Paragon has secured a major contract to manage demonstration fleets for Renault across the UK.

It includes the preparation of all corporate fleet and press demonstration vehicles, internal training and marketing fleets.

The new agreement will see Paragon managing fleets of several hundred vehicles and organising the preparation, logistics and handover of over 6,000 demonstrations every year.

Paragon will manage the delivery, handover and collection of vehicles together with the supporting administration, mechanical maintenance, specialised bodyshop repair and refurbishment work. All vehicles will be defleeted by Paragon, being prepared for Renault UK’s remarketing programmes.

Corporate demonstration fleets provide potential fleet customers with the opportunity to test drive the vehicle of their choice, whilst press demonstration fleets are used by journalists, who test drive the vehicles for reviews in newspapers, magazines and television programmes.

The management of the demonstration fleets will be based at Paragon’s site at Heyford Park in Oxfordshire. The Renault dedicated administration team will be supported by a team of over a hundred and forty specially trained and uniformed delivery drivers. The Technical Team, also based at Heyford Park, will consist of two Renault Technical Experts (RTE) and four other Renault trained specialist technicians.

Steve Maltby, managing director at Paragon Fleet Solutions, said: “The renewal of this partnership is testament to the relationship we have with Renault UK and we are delighted to have signed the contract.”

Paragon is also preparing to manage Renault UK’s range of electric vehicles over the coming months and in preparation has invested in high-powered electric sources which can recharge a electric vehicle’s battery in just 20 minutes.

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