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Perfect for frugal family and fleet motoring: the Volkswagen Passat Estate Bluemotion 1.6 TDI

The Passat Estate is the unsung hero of the Volkswagen model range. A workhorse with unexceptional looks, its lack of glamour means its tailor-made for families who want something solid with an air of

Don’t mix your pedals and your Pimms

If you’re planning to have a few drinks at a barbeque this summer don’t cycle home, warns the IAM (Institute of Advanced Motorists). Although drink-driving is socially unacceptable, many people wouldn’t think twice about cycling home after consuming more than the legal blood-alcohol limit for driving. Neil Greig, IAM Director of Policy and Research said: [...]

CIPD welcomes Government plans to abolish Default Retirement Age

The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) welcomes the Government’s proposal to phase out the Default Retirement Age (DRA) by October 2011. This follows many years of campaigning to remove the DRA. Dianah Worman, diversity adviser, CIPD, says: ”We are greatly encouraged by the new plans laid out to eradicate the DRA. Our research [...]

Audi A7 Sportback to join UK range in January 2011

The all new A7 Sportback joins the UK range as its 35th member in January 2011, priced from £42,925. The new A7 Sportback will initially offer a choice of four FSI petrol and TDI engines. The 204PS 2.8-litre FSI and 300PS 3.0-litre TFSI petrol units will be complemented by two versions of the 3.0-litre TDI [...]

IMI Executive Chair smashes Kilimanjaro target

Sarah Sillars, Executive Chair of the IMI, has smashed through the original sponsorship target for her upcoming climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. Sarah and her daughter Rachael have now raised an incredible £26,000 for BEN, with eight weeks still to go until their challenge. Sarah and Rachael’s total so far has been boosted by a generous [...]

Manufacturers in the UK explore local sourcing opportunities

UK component suppliers are set to do more business with vehicle manufacturers following this month’s first automotive components trade event, organised by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Over 90 one-to-one meetings took place between manufacturers and suppliers at the event, held in Birmingham earlier this month. The networking event was set up [...]

Kia add Venga to Driving School Programme line-up

Kia’s Driving School Programme is now available with the Kia Venga. The addition of the B-segment MPV onto the programme means that driving schools now have a total of six Kia models to choose from as the Venga joins the Picanto and Rio superminis, the cee’d and pro_cee’d hatchbacks and the Soul urban crossover on [...]

Could the BMW 520d be the perfect business car? Fleet Voice

I think I’ve just driven the perfect business car. The only reason I’m not more certain is I’m still reeling from just how good this machine is. For the record, it’s the new BMW 520d. Before some shoot me down in flames and say this claim is all too easy to make when many fleet [...]

Fleet Alliance revolutionise excess mileage charges

Fleet Alliance , the Glasgow-based fleet solutions provider which currently has 8,500 vehicles under management with plans to grow the fleet to over 12,000 units, is predicting excess mileage charges could be a thing of the past with their revolutionary new scheme, which guarantees that fleet operators will no longer incur expensive charges by recalculating [...]

Peugeot’s 3008 cleans up with Nilfisk Advance deal

Nilfisk Advance, a Danish manufacturer of professional powered floor cleaning equipment, has selected a fleet of 25 Peugeot 3008 Sport Hdi 110s for its UK sales force, replacing a fleet of Peugeot 407 SWs after the end of the current three-year contract. The Peugeot 3008’s driveability, space, and host of practical touches heavily influenced the [...]

Leasedrive Velo triples charity target for Marie Curie and RNLI

The Leasedrive Velo Group, one of the UK’s largest independent privately-owned vehicle management groups, have taken part in a specially-organised 270-mile charity bike ride between Wokingham and Le Mans in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care and the RNLI and their 14 strong team of riders has raised £14,652. Roddy Graham, commercial director of Leasedrive [...]

