BRISTOL Street, the Birmingham Ford dealer, is investing £100,000 in a vehicle delivery service to ensure contract hire companies' customers receive their cars in pristine condition with minimum mileage on the clock. The company will deliver cars on one of a fleet of converted vehicles, complete with the livery of the contract hire company.

The dealer says it decided on the investment to meet the demands of drivers who do not want vehicles arriving with extra miles on the clock and looking used. Mark Hamer, Bristol Street's managing director, said: 'We recognise that contract hire customers need to have delivery mileage kept within tight limits and vehicles must be in pristine condition when delivered. Also there is often a need to return vehicles without adding extra mileage to them.'