Over 70% of fleet managers say the cost of vehicle repair influences the choice of vehicles in their fleet, according to new report ‘Fleet Managers, the pressures, challenges and opportunities.’ Being green is also a key factor with 56% making choices around the composition of their fleet based on protecting the environment. With more than 90% of motor … [Read more...]
Repair don’t replace to cut costs
Allianz Insurance has launched a partnership with Plastic Surgeon, a specialist restoration company that focusses on engineered repairs to surface damage, rather than replacement. The partnership with Plastic Surgeon will bring many benefits including significant sustainability improvements, as targeted repairs will waste fewer materials. Since the project … [Read more...]
Newslines 8 January
Volvo UK sold a record 50,000 cars last year and 9% above 2017 in a market down by 7%. It is part of the 640,000 sold by the Swedish brand in its best ever global year. Asda has further cut pump prices. But the RAC says supermarkets are no longer competing like they did for fuel sales and motorists are losing out on wholesale price cuts not being … [Read more...]
Tradelines 3 September
Mitsubishi Motors Corp.'s headquarters and Nagoya plant were raided by Japanese government officials this week. The raid comes after Mitsubishi said that more of its vehicle models were involved in a mileage cheating scandal than initially stated and deepens the crisis for the Japanese automaker struggling to recover from a mileage manipulation scandal … [Read more...]