255 – Top 10 contract hire offers
18 July 2009
I WAS having a quick peek at the Central Contracts’ website this morning. I like to have a look around those good BVRLA-approved car leasing broker sites, especially as owner
256 – Audi makes it a century
18 July 2009
AUDI reached its centenary this week. And launched its new Audi A5 Sportback to coincide with this momentous landmark. The Audi A5 Sportback is certainly different for Audi. A hatchback
254 – Electronic handbrake fitment set to rise
17 July 2009
A NEW report came out this week highlighting the importance of convenience items for car buyers. The analysis from Frost & Sullivan – called European Passenger Cars and Light Commercial
244 – How about 141mpg
15 July 2009
Piaggio MP3 Hybrid: over 160mpg from this hybrid scooter
Fuel tax rate rise fails government
13 July 2009
CASH-strapped businesses are generating less tax for the Treasury.
This is despite the government piling on the fuel duty burden, says AA research into the government
241 – Into the zone-out zone
11 July 2009
IT seems that many drivers on their way to work slip off into another world. I came across this piece of research from Continental Tyres: on average a third of
242 – Changes to www.businessmotoring.co.uk
11 July 2009
WE’VE introduced some more features to www.businessmotoring.co.uk that should make it even more useful to small businesses. There’s a company car tax calculator, so you can work out your car
240 – Portable bike lane
9 July 2009
I CAME across this story in Auto Express last week. As the Tour de France is in full swing now, and Brit rider Mark Cavendish has two stage wins under
239 – Going abroad in your company car
7 July 2009
IT’S approaching that time of year when company cars, business cars and private cars get ready to head for the channel by ferry or tunnel. European holidays in France, Spain,
238 – Take advantage of free driver training
6 July 2009
IF you are a small business and employ young drivers then seriously look at this: RoSPA’s offer of free driver training workshops for young drivers. There’s no charge. And you
bike blog
6 July 2009
A virtual cycle lane that projects onto the ground from your bike lightlanebike.com
237 – Dinner with Mazda
1 July 2009
Phil Waring: Mazda Europe boss want EU-wide CO2 car tax regulation New i-stop technology for petrol cars first THE international launch of the new Mazda 3 Sport i-stop took place
235 – Scrappage promotion
28 June 2009
SPOTTED this last night at the Dagenham Motors Ford dealer in Cobham, Surrey. Had to stop and take a picture. It’s a Mk1 Ford Mondeo and the message is quite
236 – DriveTech workshop
28 June 2009
MATT had the first workshop in his DriveTech Advantage driving course. Well, let me correct that. So did I. When you sign up to the course, you agree to be
234 – New Arval report on small firms and company cars
27 June 2009
STATISTICS, more statistics and damned lies. Isn’t that how the saying goes? Certainly stats are useful to show many arguments. But they can also hide some of the real
Large vans worst for MOT failures
24 June 2009
Large vans have the worst MOT pass rate and expose managers and the self-employed to fines up to £20,000.
232 – The safety role of lighting
24 June 2009
I WENT along to meet Ed Savage from Philips yesterday. The setting itself was dramatic – the Pinewood film studios. A warren of studios, offices, presentation halls and so on…and
233 – New-look for fast glass
24 June 2009
IT’S all change in the corporate world. Aviva is dumping the Norwich Union brand; Santander has ditched the Abbey brand along with other numerous former building societies it owns. And
231 – Supercar livens up suburbia
22 June 2009
LOOK what turned up in our road. This dramatic red Audi R8 caused a stir when it appeared outside a neighbour’s house. Not least when the fabulous V8 fired up.
