Curtains For Luxury Cars

• by Peter Lawton Boniface Engineering and Southfields have teamed up to develop an enclosed slide-back system for high-value cars. The 6.8m-long captive recovery vehicle, built......

Aussie Semi Breathes In

• Australian low-loader specialist Brentwood Trailers has devised an ingenious answer to the problem of variablewidth loads. Some UK trailers are avail able with extending-floor......

Cargobullself-trackers Cut Wear

• Frozen-food specialist P h il Hanley is putting eight new Schmitz Cargobull self-tracking rear-axle trailers into service. Co-founder Mike Philip expects the triaxle trailers......

Vw Fixes Backup Costs

wi Volkswagen has launched a fixed-cost maintenance scheme for its vans, covering up to five years and 200,000 miles. The Advance package is offered in three parts, covering......

Special Vans From Lov

• WV has introduced two special-edition vans, which will be available until the end of September. The Pilot Navigator (at 2.2 tonnes GVW) costs 29,995 (ex-VAT); the 3.5-tonne......

Farewell To Industry Veteran

• The bodybuilding world was sorry to hear of the death last week of Eddie Higgins, national sales manager for truck bodies of Boalloy Industries, at the age of 57. Higgins was......