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Big is beautiful in the small car sector at the moment. Volkswagen's latest Polo is bigger than the Mk I Golf, and it will soon be joined on the market by a bigger Ford Fiesta, and a Citroen C3 which will sit between the Saxo and Xsara.

LANCIA will make specific marketing efforts to target Europe's most senior company car drivers with the launch of its new Thesis.

General Motors has appointed former European executive <b>Nick Reilly</b> to head its newly-acquired Daewoo operation.<

THE BVRLA - Britain's biggest leasing and rental association - has joined with auction group BCA to offer its members a specialist sales platform.

New rules governing the future of car retailing in Europe will be announced in January by the European Commission.

MG Rover has bought Rover Financial Services for €544 million to regain access to 58,000 Rover drivers and take a more direct role in managing residual values.

TECHNOLOGY Global Telematics, a supplier of fleet management solutions including vehicle tracking systems, plans to target European fleets as part of a major expansion plan.

Cartech Telematic has launched a new service called Small Business Fleet Control to improve communications between the fleet manager and drivers on the road.

European fleets are at the forefront of a new five-year joint venture announced by two communications companies.

As we travel more frequently around Europe and the rest of the world, the need for transportation at our destination is ever increasing.

Would you be worried about your fleet disposal policy if continuing economic uncertainty hit resale values this winter? One new company claims it could help.

In an exclusive interview with Fleet News Europe, Fiat Auto's managing director explains how key customer-facing operations like fleet will not be merged with partner GM. Mark Catterall reports

Henri Stolwijk analyses the growing chaos on Holland's roads as fleets struggle with traffic congestion and soaring costs amid a failing transport network

Societe Generale has started the consolidation and reorganisation of the fleet leasing companies it acquired from Deutsche Bank with a name change.

Leasing chief Len Clayton explains how one-make captives face a challenging future in Europe

New figures from Datamonitor show less mature markets like Spain and Belgium will see rapid leasing growth over the next five years.

Global consolidation in the international leasing industry has created new opportunities for the Interleasing network, says Hans Damen, international sales manager at the Interleasing Co-ordination Centre (ICC)

Two recent journeys set me thinking about the way that business travel appears to be changing after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the US and the possible implications for rental operators.

The new Vectra has a major task ahead in the upper-medium sector. Mark Catterall reports.

VOLKSWAGEN has revealed details of its long-awaited luxury car - codenamed Project D1 - five months before the car goes on display at next year's Geneva show.

The Tokyo Motor Show played host to a raft of new car and concept launches that will shape the European company car market of the future. Mike Roberts reports.

FRENCH car manufacturer Citroen plans to open a new subsidiary in Japan. The company said it had already set up subsidiaries and networks in Central and Eastern Europe, Mercosur and China, three regions with high growth potential.

AUDI expects to celebrate its sixth record year in 2001. Speaking at the Tokyo motor show, chairman Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen said the German manufacturer expected worldwide sales to exceed 700,000 vehicles this year.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER says it has created 2,700 new jobs this year 'primarily as a result of positive business developments at the Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars and Smart division'.

BERLIN-based DaimlerChrysler Services has launched a new leasing and rental operation in Greece.

ALL new Volkswagen and BMW vehicles will carry a two-year warranty without distance limit, the manufacturers have announced.

RENAULT has announced bold plans to slash the number of main dealers in western Europe to 800 by 2004.

NISSAN is set to boost its share of the European fleet market with the 2002 launch of the next-generation Primera and Micra - shown here for the first time.

BCA Europe has staged its first professional vehicle auction in Austria.

THE Dutch Government is planning an important change to its company car tax laws in January that will hit drivers of leased cars.