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Like parent brand Hyundai, Kia is making massive strides with the quality of the product and in terms of UK fleet sales, although the emissions are still a little behind. At least for Kia they plunged last year, while the 85g/km Rio is a bright point in the range.
The Korean brands are improving fast, but reduced emissions and use of alternative fuels is lagging compared to quality of product. The lowest-emission i20 at 84g/km is impressive, but there's little else that threatens the class best for emissions.
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Mini's position as a brand offering appealing small cars is beyond doubt, but disappointingly there's still no model below 99g/km, while average emissions for fleet registrations rose last year thanks to the Countryman, the firm's new largest and most fleet-orientated model.
Land Rover made big strides in terms of emissions reduction last year, with the figures dropping by 7.0% mainly due to the launch of the new small Evoque. CO2 for the power is also impressive, but the line-up of large 4x4s can't compete with more fleet-focused brands.
At present something of a one-trick brand from a green perspective, Nissan doesn't capitalise on the eco reputation it has cultivated with its electric Leaf. There's little else competitive in the range from an environmental viewpoint if an electric car doesn't meet a driver's needs.
Toyota returns to the top of our eco-brand table, having been pushed off last year by Peugeot. The Japanese brand also topped the chart the first four times we ran this article, so last year's drop to fourth place has the appearance of a temporary blip rather than a trend.
Peugeot also drops behind Volvo, which has steadily improved year-on-year to now sit second, while Renault and Volkswagen were a little further back and tied for fourth, with a gap above and below them.
Five manufacturers were unsplittable to round out the top 10, with Seat just a point behind, while Fiat slots back into the middle of the table, having been once more included in this survey by returning to the fleet top 20 by registration at the expense of Mazda.
Mercedes made strong progress, climbing six places on last year thanks to big improvements in its emissions, although it's still behind Audi and BMW.
At the bottom, Nissan's pioneering Leaf electric car couldn't make up for the lack of particularly competitive low-emission activity in the rest of the range, while Land Rover's regular struggles as a result of being a manufacturer of large off-road vehicles meant it languished near the bottom once more.
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