Brilliant for business MADE IN MADE IN BRITAIN BRITAIN Desirability Reliability Sustainability Serviceability Rangeability Affordability Summer AutumnEDITION 2015 Neil Broad General Manager Toyota & Lexus Fleet Services Join our Quit Club! n the wake of the general election, In preparation for the 2015 launch, See why UK businesses Toyota’s plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire, are quitting conventional Ipoliticians of all parties will no has been busy building the latest saloon, fleets, and join our doubt be monitoring the public hatch and estate incarnations of the Toyota campaign, by becoming mood closely across the UK. Auris and Toyota Avensis. a member of ‘Quit Club’ – and enjoy Continued economic recovery, benefits including: job creation and business growth The multiple engine platforms available • Recognition of your achievements are sure to remain high on many include two all-new Euro 6 diesels. wish lists. So, too, will be reducing Page 4 has full details. • Exclusive model previews and car exhaust pollution and the fleet events environmental impact it causes. Also new to the UK this September is the • Access to extended test drives Mirai, Toyota’s new hydrogen fuel cell car. • Welcome pack Both by manufacturing cars in Britain – As page 15 explains, harmless, clean water vapour is the vehicle’s only emission • Cost-saving tools and programmes creating jobs locally and in the supply when driven. The pioneering fuel cell • Best practice case studies chain – and by offering organisations environmentally cleaner, fuel and tax- technology achieves a 300-mile range • Access to our risk assessment efficient petrol hybrid vehicles, Toyota and a 3-minute refuel. programme and Lexus are playing their part. For further details, visit www.quitclub.org.uk 2 Find out more about our Once again, Toyota and Lexus reliability In line with the latest budget (see our summary brilliant for business abilities speaks volumes to drivers. This year’s Driver on page 29), our hugely popular business car Power survey saw the Toyota IQ voted the tax liability and car cost comparison tools have top-rated car for reliability, with the Lexus NX been fully updated. To find out how we can Desirability 6–9 and IS in second and third place respectively. help you to plan a more cost-effective, Overall, Toyota and Lexus won six further tax-efficient fleet, turn to page 30. Reliability 10–13 awards in the survey. To learn more, see Finally, this year Toyota was also proud to be page 12. the exclusive retailer for Comic Relief’s 2015 Sustainability 14–17 In addition to even lower emissions, this red noses for cars. I would like to personally Serviceability 18–21 year’s 24-car range (pages 22-27) from thank all fleet customers who supported this Toyota & Lexus Fleet Services heralds the hugely worthwhile cause. Rangeability 22–27 progressive introduction of Toyota Safety Sense. Pages 8 and 9 take a look at this Affordability 28–31 cutting-edge package of technologies that, where possible, help to prevent serious accidents happening – protecting drivers and other road users. Neil Broad 3 Fleet favourites reveal the next generation he next-generation Toyota Auris Four engine options include two modified Tand Avensis are now on sale. petrol units plus two all-new Euro 6 diesel Once again they are built in our UK engines, offering enhanced economy plant at Burnaston in Derbyshire. and performance. The 1.6 D-4D achieves CO2 emissions of just 108g/km. Longer New Toyota Avensis service intervals (now 12,500 miles) and a 20% reduction in the 60,000 mile/three-year Building on its fleet reputation for reliability, servicing costs means diesel running costs prestige style and driving satisfaction, the are even lower. launch of the new Avensis also marks the introduction of Toyota Safety Sense, taking standard safety to a new level. The new NEW TOYOTA AVENSIS models boast refined new interiors and an MPG† from 67.3 CO2 from 108g/km exciting, dynamic exterior design with LED BIK from 19% lamp technology. † Combined up to Clear model grades simplify choice lists. The generously specified business edition includes an enhanced version of the Toyota Safety Sense system and the Toyota Touch 2 multimedia system with rear-view camera. 