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Which of the following most accurately describes the problem?

this: In France it is quite ordinaire to rent a van: less so a car. Moreover, one in five Gallic van renters live in Paris; confusingly, it is more common there to rent a car.

This awe-inspiring information comes from a survey on European car rental by Budget, which reveals that 11% of French will rent a van, but only 9% would hire a car. The typical renter will be male, aged 25-34. In the UK the typical renter is a similar chap, but he prefers a car (18%) to a van (14%). The crunch is that in both countries car rental is a repeat purchase, van rental likely to be one-off.

That's enough statistics — Ed.

• The Hawk understands the sweeping changes in Czechoslovakia have put a spanner in the Skoda car works.

The car manufacturer has had to halt almost all vehicle production after the new Government's sweeping amnesty freed more than 20,000 prisoners — many of them worked at the Skoda plant.

Funny, I always thought Skodas were built by dedicated professionals using state-ofthe-art hi-tech equipment.