FTA urges chancellor to cut fuel duty
With George Osborne announcing his budget next month, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) has advised the chancellor to cut fuel duty rather than merely freezing it. In a pre-budget letter t...
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Citroen announces new C1 for Geneva
Citroen has released details of its revamped C1 ahead of the Geneva Motor Show, where it will be launched officially. The supermini will share its underpinnings with Toyota’s new Aygo and the Peuge...
Ford unveils the 2014 Focus
The Ford Focus has been a huge sales success for the automotive giant from Detroit, with 12 million cars finding homes since the launch in 1998. This year, the new Focus is coming and not only has ...
Peugeot 2008 reaches the 100,000 mark
Within 12 months of launching the 2008, Peugeot has built more than 100,000 examples of the crossover. More than 5,000 of the cars were destined for the UK, a number Peugeot claims is 35% above its...
Lexus shows hybrids have stronger residuals
The Lexus GS 300h has been crowned 2014 Residual Value Champion by the German Auto Bild magazine. The win makes it two on the bounce for Toyota’s luxury brand, as the GS 450h took the title last ye...
FTA conference focuses on low-carbon vision
The Freight Transport Association (FTA) Cutting Carbon, Cutting Costs Conference will take place in May, placing the emphasis on the low-carbon vision for logistics. The conference aims to provide ...
Volkswagen’s plug-in GTI
Another debutant at next month’s Geneva show will be the VW Golf GTE, which promises the driving dynamics of the popular GTI and the efficiency of a plug-in hybrid. Sitting alongside the petrol-po...
ACFO warns against EV taxation
At the Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) Electric Vehicle Seminar the fleet industry was told that David Cameron’s plans to make the UK a leader in EV adoption are in jeopardy due to the Go...
Cobra sees limiter sales sky-rocket
Cobra, a provider of safety, security and telematics systems, more than doubled its sales of electronic speed limiters during the second half of 2013 as fleet managers used the devices to decrease ...
Car up for grabs in National Motor Museum raffle
The star prize in this year’s National Motor Museum Trust Raffle Draw is a new Peugeot RCZ GT sports coupe. Finished in white with a 1.6-litre petrol engine, the RCZ is worth more than £24,000 and ...
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