UK driving school dumps Vauxhall

No1Doyen


Joined: 04/07/2008
Posts: 16617

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 13:49

BSM, the UK's biggest driving school, is to replace its basic vehicle for learners - the Vauxhall Corsa - after signing a deal with Fiat.

The Italian firm will provide BSM with 14,000 cars over four years - mainly its Fiat 500.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8172233.stm

Brinsley


Joined: 04/04/2009
Posts: 6858

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 13:52

Left hookers?! That should improve driving standards!



Richard

wanderer


Joined: 05/02/2009
Posts: 1653

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 13:58

Its all down to discount not vehicle choice 30-45% discount with guaranteed buybacks from the manufacturers or dealer supported by Vauxhall

Vauxhall is bankrupt thanks to GM

Fiat bid for the Vauxhall operation but I think were excluded by Germany

TimothyCadman


Joined: 13/12/2007
Posts: 1040

Message Posted:
28/07/2009 14:02

What a useless car to learn to drive in. It's great for round town but on a long run it's a pain in the bum.

Really these days nothing smaller than a Ford Fusion 1.6 litre should be the standard to learn to drive as this size car is the most popular.

On the other side of the coin though, this is another blow in these hard pushed times for GM and Vauxhall. No doubt more job redundancies will be announced on the loss of this order.