ENEXT WEEK TYRES
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• One of the busiest sectors of the commercial vehicle market is among the medium vans where Volkswagen LT models have always been prominent. Next week CM places one of them, the 55kW (75hp) six-cylinder diesel powered LT351) under scrutiny to see how it performs at 3.5 tonnes GVW.
• Bus and coach operators in Britain are experiencing enormous changes in their markets as the government's much-loved free-market forces take hold. We've been to the other side of the world to see how one of New Zealand's leading bus and coach operators has coped with similar drastic changes in its markets.
• Far from being just black doughnuts, tyres are some of the most important components on a commercial vehicle, in our annual tyres issue, we look at recent technical advances in tyres, and at some of the effects that the use and abuse of tyres can have on operating costs.