More than 260 cars have been supplied in the first two months of a new courtesy car supply deal agreed by repairer network ABS with Days Contract Hire.

The central buying arrangement, which could potentially cover all of ABS’s 240 repairers across the country, covers mainly Group A cars such as the Ford Ka and Toyota Yaris, supplied on a 1+11 payment/12,000 mile basis. Current offers include the Ford Ka 1.3 Style at £99.99 per month.

Ian Douglas, network services manager, who negotiated the deal for ABS, said: ''Courtesy cars are a major expense to our repairers and we have arrived at a deal that provides highly competitive pricing but also solves many of the other problems that are often seen in courtesy car leasing.

''For example, the contract is written in plain English with no hidden charges, there are no documentation fees, pooled mileage is provided, and there is a free of charge extension on existing vehicles whilst repairers wait for new ones to be delivered.''