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Paul Moon, Citroën’s marketing manager – fleet, business & commercial vehicles – knows that health professionals make intensive demands on their cars when delivering the services the public require. Thus, matching the right car to the individual role is the road to efficiency.
T
here are increasing demands on staff in health services to deliver a growing range
of health service solutions when working away from their base office or hospital. At the same time, managers are increasingly aware of the importance of comfort and safety in the cars allocated to their staff.
In an age of austerity, procurement managers must consider how to minimise their carbon footprint, improve their duty of care and control the costs and enhance the overall efficiency of their vehicle fleets. Given the need to use taxpayer funds in the most economical manner,
reducing
whole-life costs of staff cars has never been more important.
Two newly-launched Citroën cars provide the low cost of operation required in the multi-stop duties that are typical of many health service vehicle operations.
The New C1 and C4 Cactus models deliver exceptional fuel economy, low CO2 emissions in comfortable, well-equipped packages.
The New C1 is the ideal city car for those who must visit clients and patients in urban locations. Large doors have been designed to allow ease of access for staff and clients. With their ergonomically designed interiors and ease of use, these cars also make ideal pool vehicles for large departments or organisations.
comfort for the driver and passenger, closely matched with very low whole-life costs that will reduce the expense of the car’s operation on the public purse. This lower medium sector five-door car boasts exceptional combined- cycle fuel economy of up to 91.1mpg and CO2 emissions as low as 82g/km. These exceptional figures are achieved thanks to the extensive use of lightweight materials and new platform technology, which has made the C4 Cactus up to 200kg lighter than other cars in its sector.
Internally it offers excellent passenger and load space, allowing staff to carry vital equipment and work items. Also its unique Airbump technology gives the C4 Cactus protection
The New C1 maintains the robust build
quality of its predecessor – which was widely specified for demanding multi-stop work. The New C1’s efficient petrol engines deliver excellent Combined Cycle fuel economy of up to 74.3mpg, which is combined with low CO2 emissions, from just 88g/km CO2. Yet these excellent figures are achieved with reliable, low-cost conventional technology.
Measuring only 3.46m in length with a turning circle radius of 4.8m, the car can easily navigate tight city streets in crowded urban areas.
Practicality has also been designed into the New C1.
The New C4 Cactus 5-door is also designed for
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from costly minor damage, which normally occurs in car parks.
Equally important for procurement managers is that each car is available on very competitive contract hire terms from Citroën Contract Motoring (CCM). Residual values of the vehicles are high, returning more money to the public purse at disposal.
Health service providers are increasingly facing squeezed budgets while being expected to deliver greater volumes of work.
This means the right
choice of car is vital to help public servants/healthcare mangers deliver better services to clients in their own homes in a more cost- effective manner.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
E:
paul.moon@
citroen.com W:
www.citroen.co.uk
Paul Moon
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