Making an informed choice

Best deals on diesels

People’s instinct today is to buy diesel, whatever the circumstances. And this may well be the best option for you if you are considering a medium, large or extra large vehicle and using your car for business, i.e. exceeding 20’000 miles per year.

Our best deals on cars in this sector include the ever-popular diesel Ford Focus and the extraordinarily efficient Volkswagen Golf BlueMotion.

New petrol cars as a better option?

If you are buying a small or medium sized car however and doing low or average mileage, a petrol-powered vehicle may well be a better option. They cost considerably less to buy in the first place and will be almost as frugal to run.

The much vaunted Fiat 500 TwinAir sets a new standard for efficient petrol engines. And the Ford Fiesta hatchback is on offer here at our unbeatable price.

The pence per mile consideration

Lastly, we can recommend that you consider the PPM or pence per mile to run your vehicle. This figure takes into account every expenditure over the first 36’000 miles of your new car purchase - initial price, taxes, duties, fuel, routine servicing and depreciation – and results in a single figure.

On this count the Seat Leon is the leading performer at 28ppm, with the Hyundai i30 and the Kia Cee'd close behind on a very reasonable 29ppm.

All things to consider when you are thinking about the bottom-line and running your car.