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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

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

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

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

  There is a lot of talk about "Big Data" in business at the moment, it’s a buzz word concerned with the explosion in information

The event opens to the press on 2nd October, with a wide range of automakers and component suppliers set to exhibit, with domestic automakers set

In a recent article in North America’s Automotive Fleet magazine, “Procurement Ascendency” topped the list of global fleet mega-trends. The once-feared, but ultimately beneficial, transition

With sales of locally‐made Light Vehicles in July growing by 7.4% year‐on‐year (YoY) – slightly in excess of the 7.2% YoY growth achieved in June

Would I drive an electric vehicle? That was the question that kept me busy for a number of months. Me being Bart Vanham, entrepreneur in

The European Car industry is still under severe strain. Because of the so called policy of austerity, which is predominantly driven by Germany and a

So far this year, Russia has managed to annex Crimea and apply considerable influence with rebels in eastern Ukraine without too much damage being inflicted

So it’s official: those long talked-about green shoots of recovery are finally growing. The UK economy is coming out of recession, and doing so not

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

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

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

One current challenge is to agree what is economic growth. On the one hand it may be an improvement in GDP; or a growth in

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

In earlier columns I contrasted the elements of fleet cost between the UAE and in more mature fleet markets. Cost is of course not the

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

Thank God, predominantly we still buy cars because of our emotions and less out of mere rational considerations. This can be good or bad –