Originally Posted by arch
Also got a plain silver Volvo, fast in a straight line, crap brakes, crap handling.
What model Volvo is that? I've used S60 and V70 and thought they were both fine motors.
Originally Posted by focusV8
My boss has been buying silver vans and cars for about 4 years now, if he is buying silver it must be the same price as white used to be. Silver would have previously been a extra cost for a fleet vehicle.
Silver is still a cost option but any fleet negotiator willing to commit to a few vehicles from one manufacturer should be able to get it FOC.
Originally Posted by metpol
What dont make sense is that BMW offered the met an entire BM fleet which would be cheaper than the current Vauxhall fleet, but the Met turned it down saying that the public would perceive it as that they are spending all the tax payers hard earned on motors and not police.
I've seen that before - where I've supplied "expensive" BMWs at lower cost than "cheap" Rover, Ford, Vauxhall. Many companies have a similar policy because perception is everything. That applies the other way too - how many still think the BMW 3 series is "exclusive" - even though it has outsold Mondeo in the UK for about 5 years now!!!