Mercedes C 350e PHEV Sport Auto Saloon is the Best Value SME Company Car
Mercedes-Benz C 350e PHEV Sport Auto voted Best Value SME Company Car
Independent SME Company Car of the Year Awards run by Business Car Manager
Supported by Fleet Alliance, an award winning supplier of company car leasing to SMEs
The Mercedes C-Class has been judged as the Best Value Company Car for 2016 in the Business Car Manager SME Company Car of the Year Awards.
Supported by Fleet Alliance, an award-winning supplier of company car leasing to SMEs, the SME Company Car of the Year identifies the best cars, and the best company car programmes available for the SME business sector.
Already building a reputation for its style and luxury, the winning car is the C 350e PHEV Sport Auto with the plug-in hybrid drivetrain. The judges praised the compact executive Mercedes for tax reducing CO2 emissions of just 48g/km, where many cars in this class struggle to get below the 100g/km emissions barrier. Yet there is no compromise in performance with acceleration to 62mph taking just 5.9 seconds.
Company car expert and category judge, Colin Tourick, said: "With the Mercedes you get a lot of car and very low whole life costs. With this C-Class giving such amazing CO2 emissions and fuel economy, you'd think there would be a compromise in performance - but you'd be wrong! Top speed is a licence-losing 155mph, with acceleration to 62mph taking just 5.9 seconds.
"A more popular sight on UK roads now, this Mercedes is a justifiably popular choice because of the fine mixture of impressive technology, sleek looks, plus it's more involving to drive than ever."
Ralph Morton, the website's editorial director, added: "It's critical that small businesses and SME firms running company cars get the expert help that they require. These Awards highlight the best cars as well as company car and support programmes to make life easier for the SME director charged with looking after the company car programme."
The SME Company Car of the Year Awards were judged by an independent panel of experts:
Paul Hollick, commercial director of The Miles Consultancy (TMC), and chairman of the Institute of Car Fleet Management (ICFM) - chair of the judges.
Martin Brown, managing director, Fleet Alliance
Steve Cocks, director broker division, Lex Autolease
Andy Brown, managing director, CD Auction Group
Colin Tourick, Grant Thornton professor of automotive management, University of Buckingham
Jonathan Burn, deputy news editor, Auto Express
Jim McNally, head of asset risk, Alphabet
Robert Wastell, divisional managing director, Hitachi Capital Car Solutions
Business Car Manager provides authoritative company car advice and information for SMEs with over 500,000 annual unique visitors to the business motoring information portal.
Full details of the Business Car Manager SME Company Car of the Year Awards 2016 can be found at: http://www.businesscarmanager.co.uk/category/cars-reviews/best-company-cars/sme-company-car-of-the-year-awards-2016/.
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