Mazda6 wins 2008 Best New Car award
Mazda6 'demands the attention of fleets'
Author: MotorTorque Team
Published: 14 May 2008
The green credentials of the all-new Mazda6 were instrumental in the upper medium contender winning the Best New Car award at the 2008 Fleet World Honours.
The new Mazda6 went on sale at the turn of the year and remains an ‘appealing fleet proposition’, according to the judges, due to its low benefit-in-kind tax bills and fuel economy as a result of engineering initiatives to slash emission levels.
In presenting the award to Mazda, Mr Emmerson said: “The new Mazda6 is a welcome addition to an already impressive line up of Mazda vehicles available to fleets. The really good news is that the CO2 emissions and company car tax levels are significantly lower than the outgoing model. It is an attractive and comfortable car with impressive performance figures that demand the attention of fleets and is a worthy winner of this year’s Best New Car award.”
Fleet World editor Ken Rogers added: “An appealing fleet proposition promising big bonuses in BiK benefits and tax advantages – and the Mazda6 is also a very competent, contemporary well-engineered package. Engine improvements across-the-range mean CO2 emission levels are significantly lower than the outgoing model. Attention to detail – and weight saving – means good green credentials.”
James Hopkins, Mazda’s fleet and remarketing director, added: “We are delighted that Fleet World has chosen to highlight the Mazda6’s CO2 emission levels as the most significant feature among its many attributes that make the car stand out from its rivals. The benefit-in-kind tax savings have been, and will remain, particularly influential in attracting more user-choosers to the model.
On-the-road prices start at £15,110 for the 1.8 S 5dr and extend to £22,030 for the 2.0 Diesel Sports Luxury Estate.
Family cars - namely saloons - don´t need to merely be about practicality, interior space and running costs. Many are great to drive, good-looking and gadget-heavy.
New Mazda6 estate models available to buy from March with choice of three petrol and one diesel engine and five kit levels.
The Mazda6 is lighter, more economical, larger, quieter, more comfortable, has more kit and more quality - according to Mazda anyway.
New Mazda6 review suggests the Japanese manufacturer has got it right again with the family saloon.
Hatch, saloon and estate prices for the new Mazda6 have been released. Petrol hatch and saloon models will be available to buy at the end of 2007, while diesel models follow in January 2008. Estates will be launched in March 2008.
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