Bakery slices fuel bill with Mercedes-Benz Sprinters12 December 2013

Liverpool bakery Coultons Bread has slashed £1,500 from its weekly fuel bill after switching half of its 85-strong van fleet to Mercedes-Benz Sprinters.

The newest additions are all 316 CDI long chassis cabs with 163bhp engines, and were supplied by dealer Road Range.

The company's previous vehicles cost an average of 45p per mile to run, but the Sprinters have cut that figure by a third to 30p per mile, according to Howard Hunter, Coultons' managing director.

Coultons acquired its first Sprinter in early 2012 after experiencing problems with its previous vehicles: "It was a big improvement from the outset, in terms of both mpg performance and overall build quality," recalls Hunter.

He adds: "Our Sprinters have continued to provide much-improved fuel performance and far better reliability than the vehicles we're phasing out. As a result we've benefited from a welcome cut in our running costs as well as far less downtime.

Author
Laura Cork

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