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Stirling MSP wins award for efforts to improve community road safety
Bruce Crawford, MSP for Stirling, has been given the first ever Scottish Road Safety Parliamentarian Award by the charity Brake and Digby Brown Solicitors. The…
Vauxhall’s VX360° offers customers complete transparency
Vauxhall is offering servicing you can see for yourself with VX360°, a programme that allows onsite expert technicians to capture on video recommended repair work…
Bosch and TomTom partner on innovative mapping technology for automated driving
The development of automated driving is a puzzle with many pieces. Together with the Dutch map and traffic information provider TomTom (TOM2), Bosch is getting…
Italian Police force puts its faith in the Seat Leon
SEAT has won the fleet contract to supply new Leon cars to the Italian police forces, Polizia di Stato and the Carabinieri. The first 206…
Classic Nostalgia hailed a great success
“A simply fantastic event”, that was the verdict of motoring legend and five-times Le Mans winner Derek Bell after appearing at Classic Nostalgia, a period…
TomTom expands map footprint globally
TomTom (TOM2) announces the addition of navigable maps for thirteen new countries. TomTom’s global map database now covers over 45.6 million kilometres and 4.3 billion…
Škoda secures fleet contract with south east coast ambulance service
ŠKODA UK is delighted to announce the beginning of a new contract with South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb). The deal will result in ŠKODA…
Prepare for the year ahead with FTA Transport Manager
The Freight Transport Association’s nationwide Transport Manager Conference series is set to hit the road again in autumn 2015, preparing transport managers and those in…
June’s fastest selling cars revealed by Auto Trader
Auto Trader has published figures revealing the fastest selling cars, nationally and by region in June. Overall, cars in the national top ten sold more…
HPI warns of increased risk of fraud with proposed MOT extension
Following news that the Government plans to consult on extending the MoT period from three years to four, HPI, provider of the HPI Check®, warns…
Volkswagen Group delivers 5 million vehicles in period to June
Vehicle deliveries by the Volkswagen Group in the first half of 2015 continued at a high level and remained virtually stable...
Advanced Mercedes-Benz safety truck stars at historic cart marking ceremony
Transport industry excellence of the past, present and future came together when Mercedes-Benz presented its latest cyclist- and pedestrian-friendly Econic construction vehicle at an ancient…
Over £6 million in sales at COYS Blenheim Palace auction
International auctioneers Coys returned to their annual summer sale and concours in the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace achieving over £6 million in sales. One…
Jeep sales continue to grow in Europe
Jeep announced another record performance. For the 18th consecutive month, the brand continues to grow in the European region with June being the best month…
Ford developing advanced headlight that point out people, animals in the dark, and widen beams at tricky junctions
Driving at night, particularly on unlit roads, can be a nerve-wracking experience. Ford is developing new lighting technologies that will enable drivers to more easily…
Banning lorries in cities is not the way forward on safety, says FTA
In response to David Cameron’s apparent openness to examining the case for peak-hour bans on lorries in cities, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) says the…