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Less taxing Infiniti is good news for business users

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Less is more: Infiniti is now more attractive to business users

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30 March 2012

Less is more: Infiniti is now more attractive to business users

Author: Robin Roberts

Rarely is it good news for a manufacturer when their model goes down in value, but that’s the case with the latest Infiniti M35h hybrid.

A new sub 160g/km CO2 figure brings the luxury sports saloon under a key tax threshold for the first time – benefiting company balance sheets and saving drivers money. There’s even a small extra bonus on fuel consumption – without any loss of the car’s pacesetting performance.

At 159g/km, the latest Infiniti M35h qualifies for the higher rate of Write Down Allowance (WDA), allowing companies to claim 18% of the car’s cost as capital expenditure per year. Cars with CO2 of more than 160g/km can claim only 8% WDA per year.

The lower emissions figure also drops the M35h one company car tax band for drivers, from 23 to 22% for 2012/13, saving a 40% taxpayer around £180 a year. Already the Infiniti M35h’s tax liability for company car drivers is substantially lower than petrol saloons with similar performance.

Newly-appointed UK fleet sales manager Simon Lewis said the latest Infiniti M35h was absolutely right for small businesses.   “The Infiniti M35h is already popular with companies seeking a luxury saloon with no compromise on performance or fuel consumption. Now with its no-compromise approach to running costs, it offers business car managers a car that is both hugely enticing and entirely sensible – a combination we think they will approve of.”

Rather than resort to specification tweaks such as fitting low rolling resistance tyres to lower CO2, Infiniti engineers found the emissions-reducing answer in technology. Key enhancements to electric motor accuracy and battery charging allow the Infiniti M35h to rely more on silent electric power when starting off from cold, bringing benefits that go beyond just cutting running costs.

As well as lowering CO2 the changes bring improvements across the EU fuel consumption spectrum; the combined figure for the 359bhp (364PS) petrol/electric model improves by 0.5mpg to 40.9mpg, while on the highway cycle the Infiniti M35h is now credited with more than 50mpg.

The latest Infiniti will have even stronger appeal to individuals or small businesses with a small fleet and you can keep up to date with the latest company car news here.

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Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton

Ralph Morton is an award-winning journalist and the founder of Business Car Manager (now renamed Business Motoring). Ralph writes extensively about the car and van leasing industry as well as wider fleet and company car issues. A former editor of What Car?, Ralph is a vastly experienced writer and editor and has been writing about the automotive sector for over 35 years.

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