The Peugeot 3008 has been judged Car of the Year 2017 on the eve of the Geneva motor show and three years after its sibling 308 took the title. Journalists from around the world tested the top models released in the last year and it beat finalists, AR Giulia, Citroen C3, MB E-Class, Nissan Micra, Toyota C-HR and Volvo S90/ V90. The revolutionary … [Read more...]
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Newslines 3 March
After two months of rises at the pumps, the price of petrol and diesel stabilised in February, according to RAC Fuel Watch data. In Wales, diesel dipped by 12p a litre while unleaded rose 9ppl and nationally unleaded finished the month at 120.23p a litre, a very slight increase on the figure of 120.05p seen on 1 February, and diesel at 122.25p, having … [Read more...]
Dacia Sandero Stepway 2017
A Dacia is the first new car of choice for used-buyers who want to move up the motoring ladder, says Robin Roberts. From its UK launch in 2013, the Renault-owned Dacia brand sold 17,000 in 12-months and it’s rapidly climbed ever since adding about 5% each year. Two-thirds of sales are the Sandero hatch and Stepway SUV with the Duster … [Read more...]
Firms fail duty of care test assessments
Business owners and companies, with vans on their fleet, are ignoring important elements of their duty of care responsibilities and failing to regularly conduct thorough risk assessments, according to Gain Solutions. A decade on since the introduction of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act and despite an initial flurry of action, … [Read more...]
Newslines 27 February
Former Cardiff car dealer Ken Thorne has died. He started the business in 1964 and built it up into four car supermarkets in South Wales, including Britain's biggest Daihatsu dealership, but it hit financial trouble in 2002 and 230 staff lost their jobs as it amassed £15.4M in debt. As the plant celebrates its 9M car, production has started on Nissan’s … [Read more...]
This year global sales to top 93M light vehicles
Total 2017 global light vehicle sales will reach 93.5 million units, a growth rate of 1.5 percent over 2016, according to the most recent forecast from IHS Markit, a world leader in critical information, analytics and solutions. However, industry risk in mature markets is at the highest level it has been since the Lehman Brothers collapse and global … [Read more...]
Diesel can still play a useful role
Diesel still has an important role to play for many fleets despite calls for a scrappage scheme designed to improve air quality by removing older vehicles, says Arval. The vehicle leasing and fleet management company believes that such initiatives can be very effective in removing old and inefficient vehicles, but there is a risk that all diesel vehicles … [Read more...]
Motorpoint Newport get new GM
Motorpoint, the UK’s leading car supermarket, has appointed Chris Brown as General Manager in Newport, writes Robin Roberts Chris was the Sales Manager and will oversee the 50-strong team on Newport Retail Park. Motorpoint, the principal sponsor of the world-renowned Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, has been based in Newport for over a … [Read more...]
High mileage owner benefit launched
Fleet Evolution, one of the country’s leading providers of car salary sacrifice schemes to SMEs, has launched a scheme to give drivers who cover a lot of miles peace of mind when it comes to their vehicles. The newly-announced Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme will allow employees who do high business mileage to own a company car with employer volume … [Read more...]
Tradelines 22 February
Volvo UK is launching a nationwide recruitment drive for 300 new technicians to join its 119-strong dealer network by 2020, in line with the brand's increasing sales and its growing product range. The award-winning S90 and V90 models most recently joined Volvo's impressive line-up, and with more new products set to arrive in the coming years, Volvo aims … [Read more...]
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