Vw Moves In To Buy Daewoo's Half Of 1.011

LA by Colin Barnett Speculation is mounting that Volkswagen is close to finalising a deal to buy half of LDV. Sources in Korea report that VW intends to acquire Daewoo's 50%......

Brake Runs Fleet Course

• Road safety campaign group Brake has got together with the Automotive Distribution Federation to organise a one-day conference for fleet engineers. Commercial Vehicle......

Master Warranty All Renault Master Vans Supplied By...

now come with a three-year/ 60,000-mile warranty instead of one year. RVI says this reflects the van's reliability.......

Star Van Vauxhall Is Celebrating Strong Sales Of Its...

Sales passed the 10,000 mark in October, two months earlier than in 1999. Vauxhall sold 22,968 vans from January to October; up 9.4% on 1999.......

Lomb 111net Tls Vehicle Rental And Contract Hire Is Taking

1,000 Daily City Trucks from Iveco. The order, worth £25m at list prices, is made up of 3.2tonne 29.10s, marking Iveco's first move into the market below 3.5 tonnes.......

Met Inman

Hill Hire has finished a £15m spending spree. The truck and trailer rental specialist has bought 90 MAN 7.5 arid 18tonners; 100 Oaf 6x2s; arid another 150 Renault tractors. Hill......

Trap Rewarded Scientists Working For Johnson Matthey Have...

£50,000 MacRobert Award for their work on the company's Continuously Regenerating Trap. Operators bought 5,000 of the traps last year.......

Hands Off Cv Prices Say Guide Pundits

• The government should not step in to force down CV list prices, according to used price guide CAP Red Book. David Hill, senior editor of the used van and truck price guide,......

Suzuki Makes Cv Mara Model

• Suzuki has launched a commercial version of the 4x4 Vitara. With a basic price of £9,995 (ex-VAT), the Vttara Van comes with a 1.9-litre turbo-diesel developing 74hp (561(W)......