Nationwide appoint new operations director for mobile division

Nationwide is pleased to announce the appointment of experienced automotive authority Gary Nicholls in a newly created role as Operations Director – Mobile Division. Previously the Vice President of Retail Operations for autoquake.com, and prior to that at Carland, a GM owned Car supermarket group retailing nearly 20,000 cars per year, Gary will be responsible [...]

epyx reports e-commerce transactions up 20%

epyx, the IT solutions specialists for the automotive sector and the company behind the industry standard 1link Service Network service and maintenance e-commerce platform,has reported the number of fleet service and maintenance e-commerce transactions has risen by more than 20% and is set to hit three million by the end of 2010. Ken Trinder, head [...]

BVRLA calls on HMRC to make VAT recovery fairer

BVRLA (British Vehicle Rental And Leasing Association) have called on HM Revenue & Customs to increase the current 50% VAT recovery rate available to businesses leasing cars to be increased to allow a fairer level of VAT recovery in light of new business mileage data compiled by the BVRLA that clearly shows that the current [...]

The Fuelcard People say no to faceless customer service

The Fuelcard People are answering the call for better service from fuel card suppliers as they say fleet operators nationwide have expressed their unhappiness at having to deal with faceless call centres. Steve Clarke, general manager of The Fuelcard People, said: “If a customer needs to discuss their account, they inevitably have to deal with [...]

ALD see fleets focus on low emission vehicles in record numbers

ALD Automotive, the leading contract hire and leasing company and operator of in excess of 52,000 vehicles, has reported that with business’ focusing on cost of ownership coupled together with an ever widening choice of low emissions cars means fleets are taking delivery of environmentally-friendly models in record numbers, with the average CO2 emissions of [...]

Jaama offers three month free trial to small fleets

Jaama, the specialist fleet software provider, have launched a three-month free trial of their FleetAssistant software, which was specifically designed with businesses running smaller fleets in mind that offers not only increased efficiency and reduced admin time but the cost savings associated with these changes. Many have found on closer inspection of their procedures brought [...]

ACFO re-elect chairman for another term

Julie Jenner has been unanimously re-elected as chairman of ACFO (Association of Car Fleet Operators), a position she has held since 2006 and one that she will continue in through 2010/11. Julie, key solutions manager for GE Capital Solutions, who was re-elected at a recent ACFO board meeting said: “My job means that I am [...]

An interview with TyreSafe

TyreSafe is a not for profit organisation established to help raise awareness of the dangers of defective and worn tyres. Respected across the industry, from all major tyre companies and leading tyre retailing groups as well as other road safety organisation such as the RAC Foundation, RoadSafe and BRAKE, the organisation and its activities has [...]

Brake reaction to vital road safety work being halted following Government funding cuts

Brake has reacted with horror at the news that vital road safety programmes are being disbanded by some local authorities following huge cuts to the road safety grant provided by central Government. The Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership is ceasing operations in Oxfordshire as a result of funding cuts, meaning speed cameras will be switched [...]

Volkswagen Passat Estate - The Passat Estate is the unsung hero of the Volkswagen model range. A workhorse with unexceptional looks, its lack of glamour means its tailor-made for families who want something solid with an air of [...]

Volkswagen Golf - How do you make the hot even hotter? Easy, if you’re Volkswagen: you take the much-loved and hugely popular Golf GTI, increase the power, add four-wheel drive and – hey presto – you come up with the G [...]

Volkswagen Golf - The Volkswagen Golf, now on its sixth generation, has been a class leader in the small family segment ever since it was launched in 1974. It’s one of the cars that all new hatchbacks aspire to be. The [...]

Audi A8 - Right between the end of a recession and the start of a new age of austerity, the car industry has decided to launch a number of luxury cars. After the Rolls-Royce Ghost and Bentley Mulsanne, we’ve se [...]

Fiat 500 - The Fiat 500 of 1957 was an affordable and practical city runabout originally powered by a half-litre, 2-cyl engine. Fifty-three years on, the latest addition to the current 500 range pays homage to t [...]

Volkswagen Polo - The Volkswagen Polo is the second-biggest seller in VW’s model line-up (after the Golf), so the fifth generation of the car, launched at the end of 2009, was one of the most eagerly anticipated new ca [...]