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Audi A1 Sportback wins Most Cost-Efficient Car for an SME Company Car Driver

Audi A1 Sportback judged Most Cost-Efficient Car for an SME Company Car Driver in the Business Car Manager SME Company Car of the Year Awards 2012
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3 January 2013

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Audi A1 Sportback: winner of the Most Cost-Efficient Car for an SME Company Car Driver award

THE Audi A1 Sportback has won the ‘Most Cost-Efficient Car for an SME Company Car Driver’ category in the Business Car Manager SME Company Car of the Year Awards 2012, run in association with MAGMA Automotive Services.

The Audi A1 Sportback perfectly met the criteria the judges were looking for: cars needed to be low in CO2 emissions for reduced company car tax exposure and have excellent fuel economy for reduced fuel expenditure.

Audi A1 Sportback 1.6 TDI SE 105PS

  • CO2 emissions 99g/km
  • Fuel consumption 74.3mpg
  • Acceleration 0 to 62 in 10.5s
  • Maximum speed 118mph
  • Insurance group 14
  • Source: comcar.co.uk

“Low cost, low CO2 and good brand appeal,” commented our judges on the winning model, the Audi A1 Sportback 1.6 TDI SE 105PS.

The Audi A1 Sportback is very much the company car of our time.

The A1 Sportback genuinely condenses premium brand attributes into an affordably priced compact package.

In 1.6 TDI, 99g/km form the Sportback version combines five-door practicality with 74.3mpg capability, reduced company car tax BIK exposure and exemption from road tax and London congestion charging. It also offers a comprehensive standard specification which, even at base level, includes features such as air conditioning and alloy wheels in the P11D price.

Backing up the appeal of the Audi A1 Sportback to the drive, Audi is offering a new small business contract hire rate of £219 a month with a £657 deposit based on three years/10,000 miles per annum. So both driver and business benefit from the low running costs – while still running a premium badge.

“The A1 combines low P11D value, low CO2 emissions, good user appeal and complete efficiency,” summed up our judges.

You can read more about the winners in our special SME Company Car of the Year Awards section.

Audi A1 Sportback 1.6 TDI SE 105PS: key company car information

Tax year to 5th April 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
P11D value £15,265 £15,265 £15,265
Percentage Company Car Tax charge 13% 14% 15%
Benefit in kind (BIK) £1,984 £2,137 £2,290
Tax payable at 20% £397 £427 £458
Tax payable at 40% £794 £855 £916

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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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