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Brake condemns announcement of increased speed limit for lorries
Transport Minister Claire Perry has announced the move for vehicles over 7.5 tonnes as part of a package of measures to ‘cut congestion, reduce dangerous overtaking … Read More »
Rural speed limit for lorries rises to 50mph
Transport Minister Claire Perry has announced the move for vehicles over 7.5 tonnes as part of a package of measures to ‘cut congestion, reduce dangerous overtaking … Read More »
UK car manufacturing entering golden era, says KPMG
As reported by the SMMT, the H1 rise comes on the back of a 3.7% increase in June output to 136,419 cars, driven by 16.5% growth … Read More »
Third of business drivers aren’t insured for business mileage
The firm’s survey of 2,000 UK employees that drive as part of their job also found that a fifth of respondents (19%) have had an accident … Read More »
Porsche announces 79g/km Cayenne plug-in hybrid
The Cayenne S E-Hybrid is the first plug-in hybrid in its segment, though BMW has hinted that it will offer something similar in the new X5 … Read More »
49% of motorway drivers don’t leave two-second gap
That's the finding of Direct Line Car Insurance following analysis of traffic flow data from nearly 6,500 sites on the Highways Agency motorway network. Whilst nearly … Read More »
UK car production rises 3.5% in H1
The H1 rise comes on the back of a 3.7% increase in June output to 136,419 cars, driven by 16.5% growth in production for UK market. … Read More »
Guide Dogs signs up to Leasedrive's mycar salary sacrifice scheme
Under the mycar initiative, employees sacrifice some of their salary in exchange for a brand new vehicle which is fully serviced and maintained. The employee saves … Read More »
BMW to target Europe & China with new 2 Series Active Tourer
The carmaker said it sees great potential for the forthcoming model, which bears the distinction of being the first BMW people carrier and the first front-wheel … Read More »
Vauxhall city car and Ampera replacement confirmed
Speaking on Twitter, Opel chief executive Karl-Thomas Neumann said the company was still committed to affordable electric vehicles, adding that it also had no plans to … Read More »
TRACKER launches Vision Sprint with new Plug & Play element
Launched earlier in the year, TRACKER Vision is the result of an exclusive partnership between TRACKER and Garmin, to combine TRACKER’s fleet telematics technology and back-office … Read More »
Mazda plans for further fleet growth following sharp rise in user-chooser demand
New car sales in the three months April-June, 2014 – the first quarter of Mazda's 2014/15 financial year – increased by more than 850 units (25%) … Read More »
Used electric car sales rise 47.1% in Q1
New data from Experian Automotive, part of the Experian Group, shows that Q1 used electric car sales rose by 47.10% and hybrid used car sales rose … Read More »
Hyundai launches Online Service Booking facility across dealer network
The Online Service Booking facility is available across the carmaker’s network of 178 UK dealers and authorised repair centres. The five-step system uses registration number recognition … Read More »
Quartix launches new website and pricing structure
The new website, now live at www.quartix.net, has been designed to enhance user experience and ensure visitors are constantly kept up-to-date with product developments and company … Read More »
Leasing industry specialist appoints lead consultant
Based in Southampton, MASUK-Automotive was launched by Matt Sandom in September last year. MASUK-Automotive provides an independent approach to the methodologies and solutions required to adopt … Read More »
Arval launches medium-term rental as part of anniversary
Intended to complement the firm’s ‘very-long-term’ lease product, the new Mid-Term Rental solution is being launched in the UK, Spain and the Netherlands – said to … Read More »
Drivers urged to look out for motorcyclists in new THINK! campaign
Announced by Road Safety Minister Robert Goodwill, the “Didn't See” campaign will run for four weeks on national radio with the aim of reducing the number … Read More »
Graeme Grieve appointed managing director of BMW Group UK and Ireland
Grieve first joined BMW UK in 1990 and held several positions before being appointed sales director in 2001. He subsequently joined Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Limited in … Read More »
Highways Agency reveals 10 most inappropriate reasons for stopping on hard shoulder
Agency data shows that between July and September last year 2,062 drivers stopped on the hard shoulder when there was no emergency, risking potential fines. In … Read More »
New app warns of driver distraction from mobile devices
The app has been developed by a research team from the University of Jyväskylä in Finland, as reported by the Helskinki Times, and follows the recent … Read More »
Motorists give thumbs down to black boxes
A web-based survey of 2,000 people by the car supermarket found 71.5% per cent of drivers opposed regulations that will see black boxes built into all … Read More »
Fuel economy tops car choice lists for fleet & private motorists
A survey of 398 web users, consisting of a mix of business and personal car leasing customers, found that fuel economy was rated as very important … Read More »
New Volvo XC90 to be ‘one of the safest cars in the world’
The new technologies (see video here) form part of the company’s vision that no one will be killed or seriously injured in a new Volvo car … Read More »
Fleet registrations to grow 5-6% in July, predicts Glass’s
That’s the latest prediction from Glass’s following the growth in the UK new car market in June, which saw the market’s record-breaking run extend to 28 … Read More »
Communication is key to success of salary sacrifice, finds new research
That’s the finding of new research that shows there is a strong link between the ability to communicate a salary sacrifice scheme and its success. The … Read More »
Human distractions remain biggest in-car threat
Held by the AA, the survey of 18,026 members asked “Have you been distracted, had a near miss or a crash caused by any of the … Read More »
New Highways Agency chairman appointed
The new chairman will take over as the HA is transformed into a government-owned company – which the Government says will deliver billions of pounds of … Read More »
Pump prices fall but EU considers fuel price regulation
That’s according to the latest AA Fuel Price Report, which also says that the European Commission has indicated that it will promote fuel price regulation, following … Read More »
Chancellor's tax take declines as two-thirds of new cars exempt from VED
That’s the finding of new research from the RAC Foundation. The research found that the cars were exempt from VED because they emitted less than 131gCO2/km … Read More »
