Volkswagen appoints CVs director as new cars man
Alex Smith will take over as the director of Volkswagen Passenger Cars from July 1. The appointment sees Smith move into the role after two and half years as the director of VW’s Commercial Vehicle...
Contract Hire and Leasing News by John Simpson
Are tyre labels full of hot air? – Tests uncover embarrassing inaccuracies
Labels designed to outline the fuel efficiency of tyres have been accused of being inaccurate and misleading, following recent tests. At certain speeds, tyres with a lower efficiency rating can per...
Range Rover Sport gets sneaky styling pack from July
Land Rover will offer its Range Rover Sport with a special styling pack from July. Buyers of HSE Dynamic and Autobiography Dynamic models will have the option to add neat stylistic touches by incl...
Two in three fleets unconvinced by self-driving cars
Self-driving vehicles may have grabbed the headlines recently but they have a long way to go to convincing business fleets that they’re the future. More than two-thirds of the 131 fleet operators ...
Record vehicle orders for Ogilvie Fleet in May
Ogilvie Fleet received a record number of orders for new fleet vehicles in May. For the first time since setting up in 1979, the fleet solutions provider broke the 500 mark for vehicle orders in a ...
Ford Transit Custom bolsters National Grid fleet
The National Grid has added 200 Ford Transit Custom vans to its fleet. Powered by Ford’s 2.2-litre TDCi 100PS diesel engine, the fully-liveried ECOnetic vans have been equipped with racking system...
First Drive Review: Nissan e-NV200 electric van 2014
After breaking new ground with the world’s first all-electric full production vehicle with the Leaf in 2011, Nissan is leading the electric charge once again with the e-NV200, a fully electric vers...
Kindness is in worryingly short supply on Britain’s roads
How humans communicate with each other has changed a lot in the last decade following the widespread uptake of email, social media, and smartphones. What would have been a lazy half-hour phone conv...
Top five cars of FIFA World Cup 2014 stars
Hyundai recently turned up to the front door of FIFA with more than 1,000 vehicles, specially ordered to transport players and officials for the World Cup in Brazil, and asked, ‘where do you want u...
New Toyota Aygo priced from £8,595, coming July
Toyota’s second generation Aygo will cost £8,595 when it goes on sale this July. That’s only £40 below Volkswagen’s entry level Up and £100 above Hyundai’s most basic i10, but Toyota will seek to ...
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