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Honda finds a home with Ikea

Honda (UK) has sealed a major corporate deal to replace IKEA UK's entire company car fleet with Civic Hybrids. This follows a commitment made by the home furnishings retailer to reduce its environmental impact and in particular, reduce CO2 emissions.

In total, Honda will supply 50 Civic Hybrids this year, with a further delivery in 2008.

John Kingston, Environment Manager at Honda (UK) said: 鈥淐ivic Hybrid is really taking off in the corporate sector where businesses want to be seen to be green.

鈥淚KEA's commitment to replace its entire fleet with Civic Hybrids is a real-life endorsement of the car and the excellent benefits it offers. In terms of cost, fuel efficiency and low emission driving the Civic Hybrid really stacks up," he added.

The Honda Civic Hybrid has a fuel consumption of 61.4mpg and CO2 emissions of 109g/km.