The so-called ‘Fuel Fugitives’ are in hiding and the French carmaker Peugeot is launching a campaign to find them after the couple travelled 3,700.1 miles around the UK on only 29.1 gallons of diesel, which gave an average economy of 126.8mpg! A figure officially recognised by the Guiness Book of Records.

Touring the extermities of the [...]

Final details relating to Citroën’s attendance at the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed (3rd -5th July), are as follows:
The GTbyCITROËN supercar concept is scheduled to make its first run up the 1.16-mile Goodwood Hill shortly after 9.00am on Friday 3rd July.  GTbyCITROËN will tackle the hill again a further 5 times during the festival weekend [...]

With an increased volume of traffic expected on the roads this summer as more families opt for a UK-based holiday, TyreSafe is encouraging all motorists to check their tyre pressure, tread depth and general tyre condition before they set off on holiday. Driving on correctly inflated tyres with sufficient tread depth is fundamental to both [...]

Like VW’s Touareg, the Qashqai is named after desert-dwelling nomadic tribe, but unlike the Saharan Touaregs, the Qashqais hail from South Western Iran. What you may not know is that the new Qashqai n-tec comes with the full Nissan Connect infotainment system and, in this case, a new 1.5dCi engine.
Nissan Qashqai+2 lease prices [...]

Staffordshire County Council’s Road Safety team in partnership with GreenRoad Technologies Ltd has scooped The Institute of Highways and Transportation Road Safety Award 2009 for its Young Driver Coaching Programme, beating off stiff competition from major national companies in the Reducing All Casualties category.
The programme allows newly qualified drivers to use the GreenRoad service to [...]

Mycompanyfleet, the fleet software specialist, is offering advice to drivers taking their company vehicles abroad during the summer holiday period.
Andrew Leech, Mycompanyfleet business manager, said: “More and more of us are taking are cars abroad and this summer, with its promise of good weather, looks likely to be no different.But there are some definite do’s [...]

A recent case held at Mold Crown Court, in which a company director was heard to have been driving whilst unlicensed and uninsured whilst involved in the hit and run of a 9 year old boy has been found guilty of causing the death of the child and perverting the course of justice and sentenced [...]

American vehicle manufacturer Ford has been selected to provide 134 Transit-based emergency response vehicles for Northern Gas Networks (NGN).
Crewed by two engineers the vehicles are used as part of the emergency response and repair serivce which covers NGN’s 23,000 mile network of gas pipes in the north of England.

The large Transit order was placed by [...]

Glass’s Information Services Limited (“Glass’s”) has announced that Andy Carroll has been appointed as Managing Director effective August 1st 2009.
Andy Carroll comes to Glass’s after a successful track record in the automotive sector over the last 20 years.  He held senior Sales and Marketing positions at GM Europe, culminating in Sales Director for Commercial Vehicles, [...]

Following news of the Retail Motor Industry Federation’s (RMIF) acquisition of the MRVA (story: RMIF completes acquisition of MVRA) the enlarged organisation’s member benefits are currently being reviewed.
New services will be made available to members shortly, as the services offered by the Motor Vehicle Repairers Association (MVRA) are incorporated into the RMIF.
RMIF Chief Executive Rob [...]