James’s Blog: We’re onto a winning streak!
The team here has been working long and hard over the past few months to secure contracts which will enable us to expand our services. I am now delighted to share with you the major successes we have had over recent weeks.
Earlier this month we were named as Birmingham’s official car club partner. Our small existing presence in the city, which currently only consists of off-street locations, will very shortly see us expand into the Jewellery Quarter with many more locations to follow – including lots of on-street bays. We’re very excited about our plans for the Birmingham club, and hope to see it become one of our largest operations in the coming years.
This announcement was then followed (subject to contract) by success in the London Borough of Wandsworth, where we will be providing roughly 50 vehicles from what we hope will be August. We’ve also renewed our agreement with Bristol City Council which will also lead to many more cars being placed across the city.
All this is in addition to more new locations planned for most other cities throughout the year. It’s been a lot of work but we can’t wait to get cracking in these new areas!
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Must have missed something (was there an announcement?) about the replacement of all the Corsas with Fiat 500′s.
The Fiats are a lot smaller (less boot space) and seem to be Petrol rather than Diesal.
What was the reason for this change?
Hello Richard
Thank you for your comment.
Yes, we have started introducing the new Fiat 500 TwinAir into the fleet. We mentioned this in our summer newsletter and there is also an article in the Clubhouse section of our website.
The main reason for introducing the Fiat’s was to update the vehicles available to members, keeping them fresh and offering greater choice. They are excellent to drive and are the world’s greenest petrol engine car which was a big factor in choice. We have introduced over 50 of these into the fleet and will have 100 by the end of September. They won’t replace all of our Corsa or Fiesta cars and will represent less than 20% of the overall car mix in the fleet. I do take your point that these cars are smaller than some of those that have been replaced, and I have asked our Fleet Manager to look into this in terms of distribution. If you feel you need a larger car in your area then please let us know by emailing home@citycarclub.co.uk
I hope this answers your concerns, and thanks again for your comment.
James