Category : Road Tests
Ford Fiesta 1.6 TDCi Econetic Titanium
Price: £16,795 Fuel: 85.6mpg CO2: 87g/km We’re not far off a heavily facelifted Fiesta, featuring styling introduced on the Evos concept and Fiesta ST shown at … Read More »
Road Test: Suzuki Swift Sport
Price: £13,499 Fuel: 44.1mpg CO2: 147g/km With its slightly plasticky interior and tall, boxy silhouette, the Suzuki Swift isn’t the most European-feeling car in its segment. … Read More »
Volkswagen Passat Alltrack
PRICE £31,030 FUEL 47.9mpg CO2 155g/km While most of the estate set is getting curvier, the venerable Passat has retained that same utilitarian boxiness through five … Read More »
Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet 2.0 TDI GT
Price £25,790 Fuel 62.8mpg CO2 119g/km So I’m afraid the sodden test week I endured meant the roof didn’t come down once. What I can tell … Read More »
BMW M5
Sector: Executive Price: £73,065 Fuel: 28.5mpg CO2: 232g/km Rather fortunately for me, a lot of the readers of Fleet World are owners of companies or high-level … Read More »
Audi Q3 SE 2.0 TDI Quattro S line
Sector: Compact SUV Price: £31,715 Fuel: 47.9mpg CO2: 156g/km Against the challenges of a weak world economy, Audi’s recent success in the tough premium segment is … Read More »
Citroën DS5 2.0 HDI 160 DSport
Price: £29,500 Fuel: 46.3mpg CO2: 158g/km With DS5 launching Hybrid4 into the Citroën range, it’s easy to forget that this luxurious, aviation-inspired French saloon is … Read More »
Vauxhall VXR8 Maloo
Sector: Pickup Price: £51,000 Fuel: 20.9mpg CO2: 320g/km For those of you not familiar with the Maloo, allow me to introduce one of Australia’s finest imports. … Read More »
Vauxhall Insignia BiTurbo
Price: £21,120-£33,320 Fuel: 42.2-57.6mpg CO2: 129-158g/km Vauxhall has a split customer base for the Insignia, from the high volume end of the fleet market to the … Read More »
Peugeot 308 SR e-HDI EGC
Price: £18,945 Fuel: 74.3mpg CO2: 98g/km In Europe’s most hotly contested, and biggest-selling, segment it pays to put every effort into having the best offering possible. … Read More »
BMW ActiveHybrid 3
Sector: Compact executive Price: £40,225-£43,225 Fuel: 47.9mpg CO2: 139g/km It must be hard for car manufacturers, trying to cater for ever-changing global demand as it gets … Read More »
Citroën DS4 D-Sport HDI 160
Price: £22,945 Fuel: 55.4mpg CO2: 134g/km While DS3 spearheaded the arrival of Citroën’s DS line and DS5 sells itself on luxurious technology, the DS4 sometimes slips … Read More »
Lexus GS
SECTOR Large executive PRICE £32,995-£50,995 FUEL 31.7-46.3mpg CO2 141-207g/km Having had a near-monopoly over the executive hybrid market in Europe for six years, Lexus suddenly has … Read More »
Peugeot 508 HYbrid4
SECTOR Upper Medium PRICE £31,450 FUEL 78.5mpg CO2 95g/km While Citroën has debuted PSA’s Hybrid4 diesel-electric drivetrain as a high performance, four-wheel drive option for the … Read More »
Mercedes-Benz SLK 250 CDI BlueEFFICIENCY
SECTOR Sports car PRICE £32,255 FUEL 56.5mpg CO2 132g/km On the face of it, you could argue that regardless of the efficiency on offer, this particular SLK … Read More »
SEAT Ibiza
SECTOR Supermini PRICE £9,995 – £16,840 FUEL 47.9 – 80.7mpg CO2 92 – 139g/km Ibiza is SEAT’s biggest seller, and justifiably so. It’s the purest representation … Read More »
Toyota Prius+
SECTOR Compact MPV PRICE £26,195 – £29,495 FUEL 64.2 – 68.9mpg CO2 96 – 101g/km Three generations into the Prius’s life cycle, and hybrid technology is … Read More »
SEAT Alhambra SE Lux 2.0 TDI CR DSG
Sector: MPV Price: £32,590 Fuel: 47.9mpg CO2: 154g/km The MPV sector may be one where practicality comes first, but in some cases there’s a pleasingly intelligent … Read More »
Volvo V60 Plug-In Hybrid
Sector: Compact Executive Price: £45-50,000 (TBC) Fuel: 148.7mpg CO2: 49g/km Volvo’s entry into the electric market is a complicated one, but the V60 Plug-In Hybrid’s appeal … Read More »
Vauxhall Insignia Exclusiv Nav 2.0 CDTI Ecoflex
Sector Upper-medium Price £22,190 Fuel 64.2mpg CO2 116g/km Against the rising tide of downsized engines and niche-busting MPV and crossover models joining the corporate mainstream recently, … Read More »
Toyota Avensis
SECTOR D-segment PRICE £22,560-£26,825 FUEL 62.8mpg CO2 119g/km Four years is a long time in the fleet industry, and the Toyota Avensis, launched in 2008 and … Read More »
Volkswagen CC
Sector: Upper medium Price: £24,200 – £30,100 Fuel: 36.2 – 60.1mpg CO2: 125-182g/km It’s not so long ago that the idea of a coupe version of … Read More »
Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCT
Sector: Lower Medium Price: £21,855-£24,800 Fuel: 54.3-62.8mpg CO2: 119-121g/km Carbon-based taxation is driving rapid decline in CO2 emissions at the moment, and in turn resulting in … Read More »
BMW ActiveHybrid5
SECTOR Large executive PRICE TBC FUEL 44.1mpg CO2 144g/km With Efficient Dynamics, BMW has stolen an advantage on its premium rivals with impressively low fuel consumption … Read More »
Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost
SECTOR Lower medium PRICE £16,245 – £21,845 FUEL 56.5 – 58.9mpg CO2 109 – 114g/km Despite the tendency for glittering concept cars to steal the limelight, … Read More »
Hyundai i30
Sector: Lower Medium Price: £14,495-£20,795 Fuel: 41.5-76.3mpg CO2: 97-145g/km It’s almost five years since the outgoing i30 first arrived in the UK, and the car has … Read More »
Peugeot 508 RXH
Sector: Upper Medium Estate Price £33,695 Fuel 68.9mpg CO2 107 Peugeot promises the new 508 RXH willoffer company car drivers a rather clever diesel-electric hybrid with … Read More »
Volkswagen Passat Alltrack
SECTOR Upper medium PRICE From £28,500 FUEL 47.9 – 49.6mpg CO2 150 – 155g/km What is it about cars that have had a spot of beefing … Read More »
Peugeot 208
Sector: Supermini Price: £TBC Fuel: 48.7-83.0mpg CO2: 87-135g/km Since the 205 of 1983, Peugeot’s 200 Series has become a backbone of its range, with their mix … Read More »
BMW M135i
Sector: Lower Medium Price: £29,995-£30,525 Fuel: 35.3-37.7mpg CO2: 175-188g/km Hot hatches of late have tended to follow a specific formula. It’s usually the one pioneered by … Read More »
