Honda Civic named the most reliable fleet car

The Honda Civic has been named the most reliable fleet car in this year’s FN50 survey. The stylish model achieved top position in a reliability index of cars operated by FN50 companies.

Commissioned by Fleet News, the annual analysis of the top 50 leasing companies in the UK asked participants to rank the best vehicles and manufacturers for reliability, with scores compiled to create a top 10 for cars, and a top five for vans. FN50 companies have a combined fleet of more than one million vehicles, and the reliability survey is the UK’s largest.

Fleets praised the Honda Civic for its low whole-life costs, impressive depreciation value, competitive finance offers and low running costs. The sporty model also offers a wealth of safety features as standard, including collision mitigation braking, lane keep assist, lane departure warning and road departure mitigation.

The reliability of the Honda Civic was recently proven at the annual MPG Marathon competition where it was named the outright winner for 2018. The Honda Civic managed an impressive 87.53mpg over a route of 331 miles, and also scooped an award for the best percentage improvement over a car’s claimed fuel economy. The CUPRA brand, created from SEAT’s award-winning motorsport division, is the ultimate expression of uniqueness, sophistication and performance, born from passion and designed to captivate car enthusiasts around the world, creating vehicles that aren’t founded in nostalgia but rooted in the present. The most experienced, engaged and obsessed around the motorsport division went back into the garage to build a new dimension into the company and offer a new perspective about competences, capabilities and potential of our organization.

CUPRA will create a brighter range of products focusing on SEAT models. They will leverage Volkswagen Group’s powerful technological toolkit and access the huge array of possibilities it gives them, but they will also be open to cooperate with people and companies which speak the same language and share the same understanding on how to create experiences: merchandising, accessories, events and, of course, motorsport.

As CUPRA diversifies its business and develops new models that offer the perfect mix between performance, driveability and usability, the brand will leverage the existing infrastructure that SEAT benefits from, with dedicated floor space in 277 specially selected dealerships across Europe.

The start of this journey began last February with the introduction of the new Brand and its first model, the CUPRA Ateca, a high-performance SUV that marks the beginning of a new era, and the perfect car to launch the CUPRA brand into the market.

In a segment dominated by premium brands, the launch of the CUPRA Ateca disrupts the status quo, moving people away from the conventional and vanilla, to the most contemporary vision of what sportiness is: you don’t need to go luxury to feel unique.

Niall Phillips, Brand Director at SEAT Ireland commented, ‘The launch of the CUPRA brand and indeed the all new CUPRA Ateca represents a significant opportunity for us to target a new market of car lovers and show them exactly what we have to offer. There is real ambition behind the CUPRA brand and this is very much adding to the sense of excitement associated with the brand.’

The all new CUPRA will be ready for delivery in January 2019 and pricing will be confirmed by December 2018.