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CHEVROLET has revealed the first details of its new Captiva SUV.

ONLINE quoting and fleet information form part of the offerings provided on Ryland Unity Vehicle Solutions’ new Weblease product.

WHAT do you think is the greatest company car of all time? Which one has combined low running costs and excellent reliability while also giving company car drivers a motor that they are proud to display on their drive?

SAFETY is the buzzword in new cars today. Adverts boast of it and showrooms are festooned with banners advising of a manufacturer’s latest death-defying acronym. Drivers have never been safer.

DURING the past decade, there has been a real push from manufacturers eager to make their vehicles the safest on the road.

LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.

LATEST appointments in the fleet industry.

THIS week’s Web Watch has got to be one of the best automotive microsites I have ever come across.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today announced a change to the rules governing the recovery of VAT by employers on road fuel, following a European Court judgement in March 2005.

Pendragon, the UK's largest dealer group, has agreed to buy Reg Vardy Plc for £450m in cash.

LONGER opening hours for pubs will trap more unwary company car drivers into drink-driving the morning after, experts have claimed.

COMPANY car drivers are set to encounter even more severe congestion in the future, with many firms believing the worsening situation will cost British business £20 billion pounds more in the next five years.

DRIVERS sent on courses as an alternative to being prosecuted for driving without due care and attention were no safer afterwards than other drivers, an investigation has concluded.

INDUSTRY figures have reacted with anger following ACFO’s call on the Treasury to revise its ‘over-generous’ Approved Mileage Allowance Payments in next week’s Pre-Budget Report.

ONE of the country’s biggest unions has given its backing to in-car telematics systems and installed them in cars used by its own drivers.

MANCHESTER United Football Club has revamped its fleet operation and switched from outright purchase to contract hire.

PEUGEOT UK has appointed a new managing director following Christian Geraud’s departure to take up a role with Automobiles Peugeot in France.

THE Association of Car Fleet Operators has changed its name and logo. The organisation will now simply be known as ACFO.

THE views of fleet managers are being sought for the latest Sewells Information & Research Fleet Operator Attitude Survey.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER has announced plans to reorganise its business, resulting in more than 100 redundancies.

COMPANY car drivers who regularly scrape or bump their cars are more likely to be involved in a serious accident in the future, it is warned.

THE two Conservative leadership candidates have been outlining their transport policies.

UNLESS you run a fleet of vehicles on behalf of governments, the chances are you won’t need an armoured car.

THIS chunky concept car is a sneak preview of the next Ford Ranger pick-up, which is due to arrive in the middle of next year.

THE National Autistic Society has adopted a driver assessment system to profile its 800 driving staff.

SEAT has taken the wraps off its sporty Altea FR prior to it going on sale in the UK in March.

FLEET management firm Zenith Vehicle Contracts has announced Brian Back as its new chairman.

AVERAGE fuel prices n the UK.

A NEW vehicle appraisal service has been launched to cover company cars, private vehicles used on business and any other business vehicles.

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