The future is green for Norwich City Council as it taken delivery of 50 examples of the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion.
This is the largest single order of BlueMotion vehicles to date.

The Polo BlueMotion is one of the most efficient vehicles on the road with the ability to achieve 74.3 mpg on the combined cycle while emitting just 99 g/km of CO2 – placing it in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) band ‘A’ and exempt from road tax.

Norwich City Council leader Steve Morphew, commented: ‘We’re delighted to be driving the UK’s biggest fleet of one of the world’s greenest cars.  This will not only save the council in excess of £60,000 a year, but will also save more than eight tonnes of CO2 annually.’

The council placed the orders for the vehicles, which will be leased, following an extensive evaluation process which took into account running costs, versatility and carbon emissions.

If you want to find how much a Polo BlueMotion will cost to lease, log on to http://www.contracthireandleasing.com

Anton Bull, Norwich City Council’s head of procurement and service improvement commented:  ‘As an authority we are constantly looking at ways we can reduce our environmental impact.  When we were reviewing our fleet car contract we explored the option of using more environmentally friendly cars – which led us to the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion.’
Simon McBride