Land Rover takes the Best Premium Small 4x4 award at the recent BusinessCar Magazine awards.

• Discovery Sport voted Best Premium Small 4x4
• Third BusinessCar Awards win for Land Rover since 2013

Land Rover has claimed a major prize in the BusinessCar Awards for the third time in four years with the announcement that Discovery Sport has been named the fleet publication’s Best Premium Small 4x4 for 2016. Discovery Sport follows in the wheeltracks of the Range Rover Evoque, which claimed Small 4x4 titles from BusinessCar last year and in 2013.

Uniquely in the industry, the BusinessCar Awards are decided not by a panel of experts but by fleet industry insiders through a poll of readers, with the winners chosen by those who rely on a vehicle to help efficiently run their business.

Discovery Sport earned this commendation from BusinessCar Editor Paul Barker: “The Discovery Sport has moved Land Rover into the reach of many fleet drivers, offering a prestigious badge combined with practicality, running costs, quality and now, with the new diesel engines, efficiency to compete with its premium brand rivals. It’s a vehicle that illustrates the breadth of the business car market place and the enticing products that fleet drivers now have well within their reach.”

It is the third accolade for Discovery Sport within the space of a few weeks, Land Rover’s most recent arrival having claimed the title Best Large SUV in the What Car? awards in early January. In November the Scottish Car of the Year jury voted Discovery Sport its Best Diesel.

Jeremy Hicks, UK Managing Director Jaguar Land Rover, said: “It is always great to receive awards – particularly when they have been decided by customers. Coming on the heels of the What Car? Award for Discovery Sport, highlighting its appeal to the consumer, it is wonderful to receive this BusinessCar Award, which also demonstrates its superiority in the company car marketplace.”

Discovery Sport’s new 2.0-litre four-cylinder Ingenium diesel engine is designed to deliver class-leading torque and power outputs, combined with excellent refinement, reduced CO₂ emissions and lower fuel consumption. Built at Land Rover’s new state-of-the-art £500m Engine Manufacturing Centre in the West Midlands, the EU6 compliant Ingenium engine is available in 150PS and 180PS variants, the former offering up to 57.7mpg and CO₂ emissions from 129g/km.

Discovery Sport is equipped with a range of class-leading safety features, such as a pedestrian airbag, Autonomous Emergency Braking and a suite of driver assistance features, all of which have helped it earn a Five Star Euro NCAP rating.

On the road prices start at £30,695 for the manual gearbox model with five-seat SE specification. With range service intervals extended from 16,000 to 21,000 miles, the new Discovery Sport offers significantly lower whole-life running costs in addition to lower taxation and reduced fuel costs.

The Jaguar XE takes two titles at this years BusinessCar Magazine awards.

• Jaguar XE wins Business Car of the Year and Premium Upper Middle Car of the Year at 2016 BusinessCar Awards
• Awards voted for by fleet buyers and users
• Jaguar XE offers strongest residual values in class

The Jaguar XE has won Business Car of the Year – the top prize at the 2016 BusinessCar Awards. Jaguar’s all-new sports saloon was also named Premium Upper Middle Car of the Year.

The awards are voted for by the readership of BusinessCar and www.businesscar.co.uk, reflecting the verdict of the market at large and revealing the products that are best meeting the needs of fleet buyers and users.

The Jaguar XE offers the strongest residual values of any of its premium rivals over three years and 20,000 miles thanks to its efficient engines; low servicing, maintenance and repair costs; and class-leading design.*

BusinessCar Editor Paul Barker said: “Jaguar’s return to the compact executive market has been a glorious one, with the company managing to be as successful with the sensible elements like residual value, running costs and emissions as it has been with the looks and handling of the new XE.”

He added: “The corporate sector is crucial to Jaguar’s ambitions for its new saloon, and the readers of BusinessCar have given the model a ringing endorsement by voting it as our 2016 Business Car of the Year.”

Jaguar Land Rover UK Managing Director Jeremy Hicks said: “The Jaguar XE delivers the complete package: class-leading design, driving dynamics and outstanding cost of ownership, and we’re very honoured that the readers of BusinessCar agree with us. 

