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AMERICAN stunt rider Corey Pasadena was joined by a bevy of beauties at the CV Show at the NEC in Birmingham last week to launch the new Nissan Navara 4x4 truck

TRANSPORT Minister David Jamieson has announced he will be stepping down from the Government at the next General Election

THIRD party driver support is to be provided to the 9,000-strong British Gas commercial fleet by All Fleet Services

FLEET managers are being urged to ensure drivers have their head rests in the correct position following research showing that almost 21 million drivers could be at risk of serious neck injuries

Nissan's plant in Sunderland has again been named as the UK's biggest car exporter for the fifth year running.

AUTOMOTIVE services group Inchcape has bought the Robert Smith Group and its subsidiaries

A QUARTER of UK motorists are driving without a valid MOT according to latest research

NEW proposals changing the way local speed limits are set could see an increasing number of company car drivers losing their licences, fleets were warned this week

SUZUKI’S new five-door Swift supermini goes on sale from tomorrow (Friday), offering high equipment levels and sub-£8,000 pricing

HUMBERSIDE Police force is strengthening its relationship with Proton and has ordered 20 new liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Gen-2 GSXs

A FINANCIAL services provider has boosted its fleet of Citroens with the new C4

FLEET NEWSNET this week launches one of its biggest-ever giveaways with an offer worth more than £60,000 to readers

BMW has created what must be the fastest fleet in the world with a deal to supply motorcycling’s Grand Prix world championship with six high-performance cars

VEHICLE tracking and management provider DigiCore has launched a new security system

THE Fleet Safety Forum is running three half-day workshops designed for fleet managers

FLEETS using the Tripoint range of management and rental products can now access a new website

AVERAGE fuel prices in the UK

Time to reverse the war on the motorist

LETTERS to Fleet News’ editor John Maslen

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

THE new car market has suffered its third consecutive month of slowing year-on-year price increases

GLASS’S experts give the lowdown on what’s selling and what’s sitting

RESULTS from auction halls across the UK

PricewaterhouseCoopers has been appointed today as administrators of MG Sport and Racing at the request of the company’s directors.

OPEL'S hydrogen-powered HydroGen3 prototype, based on the Zafira, has claimed first place in the fuel cell class of the Rallye Monte Carlo Fuel Cell and Hybrid event.

FIAT, PSA Peugeot Citroen and Turkish car firm Tofas have signed a co-operation agreement to develop and produce small vans.

TOYOTA executives say the launch of the manufacturer's new pan-European production training centre will benefit fleet customers.

LDV chiefs were out in force at the show this year, proudly presenting the new Maxus, a van that has taken five years and £500 million to develop.