The Audi A3 topping this year’s table and the VW Passat is second. The Vauxhall Insignia rounds off the podium, while the Astra took fourth place.
These are the Fleet Alliance top 10 models – we’ve added our company car choice from the range and the key figures you need to know.
Fleet Alliance Top 10 most popular models
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Model |
Ranking 2013 |
Ranking 2012 |
Ave CO2 (g/km) |
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Audi A3 |
1 |
2 |
107 |
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Our Choice |
Audi A3 1.6 TDI, 99g/km CO2, Company car tax band 14% |
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VW Passat |
2 |
1 |
120 |
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Our Choice |
VW Passat 1.6 TDI Bluemotion, CO2 109g/km, Company car tax band 16% |
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Vauxhall Insignia |
3 |
4 |
120 |
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Our Choice |
Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTi ecoFLEX, CO2 99g/km Company car tax band 14% |
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Vauxhall Astra |
4 |
13 |
115 |
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Our Choice |
Vauxhall Astra 1.7CDTi ecoFLEX, CO2 99g/km, Company car tax band 14% |
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Audi A4 |
5 |
6 |
119 |
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Our Choice |
Audi A4 2.0 TDIe, CO2 112g/km, Company car tax band 17% |
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VW Golf |
6 |
3 |
103 |
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Our Choice |
VW Golf 1.4 TSI ACT, CO2 109g/km, Company car tax band 13% |
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Kia Ceed |
7 |
58 |
104 |
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Our Choice |
Kia Cee’d 1.6 CRDi ISG, CO2 97g/km, Company car tax band 14% |
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Kia Sportage |
8 |
10 |
154 |
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Our Choice |
Kia Sportage 1.7 CRDi 2WD, CO2 135g/km, Company car tax band 22% |
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Mercedes C-Class |
9 |
12 |
123 |
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Our Choice |
Mercedes C-Class C220 CDI, CO2 109g/km, Company car tax band 16% |
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Ford Focus |
10 |
8 |
130 |
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Our Choice |
Ford Focus 1.0 EcoBoost 125PS, CO2 114g/km, Company car tax band 14% |
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Risers and fallers
Models that dropped out of the Fleet Alliance top ten included the Ford Mondeo which fell from fifth place in 2012 to 33rd this year; the BMW 5 Series which fell from seventh place to 11th; and the Skoda Octavia down from ninth place last year to 18th this year.
Fleet Alliance, managing director, Martin Brown said: “The faster risers on our fleet this year have undoubtedly come from Kia, who are now producing low carbon-emitting, exciting models for today’s fleet market that are clearly attracting the attention of our customers.
“And we are also seeing a rising interest and a growing number of requests from fleet customers for some of the latest models from another Korean manufacturer, Hyundai, which shows the growing acceptability of these brands in the fleet market.
“Meanwhile, Audi and Volkswagen models remain desirable for user-choosers with their low carbon emissions and smaller tax charges. So it is little surprise that our number one car is the Audi A3, an aspirational model that continues the downsizing trend to smaller models that we are seeing increasingly in the fleet market.
“The success of Vauxhall, on the other hand, reflects the growth we have seen in the mid-size corporate market in the last 12 months. Vauxhall models are ideal when it comes to setting a fixed fleet policy with well priced, well specified models for medium to large sized fleets,” he added.
Click here for last year’sFleet Alliance Best Buy list.
