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Where is Mercedes-Benz in the UK today? We are the “new luxury” brand, with Audi and BMW as premium. We have grown by 34% through the recession. It was worth working hard in a difficult market. We lost quality in the early 2000s, distracted by the Chrysler involvement. Now it’s fixed and we’re the fastest […]
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In much the same way that Formula One teams have refined the art of the quick pit-stop to give them on-track advantage, so the fast-fit industry itself is investing millions of pounds in making its pit-stop services even quicker. The aim is to reduce vehicle downtime for fleets, an issue that not only hits a […]
The firm has fitted the devices after staff became concerned about “cash for crash” fraudsters and the technology has already helped to resolve one dispute after a Tristar vehicle was hit in a motorway collision. In addition, the firm has seen many benefits since installing the cameras in May this year. Fleet manager Janusz Kozlowski […]
SECTOR Light truck GVW 7.5 – 21.0-tonnes Engines 4.5 and 6.7-litres Power range 140 – 300hp I know my place… A world away from the flat-floored, long hauling 600hp truck class, there’s a small army of nimble little trucks slogging away on parcel delivery and the like. Were they to be developed in isolation, they […]
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What you’ve learnt in your 20+ years in fleet In March this year I celebrated 25 years at Hitachi Capital. When I started out we had just 175 cars and there were only four of us, including a Japanese trainee. We now have 70,000 vehicles and 350 staff. So I’ve witnessed plenty of change and […]
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Road fatalities are comparatively rare in the Republic of Ireland yet some of the country's drivers appear to be determined to make the situation worse, if the results of a recent survey carried out by AA Motor Insurance are anything to go by. Of the 16,300-plus motorists it polled no less than 71% said they […]
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Ford is hoping to repeat the success of its Transit Custom range with the launch of the smaller Transit Connect. The van is off to a flying start, picking up the International Van of the Year 2014 award before it hits the streets. As before there are short and long wheelbase models, though both share […]
From a transport company perspective, key legislative changes and issues over the next 12 months include the introduction of Euro 6 engines, the arrival of the French Ecotax system and the impact of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (Driver CPC) on professional drivers with “acquired rights”. Euro 6 engines Its twenty years since the […]
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In-vehicle camera recorders are one of the tools that fleet managers have at their disposal to help improve driver behaviour and with it, reduce injury and damage, as well as fuel consumption. Cameras can also be used for security monitoring. Many of the systems are passive in that they record video, usually forward facing, from […]
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‘We have a strategy to grow our volume, both new and used. We want to be number two by 2016, so we are aspiring to substantially increase our van sales,’ says Lawson. Mercedes will sell around 20,000 Sprinter vans and chassis cabs in the UK this year, from a total LCV volume of closer to […]
