC SE+ 5-door diesel SUV is on special offer on the site from Honda Contract Hire at only £256.35+VAT per month. This superb family vehicle returns 43.5 combined mpg and emits CO2 emissions of 171g/km of CO2.

Terms of the lease offer are based on a 4-year contract, 6+47 payment rentals, 10,000 miles per annum on non-maintained contract hire. Other terms are available from Honda Contract Hire and also if you want to add any accessories just fill out the Contact Form today.