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AVIS Europe is targeting its corporate customers with its newly-launched internet remarketing site.

CAP Motor Research's Martin Ward, international research manager, and economist Ramesh Notra review the used car market across Europe.

EUROPEAN Competition Commissioner Mario Monti has pledged to continue to investigate possible restrictive practices that prevent cross-border trade in new cars.

RECORD sales figures for the European motor industry have signalled a residual value warning to fleets across the continent.

ALPHABET, BMW Financial Services' multi-marque leasing company, is planning a major European expansion through acquisition and organic growth.

BIG is most definitely beautiful when it comes to achieving pan-European fleet savings - as the UK and European car fleet manager at one of the world's largest solutions providers has found.

The recent entrance of new players into the rental market advertising low costs, and trumpeting their intention of shaking up the established big names has created a flurry of publicity.

COMMON car leasing rates across Europe will remain a distant prospect, according to a pan-European comparison of vehicle depreciation rates.

THE lack of new car price harmonisation within the European Union is threatening the selective and exclusive car distribution Block Exemption.

A NEW pan-European index of used car values has highlighted the opportunity for fleets, rental and leasing companies to remarket their vehicles cross-border.

A NEW index aims to provide fleet and motor industry decision-makers with a more accurate guide to European new car prices than the controversial European Commission survey.

As pan-European fleets increasingly restrict the number of their suppliers, Professor Peter Cooke assesses where companies will source their new cars - from dealers, leasing companies, or directly from manufacturer captives.

<b>HUBERTUS von Zastrow</b> has been appointed managing director of debis Car Fleet Management, part of DaimlerChrysler Services (debis).

General Motors may have been slower than its rivals to enter the European multi-marque leasing market, but it has bold ambitions to play a major role.

CW Lease and the Belgian national railway company have agreed on a partnership for 'chain mobility', marketed as 'CW Rail'. Lease car users are entitled to a beneficial fare on any route between Belgian railway stations. It is the first initiative of its kind in Europe.

RISING fuel prices have led Dutch motorists to call for the abolition of the 'Kok's Kwartje', a special 25% fuel tax imposed when the current Prime Minister, Wim Kok, was Minister of Finance.

THE Dutch car market looks like becoming very heated this autumn. The primary reason is the introduction of new European emission regulations, Euro III, as of January 1, 2001.

SPANISH Rover and Land Rover dealers have a clear future - but only for the next two years. Beyond 2002, anything could happen.

THE safety of company car drivers when driving for work has risen to the top of the UK fleet agenda.

FLEETS stand to benefit from new legislation in Italy that aims to speed up the process of registering a second-hand car.

LEASING and fleet management company LeasePlan has launched a new CD-Rom electronic business card as part of its e-commerce strategy.

THE green credentials of fuel cells could disappear if the wrong fuel is used to generate the hydrogen, according to a new report called Climate-Friendly Hydrogen Fuel.

BMW is offering a 1% discount on fuel purchases to drivers in Germany who purchase their petrol or diesel with its own credit card.

FORD is planning the acquisition of vehicle recycling centres in Europe.

THE Seat Ibiza has reached the milestone sales threshold of 2,500,000 units worldwide.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER Italia aims to make the complicated process of buying a car in Italy simpler. Currently, customers do not officially own a car until they have registered it at a central vehicle registration office, even if they have paid for it.

PEUGEOT has created a new 10-strong international fleet department as part of its strategy to capture a bigger share of the global fleet market.

THE European Court of First Instance (ECFI) has backed fleets looking to acquire cars in another member state.

EXPRESS delivery and logistics company TNT is exploring the possibility of a global car hire arrangement after signing a $7 million dollar a year (€6.5 million) contract with National Car Rental in the UK.

MEANWHILE, Budget Rent A Car International has joined frequent flyer programmes operated by Saudi Arabian Airlines Alfursan and Singapore Airlines.