It’s a huge testament to the talent, passion, dedication and hard work of everyone at Jaguar Land Rover that the XE is being hailed as the best of a hugely competitive class.”

	XE Saloon 2.0d 163 DPFR SS €6 Prestige 6Spd	A4 Saloon  2.0TDi ultra  150 DPFR SS     €6 SE 6Spd	320 Saloon 2.0d  163 DPF SS €6    EfficientDynamics    Plus 6Spd	C220 Saloon  2.1d 170      DPFR SS €6  SE Executive   6Spd
Residual Value % (of P11d Value)	40.85%	39.01%	33.97%	36.37%
Residual Value	£12,550	£11,350	£10,400	£11,425

The All-New Hyundai Tucson takes the Best Mainstream Small 4x4 award at their annual ceremony.

• BusinessCar awards All-New Tucson title of ‘Best Mainstream Small 4x4’
• Award recognises the model’s outstanding appeal to fleet buyers

Hyundai’s All-New Tucson has been recognised as the ‘Best Mainstream Small 4x4’ in BusinessCar’s annual awards. Uniquely, the awards are determined by the fleet industry itself, with the Tucson’s striking design, cost-efficiency and practicality securing the top spot for Hyundai.

Paul Barker, Editor at BusinessCar, said: “Hyundai’s continued upward progress means it is now an established fleet player, and the new Tucson is the most impressive product the company has yet launched into the UK fleet sector. Good looking, practical and cost-efficient, it clearly ticks all the boxes for fleet drivers looking for something in this sector.”

The All-New Tucson represents a major leap forward for Hyundai in the mid-size SUV segment and quickly became Hyundai’s fastest-selling car following its launch in early September last year. 

Designed to be class-leading in several key areas, the Tucson offers best-in-class whole life costs, residual values and boot space. In addition, the Tucson adds enhanced levels of standard equipment boosting comfort, convenience and safety across the range. Fuel efficiency as high as 61.7 mpg and CO₂ emissions from just 119 g/km ensure a good BiK value and low running costs for fleets.

Martin Wilson, Fleet Director, Hyundai Motor UK Ltd said: “The All-New Tucson has had an outstanding reception from our customers since its introduction in September last year. Hyundai Motor UK works hard to ensure that the needs of every fleet customer are identified and met, so with the Tucson a lot of effort went into ensuring that it offered class-leading residuals, for example. To be acknowledged by BusinessCar in this competitive and growing segment is testament to Hyundai’s focus and underlines the Tucson’s role as a key player in our sustained fleet growth into 2016 and beyond.”

The BusinessCar Awards are unique in that they are the only awards decided by the fleet industry itself, with the readers of the magazine and BusinessCar.co.uk voting for the products, services and companies that best support their businesses. Rather than being decided by a panel of experts, the BusinessCar Award winners are chosen by the people relying on them to help efficiently run their businesses on a daily basis.

Nissan celebrates the Qashqai winning the Crossover Of The Year award from Business Car Magazine.

One of the UK’s leading publications for company car drivers and operators – has named the Nissan Qashqai its Crossover of the Year.

The British-built model took the title – the nation’s fifth best-selling car – took the title in the face of increased competition in the crossover segment.

The award, announced this morning, is particularly significant as it was decided by an expert panel of readers recruited from across the fleet industry.

They chose the Qashqai as their winner for its outstanding all-round appeal, singling out the model’s strong residual values, running costs, practicality, efficiency and quality for special mention.

Editor, Paul Barker, made the announcement by saying “The model that established the increasingly important crossover sector is still at its forefront despite increasing competition.

“In fact, it continues to go from strength-to-strength, which is all the more impressive given the level of success it has achieved over the last few years.”

The award came just weeks after the Qashqai was named Best Small SUV in the What Car? magazine awards for the third year running. The model was also named by What Car? as the ‘Best Buy’ between £15,000 and £25,000.

Barry Beeston, Corporate Sales Director at Nissan Motor (GB) Ltd, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to see the Qashqai – a model which has proved a massive hit with company car drivers and fleet operators – honoured in this way.

“Awards like these that are voted for by real fleet drivers and operators are particularly special as it means the decision makers who have added the Qashqai to their fleet and the people who drive it every day are happy.”