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BEDFORD certainly can't be accused of letting the grass grow under the wheels of the Astra van. Although it was launched only three years ago, last year it gained an all-new aerodynamic body — and there's already talk of another version coming out soon.
The original option of a 1.6-litre diesel engine, however, has not changed and is proving as popular as ever. Forty per cent of all Astra vans have the unit. But what does the diesel van have to offer? Brian Weatherley has roadtested one and finds that when it comes to fuel economy it is a real miser. P his report in next week's CM.
• South Wales was one of the areas most affected by the miners' strike last year. Fortunately, the sight of trucks with wire cages over their windows ended with the strike, but other effects have been longer lasting. CM reports on the consequences o the strike for the industry in general, and looks at the fortunes of sonic of the tipper hauliers caught up in the dispute.
• "I'm never going to put vehicles on t road just for the sake of expanding the flet Unless the rate is right, the money is doin better elsewhere." Having come into hauk from another line of business, Ray Burch, Ex-Import Transport in Cardiff, is determ that his fleet should earn a worthwhile rat We report next week.
• Noel Millie" has been to the valleys o South Wales to talk to a politician and an operator awaiting bus deregulation with almost unabated enthusiasm. The operator reasons and plans are outlined next week.