City Car Manufacturer of the Year

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Metro

sponsors of City Car Manufacturer of the Year
The Metro brand was launched in March 1999 as a London only free newspaper. It was designed to be a concise read containing bite-sized national and international news, wrapped around local information.

Fiat

sponsors of Public Sector Fleet of the Year (below 250 vehicles)
Fiat’s average CO2 emissions figure on cars sold in Europe are only 129.1 g/km meaning that Fiat is the only mainstream car brand to achieve the European average goal, of 130 g/km by 2015, five years early. But Fiat’s commitment has always been to the public’s real needs and won’t be stopping here.

Shell

sponsors of Rental Company of the Year

TRACKER

sponsors of Private Sector Fleet of the Year (below 250 vehicles)
TRACKER is the UK's number one supplier of vehicle tracking services. With over a million systems installed to date, in everything from cars and motorcycles, to HGVs, plant and construction equipment, our award-winning products ensure our customers have complete peace of mind. Established in 1993, TRACKER remains committed to investment in leading edge solutions that anticipate and respond to the changing dynamics of the marketplace.

Green Motion

sponsors of Public Sector Fleet Manager of the Year
Green Motion, the pioneers of low CO2 car and van rental, is pleased to sponsor the GreenFleet’s Awards Launched in September 2007, Green Motion has steadily developed its national network of franchised locations offering customers, both leisure and corporate, the opportunity to hire vehicles featuring the latest in class-leading, low CO2 and fuel saving technologies.

ING Car Lease

sponsors of Public Sector Fleet of the Year (+250 Vehicles)

Michelin

sponsors of the Private Sector Fleet of the Year Award (+250 vehicles)
Michelin is the world leader in the development of low rolling resistance tyres, the first of which was the Michelin Energy car tyre that was introduced in 1992. Since then the Company has further developed these types of tyres and now offers an extensive range for cars, vans and trucks.

Enterprise Rent-a-Car

sponsors of the Outstanding Achievement Award
Founded in 1957, Enterprise Rent-A-Car is an industry leading, multinational company with more than 900,000 vehicles in its fleet and over 7,000 offices worldwide – making it one of the largest car rental companies in the world.

sponsors of the London Freight Operator Award
The Freight Operator Recognition Scheme (FORS) is a unique, industry-led membership scheme that aims to transform freight delivery in London.

Garmin

sponsors of the Fleet Car Manufacturer of the Year Award
Currently celebrating its 20th anniversary, Garmin is the global leader in satellite navigation devices. Operating in the automotive, aviation, marine, car manufacture (OEM), mobile and outdoor and fitness markets, Garmin has sold over 31 million devices to date.

City Car Manufacturer of the Year

sponsored by Metro
This award is presented to the City Car manufacturer that has increased takeup of its range of smaller cars that produce CO2 emissions under 120 grams per kilometre (g/km).

City Cars are classified as cars with tailpipe CO2 emissions of less than 120 g/km. To view information on a range of City Cars, visit www.whatgreencar.com

2009 Winner: Fiat 500 (Start&Stop Dualogic)
The new Fiat 500 ‘retro car’, launched in 2007, was inspired by the model of the same name that was built from 1957-1975, and provided affordable transport in many parts of the world. The 2009 model, featuring a 1.2 litre petrol engine, benefits from several enhancements that make it even more efficient and less polluting.

Fiat’s Start&Stop benefits from the combined expertise of automotive parts specialist Bosch and Fiat Powertrain Technologies. Dualogic cars have a 5 speed manual gearbox which shifts automatically. This is advantageous to city drivers having only two pedals, making for an easier life in the urban environment.

eco:Drive allows drivers to gain better insight into how their driving style influences their consumption and emission of pollutants. It comes as a software application that can be installed on your computer. As you are driving your car, eco:Drive processes in detail all the information relating to the vehicle’s efficiency and your driving characteristics. The data is tranferred via a USB key to be read on a computer. Fiat claims that sixty thousand people have downloaded eco:Drive in less than a year since its launch, and 25,000 are using it daily to monitor their driving styles.

Fiat has the lowest average CO2 emissions on cars sold during the first half of 2009, and has always made economical cars, but its latest efforts combine several technologies to make the new Fiat 500 one of the greenest city cars available and a very popular choice.

Judges comments: “The latest version of the iconic 500 now comes with Start&Stop, which further reduces its CO2 emissions down to 110g/km (Band B). A true 4-seater, the 500 gives fantastic value to the consumer as well as being one of the greenest cars in its class. It also leads the way with the latest USB-compatible ‘eco-Drive’ system which shows the driver how to improve fuel economy and cut emissions.”

Commended:
Citroen C1
Toyota IQ
Peugeot 107
Hyundai i10