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DEALERS play a key role in helping leasing companies to deliver a high-quality service to fleet customers, but do they detract from, rather than enhance, the experience? If the former, is it always their fault?

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor Martyn Moore.

FLEET NewsNet looks at how new cars taken on to a typical fleet might perform over the next three years/60,000 miles.

THE rate of decline in van residuals is set to slow, improving future prospects for fleets. A report by market analyst CAP suggests less RV risk for fleets with vans compared with recent years.

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

The successor to Audi’s A6 allroad quattro, first launched in 2000, will be updated this year.

Vauxhall is offering free alloy wheels and pop-up roll bars worth £500 for advance orders of its new Astra TwinTop before March 31.

BT has banned its employees from smoking in company vehicles.

Almost half of UK businesses have been affected by computer viruses over the past two years; two-fifths of these were described as having a ‘serious impact’ on business.

SAAB has introduced a new concept car revealing its future design direction.

HYUNDAI will position its new Santa Fe SUV to complete with the European-style premium SUV segment.

SEAT has confirmed it will be attending this year’s British International Motor Show at the London ExCel, which runs from July 20-30.

SEAT'S 2006 Ibiza range will be priced from £7,550 on-the-road when it goes on sale on April 15.

SUZUKI'S new five-door SX4 hatchback (a cross between a Swift and a Grand Vitara) will be offered in the UK with three different trims and will be the brand’s third model venture worldwide.

FORD has lifted the lid on its Focus Coupe-Cabriolet ahead of its international debut this week at the Geneva Motor Show.

FLEET executives are being targeted for a series of free half-day occupational road risk seminars taking place in March.

FUNDING provider Network has reached a double milestone by celebrating its 25th year in business and its 30,000th financed vehicle.

A NEW survey suggests diesel engines now account for three-quarters of the UK’s company car parc.

A PLANT and tool hire company has appointed RAC Auto Windscreens as its preferred supplier for glass repair and replacement as part of a three-year deal.

JEEP has revealed prices from its new seven-seat Commander SUV.

AN increase in the number of companies investigating fleet risk management services has resulted in Norwich Union doubling the size of its adviser team.

VOLKSWAGEN retail company Citygate has been taken over by a management buy-out from parent company HR Owen.

INTELLIGENT Data Systems (UK) (IDS) has signed a partnership agreement with leasing and fleet management company ING Car Lease, for the provision of its web-based electronic driving licence verification system.

FUEL card supplier Keyfuels has launched a new online service called Driver’s Club.

MORE than half of all firms have done nothing to educate and train drivers about work-related road risks, the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has claimed.

SOME of the world’s best-known actors will soon be climbing into rental cars supplied to the film industry by Enterprise Rent-A-Car.

AUDI’S awesome RS 4 saloon will be joined by Avant estate and Cabriolet versions this summer.

HEADLIGHTS have come a long way since the first candle lamps back in the late 1800s, getting bigger, brighter and better all the time.

MOST people will be familiar with recent adverts talking about the need to feel good on the inside before you tackle the outside.

THE Mercedes-Benz S-class is synonymous with the executive car park, used by countless company bosses to reinforce their image of power and the fact that ‘they’ve made it’.