Empowering Customers To Reduce Carbon Emissions

Environmental Products We Supply at Sturgess

Being a motor retailer, we naturally realise that our business activities can have an impact on Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere and therefore we actively strive to educate our customers to reduce their footprint on the environment.

The franchise partners we work with also all recognise the importance of the effect they have on the environment and are constantly reviewing their product ranges to reduce the impact of Co2 emissions with updated model and powertrain choices.

The brands we currently represent, being Suzuki and BYD all have established model ranges offering either full Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV), Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV) or Mild Hybrid (MHEV) options.

All our manufacturer partners are working hard to meet the UK Governments’ Zero Emissions Mandate targets, which states that from 2024, 22% of new passenger cars sold into the UK market need to be BEV models. This increases to 80% by 2030.

Our sales staff have been intensively trained to assist customers in recognising where a low emission vehicle, of whatever type, would be beneficial to them when looking to reduce their environmental impact.

Each new car displayed in our showrooms has a colour coded fuel efficiency rating shown alongside. The rating, which goes from A to G demonstrates to the customer that the lower the rating, the lower the Co2 emission, and therefore the lower the associated road tax on the vehicle.

A similar scheme is also offered on our Used Car Selection with our point of sale displays clearly showing Co2 emissions, miles per gallon and associated road tax band.

We actively assist business customers in demonstrating the potential emissions and running costs associated with their company car choice.

We are a part of the Electric Vehicle Approved (EVA) scheme, established by The Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) and the Energy Savings Trust (EST). This scheme offers impartial advise to consumers on what the benefits are of BEV vehicle ownership.

We publicise both electronically and online a series of driving tips to help customers drive in a more careful and responsible way. It is important that our customers recognise that they can also be a safer driver and at the same time cut exhaust emissions, save fuel, and at the same time save money at the fuel pump.

Walter E Sturgess & Sons Ltd trading as Sturgess of Leicester and Sturgess Motor Group is an Appointed Representative of Automotive Compliance Ltd who is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA No. 497010). Automotive Compliance Ltd’s permissions as a Principal Firm allows Walter E Sturgess & Sons Ltd trading as Sturgess of Leicester and Sturgess Motor Group to act as a credit broker, not a lender, for the introduction to a limited number of lenders, and to act as an agent on behalf of the insurer for insurance distribution activities only. We are a credit broker and not a lender. We can introduce you to a carefully selected panel of lenders, which includes manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent. We act on behalf of the lender for this introduction and not as your agent. We are not impartial, and we are not an independent financial advisor. Our approach is to introduce you first to the manufacturer lender linked directly to the particular franchise you are purchasing your vehicle from, who are usually able to offer the best available package for you, taking into account both interest rates and other contributions. If they are unable to make you an offer of finance, we then seek to introduce you to whichever of the other lenders on our panel is able to make the next most suitable offer of finance for you. Our aim is to secure a suitable finance agreement for you that enables you to achieve your financial objectives. If you purchase a vehicle, in the majority of cases, we will receive a commission from your lender for introducing you to them which is either a fixed fee, or a fixed percentage of the amount that you borrow. This may be linked to the vehicle model you purchase. Different lenders pay different commissions for such introductions, and manufacturer lenders linked directly to the franchises that we represent may also provide preferential rates to us for the funding of our vehicle stock and also provide financial support for our training and marketing. But any such amounts they and other lenders pay us will not affect the amounts you pay under your finance agreement; however, you will be contributing towards the commission paid to us with the interest collected on your repayments. Before we propose you to a potential lender, we will inform you of the likely amount of commission we will receive and seek your consent to receive this commission. The exact amount of commission that we will receive will be confirmed prior to you signing your finance agreement. All finance applications are subject to status, terms and conditions apply, UK residents only, 18s or over. Guarantees may be required.

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Environmental Products We Supply at Sturgess