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VOLKSWAGEN’S Polo range will grow with the addition of two new models this year.

DAIMLERCHRYSLER Services Fleet Management has dropped a word from its name as part of a change in corporate design.

AN increasing number of fleets are ditching the pay-and-reclaim method of reimbursing business mileage, a new survey suggests.

RENAULT has outlined a major plan to turn itself into a company with a prestige image that rivals marques such as Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

RENAULT has revised its Espace people carrier range for 2006.

THIS is Chevrolet’s new Epica upper-medium car, which will be revealed to the world at next month’s Geneva Motor Show.

FLEET drivers at the UK rail operator EWS are taking part in an online risk assessment, as part of a single-badge deal the company has signed with Vauxhall.

SEAT UK has made Andy Webb its new head of fleet and business sales.

ALFA Romeo UK has a new managing director in the shape of Christopher Nicoll.

AUDI is introducing the Multitronic continuously variable transmission automatic gearbox on the 2.0 TDI and 2.7 TDI A6 saloon and Avants.

TWICE as many Londoners are planning to buy an off-road vehicle next year as those living in Scotland.

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK.

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor.

A FEW years ago, there was an annoying trend among owners of less desirable cars to have stickers declaring ‘My other car is a Ferrari’ in their rear windows.

FLEET NewsNet looks at how new cars taken on to a typical fleet might perform over the next three years/60,000 miles.

EXPERTS are divided on the buoyancy of the used car market’s start to 2006.

RESULTS from sales around the UK.

UK firms will face a ban on smoking on their premises from next summer. But the law surrounding lighting up in company cars remains uncertain.

SMOKING will be banned in all workplaces from next year following a vote in the Commons last night. There is still, however, no clarity on whether the ban will include cars.

FLEET NewsNet reporter Phill Tromans puts the new Mitsubishi L200 to the test in Turkey. Or should that be the L200 puts Phill to the test...?

DRIVERS and fleet managers have been urged to make a life-saving choice at vehicle replacement time which would cost them less than the price of a CD-player or metallic paint.

SO, as one of your fleet vehicles is dragged in missing a bumper and wing mirror, what excuse does your driver give? Ice on the road? Perhaps a careless old lady motorist?

BATHROOM specialist Bathstore.com has added 30 Mercedes-Benz Sprinter vans to its fleet.

IBM fleet manager Phil Redman has been made a director of fleet managers’ association Acfo.

VEHICLE rental company Bellhire has added 70 new LDV Maxus vans to its fleet in a deal worth £1.2 million.

IT services company ComputerLand has reviewed it fleet operations and appointed a new supplier for its 100 company cars.

HOME Group, which provides rented, supported and low cost homes, has signed its third successive solus car and LCV deal with Citroen and expects to take on 300 of the marque’s cars and vans over the next four years.

THE European Union does not have a workable transport policy and is instead flooding the motor industry with huge volumes of often contradictory legislation, the head of Europe’s motor manufacturers association has claimed.

ON the face of it, ticking every box on the options list should make a car more valuable at resale time. In reality, it could well be a waste of money.

SATELLITE navigation has replaced air-conditioning as the most requested option following moves from manufacturers to include air conditioning as standard on entry-level models.