Repmobile

A repmobile is a semi-derogatory British term used to describe cars that are popular on the fleets of sales representatives (or reps). This term is most commonly applied to large family cars produced by mainstream manufacturers and sold cheap to fleets, e.g. Ford Mondeo and Honda Accord.

Many companies, choose Ford Mondeo's and Honda Accord's because they are very reliable and very capable of doing very high mileage. Mondeo's and Accord's are well known for doing high mileage, and they last for a long time.

These cars are typically bought for high mileage motorway use and passed on to auctions with 100,000 or more miles at three to four years old. The fact that these cars are very common, suffer from this negative image and are sold cheap to fleets ensure that depreciation is steep.

Examples of repmobiles and years of production

*Austin Maxi (1969-1981)
*Austin Montego (1984-1995)
*Citroën BX (1982-1994)
*Citroën C5 (2001-present)
*Citroën Xantia (1993-2000)
*Citroen XM (1989-2000)
*Daewoo Espero (1994-2000)
*Ford Cortina (1962-1982)
*Ford Granada (1972-1994)
*Ford Orion (1983-1993)
*Ford Mondeo (1993-present)
*Ford Sierra (1982-1993)
*Honda Accord(1976-present)
*Honda Legend(1976-present)
*Honda Civic (1976-present)
*Mazda 6 (2002-2008)
*Mazda 626 (1979-2002)
*Nissan Bluebird (1986-1990)
*Nissan Primera (1990-present)
*Peugeot 305 (1978-1988)
*Peugeot 405 (1988-1997)
*Peugeot 406 (1995-2004)
*Peugeot 407 (2004-present)
*Renault Laguna/21 (1994-present)
*Rover 400/45 (1990-2005)
*Rover 600 (1993-1999)
*Rover 800 (1986-1999)
*Toyota Avensis (1998-present)
*Toyota Carina (1970-1998)
*Vauxhall Cavalier (1975-1995)
*Vauxhall Carlton (1978-1994)
*Vauxhall Omega (1993-2003)
*Vauxhall Vectra (1995-present)
* Volkswagen Jetta,Vento & Bora (1980-present)
*Volkswagen Passat (1973-present)
*Volkswagen Santana (1982-1987)
*Volvo 200 Series (1974-1993)
*Volvo 700 Series (1982-1990)
* Volvo 900 Series (1990-1998)

ee also

*Large family car