LOW-EMISSION MAZDA CARS HELP CUT BUSINESS COSTS

Mazda's broad range of low-emission cars available at Rivervale Mazda can help local businesses in Brighton achieve two of their current targets – projecting an environmentally-friendly image and cutting vehicle operating costs.

 

Recent government changes to business car capital allowances mean that it is cheaper for businesses to run company cars that emit 160g/km of CO₂ or less.  As a result, many companies are 'capping' fleet choice lists at that level.

 

However, Mazda's line-up of low-emission cars is not restricted to its small (Mazda2) and mid-size (Mazda3) models, and with 44 cars in the sub-160g/km category, the company has underlined its 'green' credentials while also making fleet vehicle choice easier.

 

Following the April changes to capital allowance rules, all motoring taxes as well as company car driver benefit-in-kind tax are now based on a car's carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions.  Choosing sub-160g/km cars not only helps businesses to save cash, it also ensures drivers will pay reduced benefit-in-kind tax bills.  Lower CO₂ also goes hand-in-hand with better fuel economy, so both companies and their employees will be further rewarded with petrol or diesel fuel bill savings.

 

"Corporate social responsibility has established itself as a boardroom catchphrase and is particularly applicable to vehicle carbon footprint reduction, something which all businesses are keen to achieve," commented Malcolm Hance, dealer principal at Rivervale Mazda.

 

"With more than half its  model derivatives classed as fuel-sipping 'low-emission' cars, Mazda is helping businesses and company car drivers to save money in these recession-hit times and businesses to promote an environmentally-friendly image," adds Hance.

 

Mazda's range of sub-160g/km cars includes: the entire 10-strong Mazda2 supermini line-up, the all-new Mazda3 family car – the most recent showroom arrival – and the Euro NCAP 5 star-rated Mazda5 with its unique sliding rear doors and seating for up to seven.  Even the hugely popular Mazda6 range of hatchback, saloon and estate cars boasts models under the 160g/km barrier, including high-performance derivatives with the 185ps 2.2-litre diesel engine.

 

Buyers of the Mazda2 with the 1.4 diesel 68ps and 1.6 diesel 90ps engines – which record 107g/km and 112g/km of CO₂ respectively – benefit from being in the lowest 13 per cent company car benefit-in-kind tax band.  In addition, the ultra-clean 1.4 diesel also beats the 110g/km threshold for 100 per cent first year capital allowances which applies to the cleanest cars on sale.

 

"The Government is encouraging both companies and company car drivers to choose low emission vehicles with a tax system that incentivises the take-up of those models.  With continuing fuel price volatility, businesses and drivers will also be rewarded by the first-class mpg figures achieved by Mazda's wide-selection of sub-160g/km CO₂ models.  This is crucial as fuel costs typically account for almost a third of fleet budgets," concludes Hance.

 

To find out how Mazda can cut the cost of corporate motoring, please call Rivervale Mazda on 01273 707007 or visit the showroom at Victoria Road, Brighton.