Orient Finance Car Exchange Partners With Spark Electric Vehicles

September 17, 2014

The pioneer in introducing the Trade-in concept for vehicles, Orient Finance’s Orient Car Exchange has tied up with several prominent vehicle dealers to bring their clientele the best possible service coupled with convenience and affordability.

Their success is evident from the high percentage of brand new vehicles financed by OFP.

The trade-in option allows customers to not only easily exchange their current vehicle to a brand new one, but it also offers the best available deals from the vehicle dealer.

Not being restricted or limited to any particular model or make, customers can exchange their old vehicles to any new one - be it a generic, hybrid or even an electric car, which is the latest type of vehicles to come under the Orient Car Exchange option.

OFP joined hands with Spark Electric Vehicles (E Lanka Automotive Pvt Ltd - SEV) as a trade-in partner for electric cars to expand the options to its prospective customers in select their vehicles.

SEV, an enterprising new automotive company focused on making electric cars accessible to Sri Lankans as well as providing the necessary infrastructure, partnered with Orient Finance’s Orient Car Exchange, to avail Sri Lankan consumers to some of the best electric cars available in international markets.

This option will be available for models such as, the Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi MiEV and BMW i3.

Commenting on the benefits of using an electric car, Anuruddha Lihinikaduwa, MD/CEO, Spark emphasized that, “Spark, promotes zero emission and ecofriendly transportation in the country. Further, the maintenance costs for electrical vehicles are minimal to non-existence though we are equipped with a group of qualified engineers to cater to needs of customers.”

Commenting at the signing off of the MoU between Orient Finance PLC and Spark Electric Vehicles, Suresh Amerasekera, CEO, Orient Finance said, “Having identified the importance of zero emissions in today context, we look on to this project with more than a mere business interest.”