Earlier this year, Octo Telematics, a specialist provider of telematics services for insurance companies and car makers, reached a milestone of four million connected users
Latest figures from JATO Dynamics show new car registrations during May were 15.1% higher than the same month in 2015. A total of 1.33 million
It’s been all change at Volkswagen since the emissions scandal, so Craig Thomas spoke to Jürgen Stackmann, the new board member responsible for the brand’s
One thing for certain is that the business model is changing. Most carmakers are now into, or getting into car sharing or alternative mobility. Jaguar
The Swedish new car market is on fire with February celebrating the market’s 26th consecutive month of growth and 2016 already looking set to beat
How do you communicate the theme of growth? That was personified by what the OEMs showed at Geneva in March. The first was by expanding
The SEAT Ateca C-segment SUV was the first car to be revealed to the press at the recent Geneva Show, the latest addition to a
The Jeep Renegade, launched in autumn 2014 has helped to transform the US brand’s fortunes throughout Europe. Annual sales by the end of November 2015
Incremental volume growth in the US and Europe is forecast to be solid but less spectacular, while on the other side of the balance sheet,
Quirky – adjective (quirkier, quirkiest) having peculiar or unexpected habits or qualities – Derivatives: quirkily or quirkiness. So says the Oxford English dictionary.
The Fleet Excellence Awards (or FLEXY for short) are intended to spotlight those who have impacted fleet management in both the corporate and public fleet
Klaus Maier is a happy man. As global head of sales and marketing at Mercedes‐Benz Vans he saw his operation’s worldwide registrations reach 294,600 in
The European True Fleet Markets are currently performing very well. Looking at 17 countries in Europe, the results for the first nine months of 2015
Ford is one of the longest standing players in the European fleet segment as well as one of the largest. New entries like the revised
The site at Aberford now offer multi-lingual support with over 100 members of customer-facing staff. The firm’s international partner support network covers 24 individual countries
The global asset and auto finance sector has been through turbulent times since the Great Recession, and the foundations for its recovery have looked fragile
Simon Oliphant must sometimes wonder whether his business card is big enough given the number of posts he occupies after a series of management changes
“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
This further pulled up the year-to-date (YTD) increase for the first eight months of the year by 8.5% y/y to 10.07 million units. Following August's
With profits up to €372m, return on equity hitting 13.8% and total assets up to €19.7bn, LeasePlan enjoyed a healthy 2014. The prospects for this
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
The 2015 Australian new car market is running in parallel with 2014. Sales to the end of May totalled 452,577, compared with 441,642 for the
Reducing fuel consumption and emissions from internal combustion engines is a requirement everywhere in the world for motor manufacturers. It’s a similar story for fleet
TomTom Automotive announced a string of new business deals at the Geneva Motor Show including a deal with Volkswagen for TomTom Traffic and Maps, extending
Infiniti was launched in 1989 in North America as Nissan’s premium brand at around the same time that Toyota launched Lexus as its premium
Operational leasing always makes sense when compared with the outright purchase of cars because it means you get to keep your money in your
In 2014 ALD Automotive expanded its fleet by 9.8% to 1,107,376 vehicles and saw its full service leasing business rise by 6.5% to a total
Helped by an increasingly desirable range, Kia has enjoyed what can only be described as a sales march in recent years, and it’s showing no
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
Hyundai announced a raft of detail changes to its model line-up in early December 2014, introducing the new Generation i20 coupe, revised i30 and i40