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Two years after its release, Mitsubishi’s L200 pick-up truck is due a spruce-up.

Toyota has introduced two new grades of its Auris hatchback – the SR and the TR.

Convincing the board of the benefits of a company environmental strategy should be quite simple.

Fleet managers, suppliers and other automotive service providers have been advised to be extra vigilant with the introduction of new harassment laws this month.

Fleet CV: Fran Martin, fleet assistant, Telindus

Mike Lauriello has been named corporate business development manager at Lloyds TSB Autolease.

Pan-European management provider Fleet Synergy International has named Wim Halsberghe as general manager.

Stephen Odell has been appointed chief operating officer at Ford of Europe.

Telematics provider Masternaut Three X has appointed Martin Otter as director of customer solutions.

Settling in: Roberta Lowes, accounts co-ordinator, Toomey Optica

Land Rover’s new Freelander 2 Commercial will make its debut at the CV Show in Birmingham this month.

Daihatsu is offering manual models of its Materia to Motability customers with nil advanced payment.

Citroen is launching a new special edition range on the C2, C3 and C4.

The new Mitsubishi Outlander will soon feature an advanced new transmission, the carmaker has revealed.

Fleet News' assessment of the top 20 UK rental firms based on fleet size.

A leading fleet manager will provide the industry a unique chance to hear his personal experience of successfully handling a police investigation following a fatality involving a driver.

HR managers should adopt the proactive approach now being used by their fleet manager colleagues in respect of their company’s duty of care obligations to drivers.

Drivers' lack of understanding of the links between CO2, taxes and fuel costs could be hitting fleet budgets as well as their attempts to reduce carbon emissions.

Chauffeur Drive ’08 will take place on April 20-21.

Allied Bakeries, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, has appointed Zenith Vehicle Contracts to manage its 380-car fleet on a fully-outsourced basis.

Fleets should not use the delay in introducing the increase in fuel duty as an excuse to postpone action on petrol and diesel costs.

A quarter of company car drivers are driving their vehicles on illegal tyres and another 29% are waiting until they reach the minimum legal limit before getting tyres changed.

Average fuel prices in the UK.

A new professional photographic service, integrated within the reconditioning process at de-fleet centres, is being offered by Portfolio, part of the Manheim Group. The service incorporates an indoor studio facility located at Corby.

The European car market has increased by 3.6% in the past year, according to the latest figures from JATO Dynamics. February was particularly strong, with an increase of 8.4% compared to the same month last year. Volks-wagen was the top-selling brand and Peugeot 207 the best-selling model.

The Association of British Insurers has called for a minimum one-year probationary period for all learner drivers, and restrictions on the number of passengers young drivers can carry. It points out that motorists aged 18 cause 50 collisions every day – nearly three times as many as drivers in their fifties.

Bridgestone has won a deal to supply passenger car tyres to LeasePlan authorised service providers in Europe, with priority in Belgium, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK. Sales as a result of the new contract are estimated to reach 300,000 tyres a year.

Lancashire Constabulary has opted for Mitsubishi Outlanders to replace its older multi-purpose vehicles. The initial batch of four Outlanders will be used as rural patrol vehicles.

Norwich City Council has ordered 50 Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion cars – the largest single order of BlueMotion vehicles to date.

A McLaren Mercedes SLR achieved a record price for Manheim auctions when it sold for £160,500 at the recent prestige sale.