– By Marc Sibbald –
There is no doubt the driveways of today look very different to 30 years ago when novated leasing first entered the fleet world. Back then your status within an organisation could be identified by the badge of the locally manufactured six cylinder large car being washed on the lawn each Saturday afternoon.
Some older folk (myself included) still remember one of the rewards when climbing the corporate ladder during the eighties and nineties was an upgrade from a Falcon to a Fairmont. The extra kudos that came with velour seats, electric windows and air conditioning was almost better than a pay rise.
These days with novated leasing you can reward yourself with the car you want regardless of your current position in the hierarchy. Parents can have large SUVs and the brand or style conscious get to choose a BMW, Audi or Mercedes.
But it’s not just novated leasing that has driven the change in the vehicles being driven today. There are a number of other factors such as lifestyle, fuel pricing and reducing import tariffs just to name a few. And these factors can be seen by the changes in popular novated lease vehicles.
To show how styles and tastes have changed over the last ten years, Simplygreen Salary Packaging has provided a list of the top five novated vehicles in 2004, 2009 and 2014.
2004
- Mazda6
- Holden Commodore
- Toyota Corolla
- Toyota RAV4
- Mazda3
2009
- Mazda3
- Holden Captiva
- Volkswagen Golf
- Mazda6
- Hyundai i30
2014
- Jeep Grand Cherokee
- Volkswagen Golf
- Mazda CX-5
- Hyundai i30
- Hyundai ix35
Some of these vehicles may have found their way into your tool of trade fleets. If they have, then hopefully you have some happy customers because you are giving your drivers the car they would choose to drive if they were spending their own money.
