IT was American folk singer Joni Mitchell who remarked in her 1971 hit song ‘Big Yellow Taxi’ that: ‘You don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone.’ And how right she was
Letters to Fleet News' editor John Maslen
FLEET News looks at how new cars taken on to a typical fleet might perform over the next three years/60,000 miles
TIME is fast running out for fleet decision-makers to sign up for next week’s Fleet News spring conference.
LEASING company operating in the specialist vehicle sector has taken delivery of 65 Iveco Dailys, equipped with cranes able to reach a height of more than 12m.
The growth in diesel registrations since 2000/01 has left many automotive businesses exposed to the future prospects of diesel in the used car market. Because this growth was largely fuelled by tax incentives for company car drivers a question remains over whether there will be sufficient demand among private buyers to soak up increased supply for de-fleeted vehicles.
IT is not just the safety of its racing drivers blasting round the Grand Prix circuits of the world that is a chief concern to the BMW Williams Formula One team. It has a strict safety policy for its company car drivers as well.
SKODA is ready to launch an expanded network of business centres as part of a major drive to win more British fleet customers.
COMPANY car drivers who get road rage are being sought for a new television series. Road Rage School is a new BBC1 documentary which will recruit a group of road ragers ready to tackle their aggression.
DOMESTIC appliance manufacturer Miele has saved £20,000 on its insurance premiums after introducing a driver-training programme that cut its accident rate by 20%.
A FUNERAL directors’ company has taken delivery of a new Mercedes-Benz fleet developed by limousine builder Binz.
A LEASING company operating in the specialist vehicle sector has taken delivery of 65 Iveco Dailys, equipped with cranes able to reach a height of more than 12m.
SUBARU is offering free performance upgrades for its Impreza WRX and STi Type-UK, raising power to 260 and 299bhp respectively.
LAUNCH dates for key fleet models.
ANOTHER driver training website is reviewed here, but Peak Performance takes a different approach to reduceroadrisk.co.uk, which we looked at last week.
A LORRY shunted a smart car two miles down a motorway because he had no idea it was hitched to the front of his truck.
MAZDA'S new fleet and remarketing director, Adam Pumfrey, is better placed than many to focus on giving customers exactly what they want.
AT what point do the safety aspects of a run-flat tyre outweigh the extra cost of fitting them?
TYRES can affect several aspects of a vehicle. They support the weight, transmit torque, provide traction and grip and contribute to acceleration.
THINGS are happening fast at Interleasing, winner of the Fleet News Best Contract Hire/Fleet Management Company Award this year.
THE latest appointments in the fleet industry.
Chapman Automotive Limited is in the final stages of putting together a bid to purchase MG assets from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrators of MG Rover Group Limited and Powertrain Limited.
THE European Car & Truck Rental Association (ECATRA) has called on the European Union (EU) to create taxation legislation allowing leasing companies to be refunded motor tax when transferring vehicles between EU countries.
DAILY rental company National Car Rental has opened its fourth location in Switzerland. Its new offices in Lausanne are in addition to one site in Geneva and two in Zurich.
THE European Union (EU) Council of Ministers has approved rules shaping road-charging systems across the EU for vans and lorries of 3.5 tonnes and above.
TOYOTA has announced plans to build a car production plant in Russia.
OUR trusty Vauxhall Vivaro crew-cab is covered in dirt at present. It’s so mucky that some sexist wag has scrawled ‘I wish my wife was this dirty’ on one of the back doors.
BRITAIN is a nation of workaholics, with employees now spending more time behind the wheel during the week than at their desks – clocking up a stressful 17,500 business miles on average a year
AS Labour begins its third consecutive term, the fleet and motoring industry is calling for a review of fuel duty increases
