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MG Rover has nailed its sporting credentials to the mast with the surprise unveiling of two blisteringly fast cars.

NEW direct injection technology from Audi will help company car drivers committed to petrol cars reduce their benefit-in-kind tax bills next April.

BOSSES at Nissan in Japan have called the all-new Primera 'the cornerstone of the company in Europe'.

SKODA will offer UK company car drivers an Audi A6-sized car for Volkswagen Golf money when it launches the Superb next June.

NEXT year's company car tax changes could spearhead increased demand for the hybid Toyota Prius, UK chiefs claimed in Frankfurt.

BMW sees the UK's new emissions-based company car <A HREF="http://www.fleetnewsnet.co.uk/newshome/home_fullarticle/?articleid=22103" class="Sitelink" target="_blank"><u>tax system</u></A> as an opportunity to increase sales, despite the high carbon dioxide scores of its sportier models.

ON September 1, Citroen sold more new cars in the UK than the company has ever sold in any country on a single day.

MINI has unveiled new internal combustion technology to provide hydrogen-powered zero emission motoring.

LONG-awaited versions of the Ford Mondeo powered by second-generation common rail diesel technology will enter showrooms next month, it was revealed at Frankfurt.

CADILLAC is to be relaunched in Britain on January 1 next year as a sister company to Saab.

VAUXHALL is committed to replacing the Omega executive car in 2004 but the marque's new contender will not be a 'traditional' vehicle, it has emerged.

TOYOTA'S fleet sales are expected to rise when it launches the all-new Corolla in the UK next January.

FORD gave a world debut to its Fusion Concept car at Frankfurt which will be launched in the UK in a year's time as the Fiesta Fusion urban activity vehicle.

A NOVEL range of options is poised to help the new Mercedes-Benz Vaneo claim a substantial share of booming mini-MPV sales, the manufacturer claimed at the show.

BUYERS of the new BMW 7-series will be offered a comprehensive and lengthy fixed cost service and maintenance package, similar to the one offered by sister brand MINI.

BARCELONA is to be the venue for the second annual Fleet News Europe Congress on the November 21 & 22.

Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London, November 19 2001

FINANCE directors, fleet managers and drivers are being warned to look at the 'big picture' and tread carefully when devising company car choice lists and selecting their next company cars.

BMW has confirmed it is close to achieving Euro IV emissions standards with its new diesel 3-series, giving company car drivers the chance to minimise their tax bills from next April.

SOUTH Yorkshire Police has warned fleet operators that it will begin a crackdown on illegal versions of new registration plates from October 1 with fixed penalty fines and a court summons.

PEUGEOT unveiled estate versions of the 307 and 206 (above) as concept cars at the Frankfurt International Motor Show this week, hinting at future variants of the two cars.

NEARLY a quarter of Securicor Omega Sameday's expanded delivery fleet in the Yorkshire area will be motorcycles, as the firm bids to beat road congestion and offer a rapid daily service.

SAAB has announced prices for its revised 9-5 range which boast improvements across the range, a new diesel and lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

##fn50sm--left## ##congresssm--right##TWO of the most important events in the fleet industry calendar are being launched today by Fleet News - this year's 'FN50' Dinner and the 2001 Fleet News UK Congress.

BRITISH business will pause to remember the terrible toll inflicted by the US terrorist attacks at 11 a.m. this morning.

SMALL fleets are being promised large fleet discounts on vehicles from Chrysler Jeep through its membership of a growing internet-based business-to-business website run by banking giant Barclays.

With the new format registration number comes a whole new set of rules about actually purchasing a plate.

LEGISLATION to tighten up the minicab industry could threaten the future of some green transport and courtesy lift services, the Retail Motor Industry Federation is warning.

THE group chairman of specialist fleet management company Venson Group has claimed that the firm has received a number of enquiries from police forces interested in examining the potential to outsource their fleets.

LOW running costs from Peugeot's common rail diesel LCVs have persuaded South West Water to secure a supply of 250 vans for its 500-vehicle fleet over the next three years.