Glasgow City council has snapped up a record 320 VW Polo BlueMotion vehicles to add to its fleet.
This is the largest single order to date for the Polo BlueMotion, the order was placed through the Verve Volkswagen in Glasgow.
The vehicles were judged on not just their efficiency but on viability for everyday use, comfort and value for money.  The Polo BlueMotion met and exceeded the demands placed on it and it emerged as the favoured option.
Once on the road the new fleet of Polo BlueMotions will be used by council staff in the local community.
Gary Gallagher, Procurement Category Manager at Glasgow City Council commented: ‘As a public body, Glasgow must follow a strict procurement process which complies with all EU Procurement directives. Following an initial tendering process, a period of   evaluation of key aspects of tender responses began, aspects including analysis of total cost, quality, value added offerings and innovation, during which the evaluation panel, or “commodity team” assessed the merits of all suppliers’ bids side by side. The outcome of the evaluation was conclusive in favour of the Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion being the most economically advantageous solution for Glasgow within our passenger car lot. Caring for the environment is very high on the Council’s agenda and any measures we can take to help reduce our carbon footprint are extremely desirable. We have calculated that running this vehicle will reduce the council’s carbon output by 37 tonnes over the duration of the contract whilst saving the Council significant money.”
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.
Vincent Kinner, Head of Volkswagen Fleet Services, said: “We’re proud that Glasgow City Council selected the Polo BlueMotion to become the mainstay of its vehicle fleet and the part it will play in driving up efficiency.”
Simon McBride

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.

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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