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VOLKSWAGEN'S Passat R36 will make its public debut at this month’s Essen Motor Show.

TRANSPORT officials from across Europe have met to discuss the progress of a major safety campaign aimed at drastically reducing road deaths.<p>

ARSENAL has signed a two year contract with General Motors to provide 38 select models to the football club’s staff.

SEWELLS Information & Research is currently working alongside Fleet News to produce this year's Contract Hire Survey.

VAUXHALL has updated its range of engines for its revised Astra range, which goes on sale in January.

TRANSPORT minister Stephen Ladyman has insisted the Government is taking the issue of at-work road safety seriously and is working on employer guidance.

THE spectre of hugely increased fleet costs and administration looms larger after a leaked major independent report supported road pricing.

SCIENTIFIC research has backed up claims that daytime running lights reduce accidents, suggesting fleets adopt this practice before it becomes law could be making an ‘easy safety win’.

FLEETS are being urged to check their brake replacement supplier standards after warnings from industry experts.

NEW laws that crack down on errant motorists are set to be introduced following news that the Road Safety bill has been granted Royal Assent.

MORE than half of UK drivers admit to tailgating and most motorists do not know their stopping distances.

SEAT’S range-topping hot Leon, the Cupra, will be priced from £19,595 when sales begin in March.

THIS is the new smart fortwo, due to go on sale next autumn.

A RENTAL firm in the north of England is offering hybrid cars in a bid to be environmentally friendly.

LEASEDRIVE, which runs a carbon offset scheme for drivers called Carbon:Manager, has produced a list of green driving tips for fleets:

CADILLAC has confirmed that an all-new version of its CTS executive saloon will go on sale in the UK towards the end of next year.

INCREASED costs heaped on British motorists and a parochial approach to climate change will damage British business, according to Jim O’Donnell, managing director of BMW (UK).

THE Fleet News Business Forum offers our readers two days at a five star hotel, meeting some of the best suppliers in the business, free of charge.

A GUIDE to freeing capital tied up in vehicles has been published for fleets.

THE Citroën Berlingo range has been updated, with new, more powerful and greener diesel engines.

AUDI has boosted equipment levels on its A3 range and extended an upgrade programme for the A4.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

THE residual values of used vans remained strong during October.

PEUGEOT has just slashed around £3,000 off its 407 Coupe range, bringing the range-topping V6 HDi GT model down to under £30,000.

MARTIN Ward, CAP’s manufacturer relationships manager, scours the globe for the week’s insider fleet intelligence.

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

VOLVO is offering customers an advance opportunity to test drive the new C30 at a launch event in Birmingham’s Mailbox shopping centre.

THE winners of the first ever Energy Saving Trust Fleet Hero Awards 2006 were presented with their awards last night, held at the offices of the Observer and Guardian newspaper.

ASTON MARTIN'S Martin’s V8 Vantage Roadster will be unveiled in a week’s time at the Los Angeles Motor Show.<P>