Category: Features

Blue skies, palm trees waving in a gentle breeze, the shining sea lapping gently against beautiful beaches… the US state of Hawaii can lay claim

Japan is a land that can be full of surprises. When it comes to cars and driving, for example, you might think that a nation

The flipside of the Land of the Midnight Sun is the Arctic Night – the long winter period when the sun barely gets above the

That was the conclusion the small city of Loveland in Colorado, USA, came to last year. It disposed of some 40 ageing, insufficiently utilised, sedans,

China may be closing the gap on US car sales, but the US is forecast to remain the largest light vehicle market in the world

If you are Canadian and happen to have a problem with your garage door – or need a new one – then who are you

The American used light vehicle market is beginning to show signs of recovery after positive GDP growth and a growing source of credit that is

Latest data indicates that Europe is finally pulling out of recession, led by Germany. This will be viewed with universal relief, especially so in the Czech

For a relatively small European country, the Netherlands has a comparatively large automotive sector. According to the Dutch Automotive Industry website, the industry employs some

Honda remains the most independent of all automakers. Over the years it has steered clear of alliances and mergers, instead preferring to plough its own

Intertek is a technology company originally involved in testing, inspecting and certifying products, but now has involvement in a wide range of industries beyond these

No truck manufacturer has ever renewed its entire range at one stroke – until now. Renault Trucks has been able to call on its incorporation

One of the biggest mistakes any senior executive with a global brief can make is to view all developing markets as being essentially the same.

The Czech Republic’s new and used car industries are quite stable, but compared with countries in Western Europe, they are relatively new and still finding

The Czech Republic is one of the smaller and newer central European nations, having been established as an independent nation in 1993, when the former

Obstructive Sleep Apnoea (OSA) affects around 3% of the population in the UK alone, and is considered to be responsible for up to 20% of

Government bodies and enforcement authorities worldwide are homing in on distracted driving as a major risk to road safety: and if fleet operators and the

There has been plenty of support for GM’s European operation in the past year or two, and there is no doubt that the announcement by

For some European economies, being part of the EU but not of the Eurozone could be seen to be particularly advantageous right now. This position

About 1.24 million people die each year as a result of road traffic crashes, equating to some 3,397 people a day, the World Health Organisation

Of all the major automakers, Fiat has undergone the greatest changes since the start of the seemingly unending global recession in 2008. The Italian company

Smartphones and social media are changing how we work and that is changing how customers need to use cars for business. The trick for fleet

In February, Hyundai claimed a world-first when it began assembly line production of its first hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle, the ix35 FCEV, at its

If you happen to be Australian then you will almost certainly have eaten one of Goodman Fielder’s grocery products at one time or another. The

Last year saw the Daily Rental Group acquire 30 extended-range electric Opel Amperas and start offering them from locations in Brussels in Belgium and Frankfurt

The Italian new car market has been hit hard by the economic conditions faced by countries in the Euro with many dealers struggling to survive.

At the turn of the year, I wrote that the global auto market looked set for a year of subdued growth outside of hotspots such

Geneva has always been a showcase for the desirable and exotic, and the show excelled itself this year with models such as the McLaren P1,

According to JATO Dynamics, by 2012, the Russian car market had recovered to 2,950,000 units, with the help of a government-supported scrappage scheme. The market

It might be doom and gloom in Europe as far as car sales go but the mood at the NAIAS Detroit Show was much more