Company Car - bizarre list of requirements

[callahan]

Hi

I'm in the process of choosing my next company car and have been given a slightly bizarre list of requirements:

Must be an estate
Diesel - under 2l capacity gets 11p / mile, over gets 16p (so over is preferable unless the mpg makes enough of a difference)
P11D value not over £25k (which is odd as we lease them)

The only diesel estate for under £25k (with an engine over 2 litre) I can think of is the Honda Accord.

Does anyone have any better suggestions? I'm new to this malarkey so have no idea about costs etc, but I do about 30k pa, lower rate of tax and so on. Other cars I've been looking at are the Passat, Superb, Octavia VRS etc, but all are under 2 litres....

Thanks for any help.

[homerjay]

no help whatsoever, but why does it have to be an estate???

[G Man]

Land Rover Freelander 2

[RicksAlfas]

Do Mondeos still have 2.2s in them?

You can get 159s with 2.4s but they maybe over budget and not very economical.

How about a Citroen C5 with the Jag 3.0V6 in it - 240bhp - but not sure of P11D value.

[hornetrider]

Legacy Diesel is a 2 litre boxer engine.



Would traditional 4WDs count?

[Danny S]

O/T, whats a P11D value ?

[Bonefish Blues]

www.comcar.co.uk may well be your friend - allows you to search by criteria.

[GreatGranny]

RicksAlfas said:

Do Mondeos still have 2.2s in them?

No, only the 2 litre.

The Alfa 2.4 starts at over £25k.

This is quite difficult.

[liner33]

Skoda Superb estate ?? Damn just check 3.2 is £26k

Edited by liner33 on Tuesday 29th June 15:11

[RicksAlfas]

Danny S said:

O/T, whats a P11D value ?

It's the value shown on your P11D form when the tax benefit is being worked out.
Essentially it's the list price shown in the brochure - it doesn't take any discounts/favours/ex demos/used prices into account. So if you decide to run a 10 year old M5 as a company car you will get taxed on it's original list price - not it's current value.

[Lefty 200 Drams]

Mazda 6 2.2d?

Peugeot 407 2.2?

[A205GTI]

callahan said:

Hi

I'm in the process of choosing my next company car and have been given a slightly bizarre list of requirements:

Must be an estate
Diesel - under 2l capacity gets 11p / mile, over gets 16p (so over is preferable unless the mpg makes enough of a difference)
P11D value not over £25k (which is odd as we lease them)

The only diesel estate for under £25k (with an engine over 2 litre) I can think of is the Honda Accord.

Does anyone have any better suggestions? I'm new to this malarkey so have no idea about costs etc, but I do about 30k pa, lower rate of tax and so on. Other cars I've been looking at are the Passat, Superb, Octavia VRS etc, but all are under 2 litres....

Thanks for any help.

There are loads out there to choose from for £25k.

Passatt, Insignia, 3 Series, Saab 9-3 and 9-5, Audi A4 Poss to get A6(Basic), C Class, Accord, Mazda, When mine was due to change I used Motors.co.uk, Ebay (Trade only search) and Compucar as well as Autotrader to get an idea of what was out there.

[Lefty 200 Drams]

Base model defender 90? Horrible co2 emissions though...

[Lefty 200 Drams]

A205GTI said:

callahan said:

Hi

I'm in the process of choosing my next company car and have been given a slightly bizarre list of requirements:

Must be an estate
Diesel - under 2l capacity gets 11p / mile, over gets 16p (so over is preferable unless the mpg makes enough of a difference)
P11D value not over £25k (which is odd as we lease them)

The only diesel estate for under £25k (with an engine over 2 litre) I can think of is the Honda Accord.

Does anyone have any better suggestions? I'm new to this malarkey so have no idea about costs etc, but I do about 30k pa, lower rate of tax and so on. Other cars I've been looking at are the Passat, Superb, Octavia VRS etc, but all are under 2 litres....

Thanks for any help.

There are loads out there to choose from for £25k.

Passatt, Insignia, 3 Series, Saab 9-3 and 9-5, Audi A4 Poss to get A6(Basic), C Class, Accord, Mazda, When mine was due to change I used Motors.co.uk, Ebay (Trade only search) and Compucar as well as Autotrader to get an idea of what was out there.

Not with p11d under £25k i bet...

Edited by Lefty 200 Drams on Tuesday 29th June 15:16

[x5diesel]

Ford SMAX?

[callahan]

Bonefish Blues said:

www.comcar.co.uk may well be your friend - allows you to search by criteria.

Good link, but it comes up with a Mazda6, Avensis, Accord or Pug 407SW

God help me.....

[Bonefish Blues]

Yep, comcar he say Mazda 6, Avensis Tourer, 407SW, Honda Accord all fit your criteria OP.

ETA - well you did ask!

Edited by Bonefish Blues on Tuesday 29th June 15:18

[Danny S]

RicksAlfas said:

Danny S said:

O/T, whats a P11D value ?

It's the value shown on your P11D form when the tax benefit is being worked out.
Essentially it's the list price shown in the brochure - it doesn't take any discounts/favours/ex demos/used prices into account. So if you decide to run a 10 year old M5 as a company car you will get taxed on it's original list price - not it's current value.

ah thanks for clearing that up,

Another vote for the Subaru here, but the new toyota avensis has a 2.2 diesel and looks rather unique

[Lefty 200 Drams]

Bonefish Blues said:

Yep, comcar he say Mazda 6, Avensis Tourer, 407SW, Honda Accord all fit your criteria OP.

ETA - well you did ask!

Edited by Bonefish Blues on Tuesday 29th June 15:18

From those I'd probably go for the Accord...

[hornetrider]

What's wrong with my Scooby?