Fleet manager and company car driver interest in the new Mazda6 has led to a tripling of the manufacturer’s corporate demonstrator fleet.

There is now a total of 225 Mazda6 vehicles on the manufacturer’s corporate demonstrator fleet with the marque having originally planned to have 75 vehicles.

The move, which follows a UK-wide Mazda6 VIP fleet tour at the end of last year, also means that fleet managers and company car drivers will be able to test drive the model for longer.

Typically corporate demonstrator fleet vehicles are loaned for up to three days, but following expansion of the fleet, cars could be loaned for up to seven days if required by the customer.

Additionally, the brand’s franchise dealer network have been given the opportunity to increase the number of all-new Mazda6 models on their own demonstrator fleets with vehicles being loaned to local businesses.

Mazda is anticipating that up to two-thirds of total Mazda6 sales will be company cars and Head of Fleet Steve Tomlinson said: "The all-new Mazda6 is the most important fleet model in the Mazda range. The reception that the car received on the fleet tour and subsequently since its official launch in January has been fantastic.

"As well as already making multiple unit sales to existing corporate customers, we are opening new accounts with organisations that we are speaking to for the first time.

"We have a plentiful supply of Mazda6 models available. We are able to almost immediately supply cars to fleets and certainly ahead of the delivery times being quoted by many other manufacturers."

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