WHAT are the relative merits of contract hire, financial leasing
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and outright purchase? What effects will be caused by the changes in first year capital allowances?
These questions were often asked during the CM roadshows of last year: we set out to answer them in sonic depth in next week's contract hire special issue.
On the same theme, but in a lighter vein, David Wilcox takes an off-beat look at what makes a good contract hire salesman — from a psychological point of view.
• Plenty has appeared already about the new Ford Transits, but aside from all the advertising ballyhoo, how well do they really perform? If you are waiting for a roadtest on the new Tranny, read CM next week: we are among the first to test Ford's latest panel van, in our diesel v petrol back-to-back test.
• The severe winter weather which has gripped Britain recently has caused problems
with lack of grip for many vehicles, particularly 4 x 2 and 6 x 2, 38 tonne GCW tractive units. In next week's Engineer's Notebook we look at two ways of casing the traction problem: one which is simple and costs nothing suggested by Michelin; and one much more sophisticated and expensive solution, pioneered by Mercedes and Wabco.