Story: COLIN DAWSON IF you run a pick-up for your business, how do you fancy one like this? It would certainly attract attention to your trade, that’s for sure. It’s been produced by the Australia-based Isuzu Motorsports International Off-Road Race Team for the 2013 Dakar Rally and is the most powerful D-Max pick-up ever to take on the [...]
Story: COLIN DAWSON CHANGES to the discount rules for the London Congestion Charge planned for next year could benefit business van operators in the medium term. TfL is consulting on changes to the Congestion Charging scheme which would see the introduction of a new Ultra Low Emission Discount (ULED). This would replace the existing Greener Vehicle Discount [...]
Story: COLIN DAWSON FED up with crawling around the bed of your pick-up trying to retrieve equipment, tools or parts that are out of reach? Wouldn’t it be handy if you could slide out the pick-up bed for easier access? Well, now you can. UK 4x4 and pick-up accessory manufacturer and distributor Auto Styling Truckman has introduced the [...]
NOVEMBER 2012: The Expert is Peugeot's Transit Custom rival. Combines car-like comforts on the road with great access to the load area.
NOVEMBER 2012:If a pick-up is used for private use, the driver is taxed - rather like a company car driver. It can get expensive...
Manages to combine the load-lugging virtues of a larger van with comfort and style.
Almost car-like in the cab, but with all the easily accessible practicality of a panel van.
Story: COLIN DAWSON PROUD of your road safety record? Sure that you apply best practice when it comes to the operation of your vans and drivers? If the answer is yes, there’s still time to enter your business for RoSPA’s Management of Occupational Road Risk (MORR) Awards. Registration for the MORR Awards, part of The Royal Society for [...]
NOVEMBER 2012: If your business takes you off the tarmac on occasion, the Korando CSX 4x4 commercial could be for you.
NOVEMBER 2012: From April EU approval is needed for any modifications to your business vans - down to shelving or hazard beacons.
Story: COLIN DAWSON ANIMAL welfare charity the RSPCA is set to benefit from the donation by Volkswagen of the first right-hand drive Amarok pick-up to come off the line since production began in Hanover. The RSPCA will be using the latest Amarok pick-up, which is equipped with a 2.0 BiTDI engine producing 180hp and an eight-speed automatic gearbox [...]
Story: COLIN DAWSON DO you run a business that takes you beyond tarmac, or needs to operate in all weathers? Then the latest 4x4 light commercial from SsangYong could well be a good prospect. The new model, the Korando CSX, is equipped with a torque-on-demand four-wheel-drive system that monitors the level of grip available and distributes power to [...]
Story: COLIN DAWSON WITH high fuel prices forming a major part of transport costs, reducing consumption has to be a priority for all tradesmen and SME van operators. And if you can save money and help the environment into the bargain, that can only be a good thing. To this end, tuning and engine control unit (ECU) remapping [...]
Blog: RALPH Morton IT’S that time of year again when Pudsey the bear returns to our TV sets in earnest as TV celebs and the general public do fantastic fundraising efforts for BBC Children in Need. We were planning to see the new Bond movie Skyfall on Friday night but that’s just been shelved by Mrs and Miss [...]
