Category: Features

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

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News that PSA Peugeot Citroën was writing down its assets to the tune of €4.1bn in early February can hardly have made comfortable reading among

A lot can happen in 94 years. In 1918 Hertz opened its doors in Chicago with a dozen of Henry’s finest Model T Fords, and

You have probably never heard of FleetCor Technologies but there is every chance that the Norcross, Georgia, USA company is having a major impact on

The European Auto Industry in 2012 declined again for the fifth consecutive year, with sales down by more than 8%. Every mass-market OEM has been

Smart automotive technologies that help drivers avoid collisions, navigate and improve fuel efficiency should make Europe’s roads safer, ease congestion and reduce pollution. But just

It’s not so long ago that drivers would only be storing basic information in a car – data which extended as far as radio presets

It’s probably true to say that the motor industry has never been faced with as much change as it has been for the past few

Audi worldwide market performance in 2012 Audi has gradually risen to a strong position within the global luxury car market, largely through an extensive model

Citroën DS3 cabrio Citroën has sold more than 200,000 DS3s globally since the supermini launched three years ago. It’s been an important part of reinventing

Ford Focus Electric The Focus will become Ford’s first electric vehicle when it goes on sale late this year, kick-starting an expanding range of models

“Disappointing” is not the word that European automotive manufacturers would use for sales growth of 4.3% in their home markets at the moment. But that’s

Industry executives at the Los Angeles Show in December believe the US market will return to its 16 million high within the next three years

As winter hits areas of Europe harder than others, a migration of large used high emission 4x4s from Western Europe to Russia has begun, according

Many fleet managers will be familiar with the capabilities of telematics systems even if they do not use them. A system could enable data transfer

Encouraging fleet managers to spend money, so they could save it in other parts of the business, might sum up the original telematics proposition fairly

Against a background of rising fuel prices, restricted budgets, a changing regulatory landscape and spiralling customer expectations, field service businesses have endured a tumultuous environment

Nissan is undoubtedly one of the success stories of the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Once the most conservative of all the Japanese automakers, Nissan has reinvented itself

The United Kingdom is a remarkable nation, when considering how small it is relative to its economic importance. This collection of islands has a land

Autorola UK believes that within the next five years online buying and selling of used vehicles will comprise around 30-35% of the market, which spells

Like so many other European countries, the French new car market is depressed and the number of used cars coming into the market has reduced

Background On the eve of this year’s Paris Auto Salon, French industrial renewal minister Arnaud Montebourg accused Hyundai and Kia of ‘dumping’ cars in Europe

Ford Transit Connect Making its first appearance at the show was Ford’s Transit Connect upgrade. Not available until later next year, the Connect range drops

Volkswagen The seventh-generation Golf will be home to a wide range of fuel-saving technology, starting with a new and more efficient version of the 1.6

Bentley Continental GT Speed The Russian market is a relatively small one for Bentley alongside America, China and the UK. But it could soon become

Invensys is a global technology group supplying solutions, software, services and equipment to monitor, control and automate processes in a wide range of environments and

According to the European Automotive Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA), France is the second largest vehicle manufacturing nation in Western Europe, with 29 plants in the country.

Invensys is a global technology group supplying solutions, software, services and equipment to monitor, control and automate processes in a wide range of environments and