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John Kendall

When two become one…

  “Okay FCA, just stop!” was how General Motors (GM) rebuffed Fiat-Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) on a possible GM-FCA merger. FCA has lately been punching above

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Driving 'down under'

Australia’s historical ties with the UK show in that Australians drive on the left. Similarly all road signs are in English. Main routes are wide

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The fuel picture…

Fuel and driver taxes I don’t think we will see any drastic change. Remember that while the cost of a barrel of oil may be

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Dare to be different

The US auto market just closed its best year of sales since before the recession. With the recovery seemingly out of the way, and consumers

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La Revolution

The French new car market remained static in 2014 with sales at 1.79m, just below the 1.8m mark for the second year running. Short-term rental

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China goes French

Despite a market share below their international level, French car makers (PSA Peugeot Citroën and the Renault-Nissan Alliance) have improved their performance strongly in the

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Adapt & survive

As organisations look to improve the efficiency of their workforces and vehicles, the challenge is on for the vehicle leasing industry to widen its scope

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John Kendall

Drawing the future

Replacing two iconic designs Replacing any iconic vehicle is never an easy prospect for any designer. Whether it’s an exotic rare car or a much

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The car value "Holy Grail"

Throughout the period when I was setting-up and running Contract Hire companies, both in the UK and Europe, the Holy Grail I was always searching

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Time for a facelift?

Take the motor shows in Geneva, New York and Shanghai – at each of them lots of novelties have been presented. Between the really new

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The hype has gone

E-vehicles? Do you remember the hype? International motor shows in Frankfurt, Detroit, Paris, and Tokyo… you name it! Everywhere we went: e-mobility all over the

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Moving markets

The word ‘residual value’ is not very often mentioned in a positive context. The buyer of a new car is losing money because although he

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Industry analysis

According to Greek mythology, Hermaphroditus was the son of Aphrodite and Hermes. Due to some ‘divine’ manipulation, he became both woman (with the characteristics of

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