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AUDI has raised the stakes in its battle to steal business sales from rival premium manufacturers with the launch of a Euro IV-compliant V6 diesel.

MERCEDES-Benz is expanding its used commercial vehicle sales operation following a successful 12-month pilot scheme.

FAST-fit giant Kwik-Fit has become the largest service provider yet to sign up to the 1link Service network offering electronic repair authorisation.

NISSAN will target small business owners working in the service sector with its new light commercial vehicle, called the Kubistar.

THE growing number of employers demanding access to flexible leasing products has prompted Pendragon Contracts to launch a new service.

A NEW electronic residual value forecasting system has been launched amid industry warnings that predicting used car values is becoming more difficult than ever.

COMMERCIAL vehicle registrations are the second highest on record since 1989, latest figures reveal.

SMART has agreed to supply city-coupe and cabrio vehicles under the Motability scheme following a training scheme for sales staff at its 37 sales outlets in the UK.

FLEET drivers up to the age of 24 are being invited to enter the Young Driver of the Year 2003 contest.

A BANNED driver who was caught on a police camera driving at 157mph on a dual carriageway, becoming Britain's fastest speeding motorist, has been jailed for five months.

A NEW rate for vehicle excise duty (VED) introduced this month has penalised fleets which use cleaner cars, politicians were told during a debate in the House of Commons.

AN electronics distributor is predicting lower fuel costs and a safer fleet after introducing road and engine speed limiters to its vehicles.

VEHICLE Lease and Service (VLS) has taken delivery of 143 vehicles equipped with storage racking fitted by Bri-Stor.

RENTOKIL Initial has ordered a fleet of 500 vehicles from Yorkshire-based retailer Nidd Vale Group in a deal worth almost £5 million.

A COVENT Garden-based fruit and veg supplier has managed to recover one its £30,000 Mercedes-Benz vans following its theft by using a Minorplanet tracking system.

A TECHNOLOGY-packed fleet has started work at Nilfisk-Advance, a Danish-based firm supplying industrial cleaning equipment.

SKODA'S Octavia range is now available with 'pumpe duse' turbodiesel technology for the first time with a 130bhp 1.9 TDI model.

NOMINATIONS can now be made for this year's Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) search for its road safety champion.

JANE Hardy from Logistics plc is the winner of the hand-held internet enabled computer, offered in a Fleet NewsNet competition on April 10.

A CONTROVERSIAL move by the Government to update company van tax rules has won the support of fleets in an exclusive Fleet News' survey.

VOLVO XC90 customers can now order a rear-seat entertainment system giving passengers the opportunity to watch DVDs and plug in games consoles or a camcorder.

TOILET Hire UK has chosen Lex Transfleet as its fleet supplier, ordering 32 vehicles from the group.

TOYOTA Fleet has scooped a gold award from the Institute of Sales Promotion for its 'flowers' direct mail campaign.

WALON UK has secured a three-year contract to distribute Kia cars in the UK.

THE average fleet is missing out on major financial savings being offered by new technology, says Ashley Sowerby, managing director of Chevin Fleet Solutions