A look down the road ahead.

The fleet motor market is experiencing a growth spurt, despite tax changes, but a reform on corporate killing and the introduction of automative telematics could cause it to stall. Keith Byrne explains.

The suggestion that a new emissions-based tax system for company cars
would sound the death knell for fleets seems to have been disproved during
the first quarter of 2002. Instead, there has been a record level of sales
for new cars to fleet buyers. According to SMMT, car registrations have
increased by 16%, year on year, to 208 976 cars each year. The motor
market is up 9% and the pace of growth is expected to continue, although
there may be a slight slowdown towards the end of the year.


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