Ford Focus still the best selling car in the world
Ford’s Focus has retained its title as the world’s best selling car, according to automotive data provider Polk. A total of 1,097,618 Focus models were registered in 2013, 8.1% more than the 1,01...
Contract Hire and Leasing News by John Simpson
Demand growing for salary sacrifice cars, research finds
Salary sacrifice car schemes are the most popular feature that employers plan to add to their flexible benefits plan for employees, according to new independent research. A survey of 346 organisa...
Interview: Martin Gurney, Peugeot UK Fleet Director
Replacing Phil Robson as Peugeot’s Director of Fleet and Used Vehicles at the start of 2014, Martin Gurney has landed in Pug’s fleet seat at an exciting time for the brand. With the 208 and 308 mak...
Alphabet wins London Fire Brigade contract
Alphabet will provide the London Fire Brigade with company cars on a contract hire / user-chooser basis. The public sector mobility provider won the contract, which includes full maintenance, fol...
Upmarket Ford S-Max Vignale revealed in Milan, coming 2015
Ford has revealed an exclusive upmarket version of its S-Max MPV in Milan. The S-Max Vignale will go into production in 2015 as the second Ford model to wear the prestigious Vignale badge after i...
Seat Ibiza gets fuel-saving cylinder deactivation technology
Seat’s Ibiza supermini will receive VW Group’s cylinder on-demand technology from July. The Ibiza FR Edition with 1.4 TSI ACT (short for ‘Active Cylinder Technology’) starts up with four cylinder...
Leaseplan boss to leave late April
Leaseplan UK Managing Director David Brennan will leave the vehicle management company at the end of April. During his eight year tenure in the MD seat, Brennan has helped the company achieve sub...
Review: Peugeot 208 GTi
After dropping the ball so spectacularly with its last hot hatch, Peugeot is out to right the wrongs of the 207 GTi with this, the 208 GTi, which is smaller, lighter and crucially, faster than its ...
FTA confirms Traffic Commissioner talk for June conference
The Freight Transport Association has revealed details of its forthcoming Fleet Engineer conference in Birmingham this June. The event, on Wednesday 11 June at Birmingham’s National Motorcycle Mu...
Foreign language driving tests scrapped to boost road safety
Learner drivers can only take their driving test in English and Welsh after foreign language tests were scrapped. The Department for Transport says the move will improve road safety and clamp down...
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