Category: Features

  2014 looks as though it might have been the year when the vehicle market in France turned an important corner, after the years following

A press photographer took a picture of the inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI in 2005. In 2013 he photographed the inauguration of Pope Francis from

  By no means all fleet operators worldwide need an all-embracing telematics system that does everything but make the coffee. All many of them really

  Mercedes-Benz sells its Sprinter light CV range in 130 countries worldwide and gave the new, smaller Vito van its public debut at the recent

Tuesday No range anxiety. For all the technology on board, that’s the detail which should grab businesses’ interest. There’s a large 85kWh battery pack sandwiched

Export-led economy South Korea’s export led economy has seen phenomenal economic growth for this comparatively small Asian country over the past 50 years. According to

Held in Brussels, Belgium, the programme included contributions from leading occupational health and safety experts and the awarding of the PRAISE road safety winners in

Manufacturer: Toyota  Total sales: 2013 8,871,000  Headquarters: Aichi Prefecture, Japan Global market share: 11%   Hybrid success story Since the launch of its first-generation Prius 17

  Old habits One of the big drawbacks of driver training is the tendency of many trainees to revert to their bad old habits during

Manufacturer: Ford  Total sales 2013: 6,330,000 Headquarters: Michigan, USA  Global market share: 8%   Asia-Pacific key to growth Ford recorded European growth of 6.6% in the

The firm said that the emerging markets pose the highest level of risk to the forecast, with the US, China looking to be the least

  Audi TT Concept Five doors and a longer wheelbase, plus a 400hp variant of the 2.0-litre TFSI petrol engine to power it, formed part

If you’re in India on business, chances are you will be assigned a driver for the time you are there who will have his own

Spain was the 11th largest producer of passenger cars worldwide in 2013 with significant production by the Volkswagen Group, mainly through its SEAT subsidiary, although

Total sales 2013: 180,000    Headquarters: Hong Kong, China    Global market share: 0.2%   USA and China lead the way Infiniti has undergone a

The Norwegian car market is setting the European standard when it comes to incentivising the use of zero emission cars. As we discussed in the

On Saturday 13 September the vision of FIA president Jean Todt to create an all-electric championship sparked into life. Ahead of the historic occasion he

  How profitable? Failing to allocate all the costs of the cars and vans that had to be used to a particular job, or allocating

All around the globe, people are flocking to cities. In 2007, UN population figures showed that more than half of the world’s population lived in

Transporting us from one place to another is fast becoming just one of the things that a car can do for us. Connectivity is something

  Norway has a lot to recommend it – breathtaking scenery, great food and friendly people. So even if you are driving for business, Norway

Manufacturer: Suzuki Total sales 2013: 2,710,888 Headquarters: Hamamatsu, Japan Global market share: 3.3%   Kei car sales continue to soar… The Suzuki Motor Corporation has one

  Norway is a comparatively small European country in Northern Europe, bordering Sweden to the east, Finland, its southern neighbour in the north and similarly

On their own both fuel cards and telematics systems can be invaluable when it comes to controlling fuel costs and shrinking a fleet’s carbon footprint.

Transporting us from one place to another is fast becoming just one of the things that a car can do for us. Connectivity is something

Ford recently launched the new Transit “2-tonne”, replacing the large Transit van first launched in 2000 and updated in 2006. The new Transit 2-tonne ECOnetic

  Mid-Term Rental Having launched its very-long-term offer – 60 month contracts in March, Arval is now deploying a medium-term lease offer to France, the

  IS 300h boosts European sales… Lexus’ premium petrol and hybrid-powered vehicles are now exported to over 70 territories worldwide, including Europe, Asia, Latin America

On the plus side, there’s been an obvious uplift in the last few weeks with Brazil’s staging of the football World Cup. This proved (some

  As the World Cup came to a close in Brazil, the country’s overall car market continued to develop, although new car sales have been