By Mike Torpey on 2015-01-27 - Driving Force news editor and responsible for organising our daily output. He was staff motoring editor of the Liverpool Echo for 20 years.
C-Class really is
the Business
THE Mercedes-Benz C-Class has been named business car of the year for 2015.
It took the BusinessCar magazine's accolade ahead of the Peugeot 308.
The awards also saw fellow German executive brand BMW show its strength in the fleet market by taking two gongs - Manufacturer of the Year for the fifth year running and Green Model of the Year with its i3 electric supermini.
Leasing company Alphabet took the remaining headline award as Service Supplier of the Year.
BusinesCar's Paul Barker said: "The new C-Class has propelled Mercedes-Benz into the middle of the fiercely competitive premium upper medium saloon marketplace and massive improvements over the previous model have meant the company has picked up its first ever Business Car of the Year prize.
"The C-Class currently offers the most efficient diesel in the sector and there's also a 94g/km hybrid, plus the 48g/km plug-in coming in April.
"But there's more to the C-class than just efficiency gains. The classier and more sporty looks combine with a serious focus on whole life costs to propel the new model into fleet heartland territory."
C-Class prices start at £27,195 for the C 200 SE saloon model.
Other notable winners include The AA, which picked up three awards in the accident management, risk management and vehicle recovery categories.
Volkswagen also picked up multiple awards with wins in the mainstream lower medium, mini-MPV and mainstream 4x4 categories for its Golf, Touran and Tiguan models, while Ford, Vauxhall, Hyundai, Kwik-Fit and BCA were also among the winners.
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