Slimming World maintains 100% hybrid fleet with largest Lexus order
Slimming World is hoping to minimise the weight of fleet running costs after ordering 76 new Lexus hybrids.
The order, which comprises the NX 300h compact SUV, CT 200h hatchback and IS 300h saloon models, is believed to be the largest single fleet order in the history of Lexus UK.
Slimming World was sold on the benefits of hybrids long ago, acquiring Britain’s first all-hybrid fleet more than a decade ago.
Most of the new hybrids will be used by managers, covering around 30,000 business miles a year, to support 4,000 consultants and 12,000 Slimming World groups across the UK and Ireland.
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Caryl Richards, Slimming World Managing Director, added: “Most of these managers are women and they are mainly visiting Slimming World groups in the evening, so it’s vitally important to us that they have a safe and reliable choice of car.
“Our new partnership with Lexus will enable us to provide them with this as well as supporting our commitment to being environmentally responsible. And just as importantly to their drivers, they look great too.”
Richard Balshaw, Lexus Director, said he was “delighted that Slimming World values the premium quality, performance, environmental efficiency and business cost benefits that Lexus hybrids provide.
“Its commitment to hybrid and to Lexus is another example of the growing movement among British businesses to embrace hybrid as the common sense choice for their vehicle fleets.”
Lexus hybrids in numbers:
Model | Combined fuel economy | CO2 emissions | 0-62mph | P11D value | 1st year BIK (20% taxpayer) |
CT 200h 1.8 S | 78.5mpg | 82g/km | 10.3 secs | £20,940 | 11% |
NX 300h 2.5 S | 56.5mpg | 116g/km | 9.3 secs | £29,440 | 16% |
IS 300h 2.5 S | 65.7mpg | 99g/km | 8.4 secs | £29,440 | 12% |
Data correct at time of publishing