• The sale of Leyland Bus to Volvo marked the end of an extraordinary week for the British motor industry. The country's...

• The Department of Transport plans to increase the test fee for HGV and PSV learner drivers from 240 to 242. • The world...

• Up to 20 hauliers could be 'bleed out of business because a local authority wants to ban their lorries from its roads. The...

• Lorry drivers are shown making 600 illegal U-turns in 12 hours on a 35km stretch of the Al in a video produced by...

• A Scottish haulier is issuing an action for damages against Iveco Ford Truck. Aviemore-based Martin Harrower of A9 Haulage...

• Perkins Engines of Peterborough is involved in preliminary merger talks with the Detroit Diesel Corporation, and .1 e two...

• Leyland Bus has been bought by Volvo Bus Corporation for a sum believed to be in excess of £20 million, less than 15 months...

• Haulage costs rose by 2.86% in the first quarter of this year, according to the latest figures from the Road Haulage...

• Cummins has finally unveiled uprated versions of its 10-litre engine which takes the popular straight-six L10 above 224kW...

• Police have found two artic trailers laden with £250,000 worth of wine and spirits, stolen in a raid on the Dewsbury depot of...

• Specialist vehicle builder Reliance Mercury of Halifax has added a 19.6-tonne GCW urban artic version to the Leyland Daf...

• Bar Delivery Services has developed a new urban artic for pub distribution in association with Don-Bur (Bodies and Trailers)...

• Stoke on Trent-based bodybuilder Whitacres, has announced what it calls "the ultimate crew cab on the Iveco Ford" Cargo....

• Renault Vehicules Industriers equipment division has signed a contract to deliver 3,500 logistic transport vehicles to the...

• York's Freepost Roof Raiser curtainsider trailer, shown for the first time at November's Scottish Motor Show, will officially...

• Foden has launched a new lightweight tipper, mixer and haulage chassis — the 3000series — fitted with the Cummins C Series...

• Badgerline has pulled out of Bournemouth and Salisbury following intense competition from the established local operator,...

• The battle of the buses in Burnley is reaching new heights and Burnley & Pendle Transport has introduced 10 Routemasters on...

• Isle of Wight bus operator Southern Vectis has come under fierce attack from the Transport and General Workers' Union...

Single-deck Optare on the way • Leeds-based bodybuilder Optare plans to launch its new single-deck bus body this summer. The...

• The privatisation of National Bus Company subsidiaries has been completed ahead of schedule, according to transport minister...

• National Carriers subsidiary Newsflow has won a multimillion contract to distribute Associated Newspapers' two major titles...

• Lawrence Wilson and Son, manufacturer of Silver Cross prams and nursery equipment, has awarded an £80,000 contract to BRS to...

• Brewery giant Scottish and Newcastle says it is definitely retaining 72 jobs in beer distribution and retailing at its...

• Truck manufacturer Leyland Daf says it will not be affected by the sale of Rover Group — which owns 40% of its parent Daf BY...

• Hauliers attempting to avoid the Dover ferry dispute by diverting to North Sea ports last weekend were having to bid for...

• National Carriers Contract Distribution will not indulge in a price war with competitors, but will improve its service by...

• Barnsley-based Alan Lodge Road Haulage has successfully bid to double the number of artics on its 0-licence — despite past...

• Yelloway Motor Services has appeared before disciplinary proceedings with maintenance problems for the second time in 12...

• A coach operator who used a dangerous vehicle subject to an immediate prohibition to carry schoolchildren has been allowed to...

• The conduct of drivers, on United Automobile Services' "Hoppa" minibus services, has led to North Eastern Traffic...

• Maintenance problems have resulted in the licence held by Sunderland hauliers M & G A Kendrick, trading as Kendrick Haulage,...

• Stockport Borough Council and local residents failed to prevent City Transport from winning licence authority for 10 vehicles...

• Ford dealers have replaced a number of front tyres on Transit vans free of charge because of abnormal tyre wear. The problem...

• Will British Rail be buying European vehicles for its fleet? It is understood that this Volkswagen LT50 conversion was...

• Motor and Diesel Engineering of Bourn, Cambridge, the largest diesel conversion company in the UK, introduced the most...

• A new Ford Transit-based parcels van is now available from Robin Hood Vehicle Builders of Fareham, Hampshire. The "Griff"...

• Parceline, the Australianowned parcels carrier, has taken delivery of its 1,000th Mercedes-Benz 3.5-tonne 307D "Bremen" van...

• The first production Africars will be delivered to customers on 1 June, but delays in development mean that their drivelines...

SIR FEWER CONCESSIONS FOR FARMERS May I qualify the statement in your Budget report (CM 1723 March) that the RHA "welcomed"...

LEFT HAND DOWN A BIT Mi The HGV test gives credence to the claim that an articulated vehicle is the most difficult to drive...

• Since maximum articulated vehicle weights were raised to 38 tonnes in May 1983, there has been a growing campaign for a...

• Where there's muck, so the saying goes, there's brass — and the chances are that where there's muck there will also be a...

TWO-AXLE THREE-AXLE TIPPERS TIPPERS LEYLAND DAF FREIGHTER 1617 Leyland Daf 16.17 Freighter Day cab Chassis Price: £26,070 exc...

Hauling aggregates is notoriously hard on vehicles — but Smith & Sons manages to keep its distinctively-liveried fleet of...

• In the eight wheeler sector unladen chassis weights of over 9 tonnes are not unusual the average for this class of vehicle is...

Trans Oman Haulage used to run a fleet of nine artics. Now it has only three — but they have been joined by a trio of drawbars...

Many of the country's leading drawbar operators were in London last week for the Drawbar Revolution conference; we summarise...

When we tested the petrol-engined Trafic last year we found that the fuel consumption was poor and the seating position was...

and a good deal of fully-laden operation. At this point we refer back to our earlier comments. The laden top speed is below...

York knows all about the ups and downs of the UK trailer industry: it has ridden through the worst of the recession to climb...

BY THE HAWK • One of the Hawk's all-time favourites, the Leyland 340Li Cabriolet, is about to lose its main attraction. The...