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MG Rover has announced details of the successor to the MGF.

PROFESSIONAL services firm Andersen has given its backing to the Government's controversial proposals to base fuel scale charges on carbon dioxide emissions from 2003.

Computerised driving tests could soon be slashing the cost of training business motorists to be safer on the road.

AN opportunity to kick-start the cleaner fuel market through taxation changes in April has been squandered by the Government, according to CAP Network.

VAUXHALL has cut prices and added specification to many of its Corsa models for 2002 following an 8% rise in sales last year.

The Canon Group has signed a major pan-European fleet deal with GE Capital Fleet Services for the majority of its 5,600 vehicle fleet.

DRIVERS are getting the message over the benefits of choosing cars with lower CO2 emissions, according to the latest industry data.

PEUGEOT'S 607 has proven its worth as a cost-effective executive car, persuading photocopier firm Danka to offer it to senior management on its single-badge fleet.

CAR Fleet Control has signed up the 100th customer for its fleet management software package FleetPlus.

LOOKERS, the dealer group, has sold its Mercedes-Benz dealership in Southend for £5.1 million.

Proton is offering one-year/9,000-miles free servicing, a five-year warranty and free electric sunroof and six CD autochanger on all Wira models except the 1.3-litre, the Satria 1.5 Sport and Satria GTi until March 31.

LEX Vehicle Leasing has donated a van to Mustard Seed Relief Missions, a charity that aids disadvantaged children affected by war.

VOLVO is adding an automatic transmission option to its range of D5 diesel engines in the S60, V70 and S80 for a £1,100 premium.

As I have said over the past few weeks, this year is going to be a massive one for new car launches. In fact with just a quick tot up it works out to be a new car being introduced every eight days.

The agenda for the Fleet News' IT&E conference at Gaydon Heritage Centre on January 29, 2002.

Mitsubishi has drawn a line under buy-back business and slashed its fleet sales target by 60% for 2002, while seeking substantially improved margins.

A NEW single-fuel LPG commercial vehicle is on its way to the UK as part of a deal between Verté Automotive and Ford of Australia.

AN expected slump in global vehicle sales following the terrorist attacks on the United States last year failed to materialise, as annual global new car sales reached 36.74 million units.

THE leasing industry consolidated further this week as Interleasing, which is currently in fourth place in the FN50 league table of the country's largest leasing companies, took control of the contract hire fleet of Saab Finance.

A 10-MILE stretch of the M2 motorway between Strood and Gillingham will be shut this weekend (January 11–13) for the demolition of a bridge over the motorway.

THE flagship Volkswagen Passat, the W8, has gone on sale, costing from £29,900.

SMART has added eight sales centres to its network, taking the number of franchised outlets to 17, plus five DaimlerChrysler wholly-owned sales centres.

HATS off to Renault for its freshest attempt to raise the profile of the latest diesel technology by entering a vehicle powered by the company's 1.9 dCi engine in the 2002 Paris-Dakar Rally.

TOTAL new car registrations in 2001 were more than 10 per cent higher than in 2000, reaching a total of 2,458,769 units, beating the previous record set in 1989 by 157,825 units or 6.9 per cent.

ALMOST 70% of company car drivers will pay less tax from April 6 when the new carbon dioxide-based company car tax comes into force, according to the largest ever tax survey of fleet drivers.

RESIDUAL values could suffer as company car drivers hand back high emission vehicles to avoid tax increases under the new carbon dioxide-based <A HREF="http://www.fleetnewsnet.co.uk/newshome/home_fullarticle/?articleid=22103" class="Sitelink" target="_blank"><u>company car tax</u></A> regime, used car experts warn.

LEASING firms are using cheap labour to fix fleet cars but still charging sky-high repair rates, a new report suggests.

A NEW structured personal leasing scheme is targeting companies with fleets of less than 50 vehicles with claims that it can save companies thousands of pounds a year.

IAN McAllister, the chairman and managing director of Ford of Britain, is to retire at the end of February and his role will be shared between two new chiefs, the firm has announced.

A COMPREHENSIVE vehicle maintenance programme has secured a fleet safety award for the English, Welsh and Scottish Railway.