SEAT Ibiza E Ecomotive, a Better UK Fleet Car Proposition than Ever

Changes brought about by the newly announced UK budget, which was introduced this week by Chancellor George Osborne, have put the frugal Ibiza E Ecomotive at the top of fleet and business drivers’ list when looking of a car that can put a lid on their company car taxes.

Known as benefit in kind (BIK), company car tax is calculated using percentage figures from the vehicle’s recommended retail price, the type of fuel it uses, the amount of CO2 it emits and the driver’s salary level. The old regulations meant that petrol-burning cars that emitted between 99 g/km and 120 g/km fell into the lowest BIK bracket for conventional-engined vehicles and were taxed at ten percent. At the same time, low-emissions diesels cut only managed 13 percent, due to the surcharge placed on the oil-burners.

However, the new lower limit will be tightened to 94 g/km or below, starting April 2013. Thankfully for the Ibiza E Ecomotive drivers, or its prospective purchasers, the cars will still qualify for the very lowest diesel BIK rate of 13% thanks to CO2 emissions of 92 g/km.

‘The Ibiza E Ecomotive range is proving increasingly attractive to a wide variety of our customers with, in particular, the ST version making great inroads thanks to its practicality and style,” explains SEAT UK Head of Fleet & Business Sales, Nick Andrews.

The impressive figures are due to the development of the 1.2-liter common-rail TDI 75 PS engine which boasts a diesel particulate filter (DPF) as standard. Other ‘green’ additions to the latest generation Ecomotive include the use of Start/Stop technology and Brake Energy Recovery, used for the first time on an Ibiza.