The number of company cars that are offered to status drivers has fallen from 52% to 39% in the past year, according to the Quarterly company car trends report, by the fleet services arm of GE Commercial Finance.

Factors which have risen in importance when determining how company cars are allocated are a vehicle's fitness for a purpose and the cost effectiveness of vehicles based on a whole life cost per mile calculation.

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