Peugeot engine and model offensive France | Manufacturers and cars |  Peugeot is to continue equipping its vehicle with low emissions Euro-5 compliant engines. This move in particular involves the... Read more | 02/09/2010 | Tim Harrup   Keep MOT at current level - Roadsafe United Kingdom | Tax and legislation |  Roadsafe a partnership of companies in the motor and transport industries is urging the government not to heed pressure to... Read more | 31/08/2010 | Tim Harrup   De Lage Landen increases profits Netherlands | Leasing |  De Lage Landen has announced profits for the first half of 2010 which almost doubled to 101 million Euros.... Read more | 31/08/2010 | Tim Harrup   Dutch lease market struggling to its feet Netherlands | Leasing |  In the second quarter of this year the leased fleet in the Netherlands shrunk by 4.1% in comparison with the... Read more | 31/08/2010 | Stijn Phlix   LeasePlan profits up Europe | Leasing |  LeasePlan Corporation has announced net profits up by almost 50% in the first half of 2010 to 90 million Euros. The... Read more | 30/08/2010 | Tim Harrup   De Lage Landen restructures in Germany Germany | Tax and legislation |  Dutch company De Lage Landen has reorganized its entire German operation into a single structure now known as  De... Read more | 30/08/2010 | Tim Harrup   Hans Demant from Opel to VW Europe | Manufacturers and cars |  Ex-Opel boss Hans Demant is moving to Volkswagen. The 59-year old German takes over responsibility for the coordination of international... Read more | 27/08/2010 | Stijn Phlix   ALD raises € 70,000 for charity Germany | Leasing |  The ALD Automotive ‘Run for Charity’ gets bigger every year. This year some 13 teams took part raising €... Read more | 27/08/2010 | Tim Harrup   Peugeot unveils models to Russian market Russia | Manufacturers and cars |  During the Moscow Motor Show and in a year which has seen it take the title of number one... Read more | 26/08/2010 | Tim Harrup

India-Korea acquisition on cards Asia-Pacific | Manufacturers and cars |  Indian company Mahindra & Mahindra has announced that it intends to buy troubled Korean car-maker Ssangyong by the end of... Read more | 26/08/2010 | Tim Harrup   Peugeot launches the 3008 Hybrid4, the first ‘full hybrid’ diesel. France | Manufacturers and cars |  The denomination Hybrid4 refers to a hybrid version of the 2.0 HDi FAP engine producing 163 bhp and with the... Read more | 26/08/2010 | Tim Harrup   Euro NCAP: focus on Plug-In vehicles and advanced safety technologies Europe | Green and safety |  Euro NCAP the organisation dedicated to revealing the safety of new cars releases the crash test results for four vehicles:... Read more | 26/08/2010 | Stijn Phlix   Fuel cards gain in popularity United Kingdom | Telematics and software |  Leasing company Arval has produced figures showing that almost three quarters of companies with five or more vehicles in... Read more | 25/08/2010 | Tim Harrup