John has been writing about cars since the start of 2011, with a particular fondness for models with USB connectivity and a serious distaste for steering wheels with too many buttons. Can often be found trying to seduce 1.0-litre engines. When away from things that go brum, apostrophe snob John can often be found making noise with varying degrees of musicality.
A DVD recreating the aftermath of a car crash at 35mph has been sent to Arval customers ahead of Road Safety Week, which begins Monday [Nov 18]. The fleet management company hopes that fleet bosse...
Couriers and other businesses which rely on delivery vehicles are being urged to prepare for the busy period in fear of a potential shortage of vans. Demand for commercial vehicles increased by 22...
The Institute of Car Fleet Management’s (ICFM) 21st annual members’ conference was “an undoubted hit” earlier this week. Held at Gaydon’s Heritage Motor Centre, the event focussed on ‘Leadership i...
A chauffeur company hopes to save up to £60,000 a year after installing cameras to its entire vehicle fleet. Middlesex-based Tristar Worldwide fitted all 460 of its vehicles with Smart Witness ca...
This Thursday [Nov 14] marks the 65th anniversary of HRH The Prince of Wales. Admittedly, Prince Charles isn’t the first guy we think of upon mentioning ‘green cars’ either, but hear us out, the ...
With this winter touted to be the worst in decades, fleet buyers should be doing all they can to keep their company car drivers on the move without neglecting duty of care. Fitting winter tyres is ...
Volkswagen has demonstrated just how frugal its Golf Bluemotion after driving nearly 1000 miles from Nantes to Copenhagen on a single tank of fuel, with plenty of diesel left. The C-segment car bet...
Congestion has become worse in 11 of Britain’s 17 biggest cities in the last 12 months with Belfast still the UK’s most congested city. According to data collected by TomTom, only Edinburgh, Leed...
Company car drivers were responsible for 41.5% of all accidents involving a company vehicle in 2012, says Lex Autolease. Fleet drivers were found to be at fault for more than 18,000 of the 43,293 ...
Ford has overtaken Toyota for sales of plug-in hybrids in the US. The blue oval sold 2,179 Fusion Energi and C-MAX Energi vehicles throughout October in the US, just enough to outsell Toyota’s 2,...