Possible enviro banding change on the Kia Magentis
Posted by: Ling on May 17th, 2008
I am simply faster than any other car sales website in changing these Kia Magentis 2.0 CRDI (140bhp) GS Saloon 4dr 1991cc Diesel Manual details to reflect the latest info. No one can keep up with me. Often the manufacturer websites are out of date!
Local franchised dealer will sort out any warranty problems for free, but on most contracts (except VW group) any VAT registered garage can service car very cheap. Don’t use manufacturer agents, they are damn expensive. You never have an MOT (except on occasional 3-year contracts), car is always too young.
I also took the decision to code into HTML and make available for printing the "Comparative Labels" or the "fridge" type labels you see at Comet and Curry’s on new fridges and washing machines. No other UK website bothers (or wants) to give their customers this information. One day they will be forced to do this. I have made my code freely available for any dealer who wants to use it, and published a tutorial on how to include this in their websites. This was published on the Automotive Management forum on 26th October 2006. To date, no dealer has contacted me to use my code.
The different fuels have different merits from an environmental perspective. Compared to petrol, diesel vehicles have significantly lower CO2 emissions per kilometre traveled because of the higher efficiency of diesel engines and hence have a lower impact on climate change. Diesel vehicles also emit lower levels of CO and HC than equivalent petrol vehicles. However diesel engines emit greater levels of NOx and Particles than new petrol vehicles. As mentioned earlier, emissions of such pollutants are an air quality issue, particularly in urban areas.
Working it out from the tables, the CO2 is just 162g/km for the Kia Magentis Diesel Manual. There are a few cars in this range, so different specs will give slightly different CO2 values. Click on the “fridge label” to get a enviroment label to print for this car. The combined cycle economy for this Kia Magentis is now 47.10mpg, the noise level is 73.9dB(A) (decibels), the level of nitrogen oxides is 0.172g/km (oxides of Nitrogen react in the atmosphere to form Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) which can have adverse effects on health, particularly among people with respiratory illness).
The Kia Magentis falls into the 
D band overall.
My Kia Magentis 2.0 CRDI (140bhp) GS Saloon 4dr 1991cc Diesel with Manual gearbox is only £250.99+VAT per month with 3 months initial payment, followed by 35 payments on direct debit. Private customers, make sure you add in the VAT, when making decisions. As I can’t tell what type of customer you are (business or private), I can’t display the price any other way but to show VAT seperately (sorry!).
This price on my Kia Magentis includes full road tax for the length of the contract, on all of my cars and vans! Free delivery to your home or work and free collection from you at the end! £250.99+VAT per month is based on you driving 10,000 miles per annum, but higher mileages are usually available at a small extra cost. If you go over the allocated miles, you can pay a small excess mileage charge, usually between 3p and 15p per mile.
The comparative or "fridge" label, is compulsory in car showrooms - except you’ve got to DRIVE there to see it! I won an industry award for displaying it electronically for all website visitors. I am the proud winner of the 2008 Best Environmentalist 2008 Automotive Management Award. Like me, Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair talks straight about cars versus planes. "The usual horseshit", he says. One day, every car will be as Green as my Jolly Green Nuclear Missile Truck "Calm down dear!" - it’s only done 1,000 miles since 1970.
Here’s a patronising tip from the government: “
Cold starts - drive off as soon as possible after starting.”
My website comment page is overflowing. This is one of my favourites. “Very nice set up for the web page. I like the detail you’ve gone into.
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Editor Note: Right, well, the curate egg. Thanks for the letter, Tony, glad you love your new Citroen Dispatch. I asked the dealer about this delivery, I let him respond in his own words (no offence, I think there was a mix up in intent, this dealer is usually a superstar)… 
Oooops. Hope this is OK. Tony, you are a very good customer and you have had several cars from me, it is good to say these things, the dealer will be more careful how he comes across. - Ling
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Hi Ling,
In autumn 2007 I looked into leasing a car with a different company. However, I quickly found their sales people bordering on obnoxious, just one up from copier salesmen, and while going through the procedure at two points I was sent a rental agreement that had £100 added to the monthly rental price.
Dealing with Ling was so simple and easy.
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F band overall.
C band overall.
B band overall.