York’s Autohorn boosts fleet with the addition of 60 new Toyotas

York-based Autohorn, a vehicle rental and leasing specialist, has boosted its customer fleet with the addition of more than 60 new Toyotas.

Already a well-established Toyota customer, the company is also taking delivery of a wide range of cars, including the Aygo, the Hilux Invincible as well as the advanced Prius Plug-in hybrid.

This is the latest deal that has been produced from the successful collaboration between Autohorn and the business team at Vantage Toyota York.

Overall, Autohorn have acquired 64 new cars, including 11 Yaris Hybrid, plus additional Yaris diesels and Avensis saloons and wagons, with financing support provided by Toyota Financial Services. Fleet renewal is scheduled every six months.

In its 20th year of trading, Autohorn provides a wide range of vehicle rental, leasing and chauffeur services, including short-term car and van leasing. Based by York’s central station, it holds a Europcar car rental franchise.

Established in Harrogate in 2003, Vantage Motor Group now has 21 dealerships across Northern England and the West Midlands representing Toyota, Kia, Citroen, Honda, Hyundai, ŠKODA, and Lexus. Turnover to the end of 2014 was £174m.

Lee Underwood, Autohorn’s managing director, said: “Our experience with Toyota vehicles has shown them to be reliable, hard-wearing and attractive to our customers. We are pleased to extend our range with these new models, in particular Yaris Hybrid and, for the first time, Prius Plug-in.

“More and more customers are seeking a more environmentally friendly option when leasing a vehicle from us and we consider Toyota hybrids an excellent proposition, being easy, smooth and comfortable to drive with good fuel economy and low emissions.”

Glen Ramskill, centre principal at Vantage Toyota York, added: “We began working with Autohorn three years ago and have enjoyed an excellent relationship with them, not least because we are two local York businesses committed to giving our customers excellent service.

“We joined with them when they first wanted to introduce hybrids and are pleased that we are now able to offer them an even wider range of vehicles, including our latest hybrids, all-wheel drive models and city cars.”

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