4 New Toyota Auris An all-new 1.2-litre direct injection In 2010, the Auris became the first compact turbocharged engine joins the existing petrol One car every hatchback to offer a diesel, petrol and hybrid line-up. Every engine in the range now meets platform choice. New and revised engines, Euro 6 emissions regulations. Suspension 66 seconds: dynamic exterior profiles, updated interiors and steering revisions improve ride comfort Burnaston, UK and equipment, and new safety systems are and handling. Toyota manufactures over 172,000 just some of the enhancements for 2015. Inside, cabins boast a redesigned dashboard Auris and Avensis cars a year at the Smooth and stress-free driving means and premium trims, with a new 4.2-inch Burnaston plant in Derbyshire, plus Toyota’s petrol full hybrid technology is now colour TFT multi-information screen on all approximately 225,000 engines at the most popular Auris powertrain. Fleets hybrids and higher grade models. Deeside, North Wales. and drivers will continue to benefit from In a single shift, Burnaston will use substantial operating savings. CO2 emissions NEW TOYOTA AURIS up to 5,000 metres of steel, building from 79g/km and combined cycle fuel MPG† from 80.7 up to 750 vehicles a day. That’s one economy from 80.7mpg attract significant CO2 from 79g/km car every 66 seconds… tax incentives and, coupled with established BIK from 13% reliability and durability, result in exceptionally † Combined up to low running costs. 5 Desirability › Bold, futuristic design › Innovative engineering From sketch to showroom: › Excitement and surprise shaping dynamic, inspiring cars › Models to suit every business 6 n 1973, a small group of elite Touching technology IToyota designers started work in In 2004 Calty opened a subsidiary design Scotland names Lexus secrecy in California. ‘Calty’ (an centre in Ann Arbor, Michigan, allowing IS as best executive car amalgam of California and Toyota) collaboration with the nearby Toyota was to envision the future for Toyota Technical Centre. To track advances in The Lexus IS luxury sports saloon and Lexus. More than 40 years on, global technology, Calty added the Toyota has been named the Executive Car 75% of the team’s concepts now Innovation Hub in San Francisco where the of the Year in the Scottish Car of the team works closely with new technology, evolve into mass-produced products. Year Awards. The hybrid-powered IS social media and design enterprises. was praised for offering “something fresh and different” in a market Investigating inspiration Now headquartered in Newport Beach, that is otherwise dominated by Calty’s first commercial output broke Calty employs 65 people in an 8,000m2 conservatively styled diesels. cover in 1978, when the Celica Liftback design space. Designs are still created and became the team’s first design to go into developed using a full range of skills and production. As this was the first studio to tools, from sketching and clay modelling to “At its most desirable in hybrid be operated by a major manufacturer in the CAD programmes and fabrication. form, this is a car that’s subtle and state, the team had to work quietly – keeping respectable. The hybrid drivetrain its ideas under the radar. works well and offers a refined alternative to the usual diesel choices, As Toyota’s global status grew, Calty while the low CO2 is good news for gained prominence, earning greater design company car drivers. responsibility and influence. In the late ” 1980s, its designers focused on coupe Alasdair Suttie studies, leading to the development of the President, Association of Scottish Motoring Writers original Lexus SC – a model that made a strong visual statement about what the young luxury brand stood for. 7 It pays to look after your valued employees hen employees feel valued, Choosing one of our vehicles lets Toyota Safety Sense they work better and harder. organisations exceed employee W Toyota Safety Sense is designed to help prevent You want company car choices expectations and, with the introduction of further safety technologies and accidents, or mitigate their consequences, your staff will find attractive and and brings together pre-collision and warning exciting. But you also want vehicles even lower emissions, show just how much they care. systems that make driving safer for the driver you know will be reliable and safe. and other road users. Because vehicles fitted with Toyota Safety Sense are less at risk of being involved in a traffic accident, they are expected to attract lower insurance premiums. Avoid collisions The Pre-Collision System detects objects on the road ahead and can reduce the risk of hitting the car in front. It issues driver warnings to brake, boosts braking force applied and, sensing a critical collision situation, even automatically slows or stops the car. See clearly Automatic High Beam helps ensure excellent forward visibility at night. It detects both the headlights of oncoming vehicles and the tail lights of vehicles ahead, automatically Pre-Collision System switching between high and low beams to avoid dazzling other drivers. 8 Keep your distance Adaptive Cruise Control helps the driver keep a safe distance from the car in front. Radar technology coupled with a forward- facing camera detect the vehicle ahead, determine its speed and then adjust driving speed (within a set range) to maintain a safe distance. Stay in lane The Lane Departure Alert system monitors lane markings on the road. If the vehicle starts to deviate from its lane without using indicators, LDA issues visual and audible warnings.