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Renault was among the first to announce the availability of a complete line-up of Euro 6 engines for Kangoo, a year before the introduction of the emission standard on September 1 this year. Though offering the same 75hp, 90hp and 110hp outputs as the Euro 5 motors, torque rises by around 20Nm on each engine. […]
Alejandro Noriega has been appointed to the role of country manager for Fiat Professional in the UK, with the remit of developing fleet business and sales.
The ‘Road Traffic Estimates: Great Britain 2015’ report shows that van traffic continued to grow more quickly than any other vehicle type, rising 4.2% from 2014 levels. The data also indicates that car traffic levels reached a record level in 2015 with a slight increase to 247.7 billion vehicle miles while traffic overall continued […]
So says Lightfoot, which is reporting dramatics results for a pilot currently being in Exeter to combine the two. Carried out in association with Exeter City Futures, the pilot is providing 100 members of the public with driver behaviour devices and the chance to benchmark their results. The concept will be extended to offer […]
The organisation, launched at the Microlise Transport Conference, is a close collaboration between Microlise executive director Bob Harbey and Road Haulage Association (RHA) chief executive Richard Burnett. Additional support will be provided by Care after Combat, the charity chaired by Jim Davidson OBE. Road to Logistics will seek to give veterans and reformed offenders […]
Available to order from June on Citan panel van and Tourer models with the 112 petrol engine, the double clutch transmission has been engineered to provide near seamless gear changes without loss of tractive power, high levels of driving comfort and convenience. Emissions are 144g/km for both models, with combined official fuel consumption of […]
LCVs have for several years been an important part of Activa Contracts’ business with more than 25% of its contract hire fleet being formed by sub-3.5 tonne load carriers. The new development coincides with a period of record growth in van registrations which were 3.3% up in the first four months of 2016, following […]
That’s the finding of INRIX in its ‘London Congestion Trends’ report, which finds that although car traffic in London is down, congestion has risen since 2012. According to the study, journey times in Central London have grown by 12% annually. This is consistent with data that shows that the London economy and population are […]
The new vehicles will represent a third of the company’s entire LCV fleet and have been chosen for their payload, value and their four-year/100,000-mile warranty. Finished in the Protyre corporate livery, the Masters mark the firm’s return to running Renaults, with the business having operated previous generation Masters. Ordered in long-wheelbase, high-roof format […]
As announced last week, the package of proposals announced by Sadiq Khan include an additional central London charge in 2017 which is expected to impact vans and lorries, a requirement for vans and lorries to be Euro 6 across inner London as early as 2018 and a ruling for lorries to be Euro 6 across […]
Chief executive Oliver Morley tweeted an image, saying “a little prototype of something we're working on”. The image also showed how the digital version could be stored within Apple's Wallet app on iPhone. Morley later added that there is no timeline for the prototype yet and that it would function as an add-on to […]
BCA’s Commercial Pulse report highlights that the fleet and lease sector recorded average values of £6,818 in April, an increase of £92 (1.4%) compared to March and the highest monthly value recorded since 2014. Retained value against MRP (Manufacturer Recommended Price) improved by 1.5 percentage points to 35.90%. Year-on-year, values were up by £359 (5.5%), […]
