New car registrations up 10.1% in July
UK car sales grew for the 29th month running in July with 172,907 new cars registered in July, 6.6% more than the same month last year. A total of 1,460,172 new car sales have been registered in t...
Contract Hire and Leasing News by John Simpson
Engine range confirmed for third-gen Skoda Fabia
Skoda’s third generation Fabia will be available with a choice of four petrol and three diesel engines when it goes on UK sale early 2015. The Czech carmaker says the supermini will use up to 17% l...
First Drive Review: Volkswagen e-Golf 2014
"It's not about who did it first, it's about who did it right". The immortal words of rap star Drake there and a sentiment which sums up Volkswagen's attitude with the e-Golf - a fully electric ve...
Enjoy VED-exemption while you can, the great road tax tightening is coming
‘Vehicle Excise Duty’, ‘road tax’, whatever you want to call it, nobody likes it and nobody wants to pay it even when it’s as little as £20 a year. Everyone from private motorists to fleet manager...
Highlighting leasing benefits key to Lex Autolease’s 100k goal
Lex Autolease added nearly 10,000 new vehicles to its UK fleet in the first half of 2014. The fleet management company, which is part of Lloyds Banking Group, reported a 17% growth in new fleet del...
Sign Language’s speedy livery replacement system will cut fleet vehicle downtime
Vehicle livery firm Sign Language has launched a new online ordering system, aimed at reducing vehicle downtime for fleets. The Oxfordshire-based company’s new web portal enables fleet managers an...
Skoda to build new Fabia from late August
Skoda isn’t due to reveal its new Fabia until the Paris Motor Show in October, but production on the third generation supermini is set to begin at the end of August. Preparations for production st...
Review: Fiat 500L MPW 1.6 Multijet 105hp
Fiat’s cutesy 500 city car forms the basis for half of the brand’s car range right now. The seven-seat 500L MPW (Multi Purpose Wagon) represents one of the five variants currently available but asi...
Driverless cars set for UK roads this January
Driverless cars could be on UK roads as early as January next year, the UK Government has announced. Up to £10 million of Government money has been made available to three cities to host trials of...
Jaguar reveals face of new XE ahead of September premiere
This is how the front end of Jaguar’s new XE premium mid-size saloon will look when it goes on sale in 2015. The XE is pictured alongside pop singer Emeli Sandé who will write a song to accompany ...
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