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SAAB has announced it is introducing a new range of downgraded diesel engines to the 9-3 range in a bid to cut waiting times.

CITROEN has launched a budget sporty version of its C2 supermini. Priced at £8,995 on-the-road, the 1.1i Furio returns almost 50mpg.

RENAULT has boosted its funky Modus city car range with a new luxury trim level and a new diesel engine.

CONSTRUCTION is usually associated with gas guzzling vehicles but one company is making environmental leaps after taking delivery of two hybrids.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

FLEET Technique, which provides vehicle management services to the car, van and commercial vehicle market, has chosen RAC Business Solutions as its roadside and recovery partner.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen.

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

DESPITE a nervous market and suggestions that the value of defleeted cars is dropping, the majority of used dealers are reporting that business is as strong as, or better than, 2004.

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

HAVE you voted yet for the future of your job? Today is, after all, election day and I certainly hold no brief from any political party. But as a dispassionate observer my overwhelming impression is that this general election campaign has been not so much about issues, but about personalities and about credibility.

THE majority of UK fleet decision-makers want Conservative Party leader Michael Howard to run the country, two new polls have shown.

SALES of light commercial vehicles across Western Europe have increased by almost 5% for the year to date.<p>

COMPANY car fleets in Eastern Europe will fuel the growth of operational leasing in the short term, new research suggests.

AIMING to meet the needs of businesses, whatever they are, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles have come up with a winning formula.

CARLOS Ghosn has been given the vote of approval by shareholders to become the chief executive of Renault, putting him in joint control of the French carmaker and Nissan Motor.

FORD and Slater's £2.1 million new premises in Norwich is open for business.

FIGURES released by European Automobile Manufacturer's Association (ACEA) show European commercial vehicle registrations up for the first three months of the year, by nearly 26,000 or 4.7% to 590,143.

WORCESTER City Council is using two environmentally friendly vans to keep its streets clean.

ROADS and congestion have largely been ignored in this General Election and critics reckon the UK’s transport system is heading for the buffers.

FLEETS should introduce a driving licence checking policy which changes frequency depending on the number of points drivers have incurred, experts claim.

VEHICLE rental firm Reflex has formed a business partnership with satellite tracking company Masternaut. The tie-up means the companies will offer each others’ products to their fleet customers.

WORCESTER City Council is using two environmentally friendly vans to keep its streets clean.

A VISIT to the offices of Appleyard Vehicle Contracts compares closely to stepping into Doctor Who’s Tardis.

THERE is a wealth of information either floating in cyberspace or in the public domain – and some fleets are failing to take advantage of it.

ADVICE is probably the most common additional service fleets want from their funding providers.

ASIDE from advice and online tools, funding companies should be able to provide a range of supplementary services including insurance products, providing the Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulates them.

FEW funding providers now operate without some form of online system providing information for both those in charge of the fleet and for drivers.

IT says a lot about how the motoring landscape has changed that these diesel models are some of the most attractive company cars for under £20,000.

FRANCHISED dealer group Dixon Motors – which has 60 outlets across the North of England and is owned by the Royal Bank of Scotland – has overhauled its website following independent research to find out what users really want.