An easy new way to get into bed from Auto Styling Truckman
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 [...]
Newsletter 16 – Peugeot Expert on test: slick, quick, and practical
NOVEMBER 2012: The Expert is Peugeot's Transit Custom rival. Combines car-like comforts on the road with great access to the load area.
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Newsletter 16 – Are you liable for company pick-up tax?
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...
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Quick and slick Peugeot Expert is a stylish performer
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.
Is your business an award-winner when it comes to road safety?
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 [...]
Newsletter 15 – New SsangYong 4×4 commercial
NOVEMBER 2012: If your business takes you off the tarmac on occasion, the Korando CSX 4x4 commercial could be for you.
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Newsletter 15 – Engine ‘remapping’ saves BT £3 million
NOVEMBER 2012: From April EU approval is needed for any modifications to your business vans - down to shelving or hazard beacons.
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Volkswagen donates first German-built Amarok in UK to help RSPCA save animals
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 [...]
New SsangYong 4×4 commercial will take you beyond tarmac
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 [...]
Engine ‘remapping’ saves £3 million on BT’s van costs
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 [...]
BBC Children in Need gets the right van backing for charity raising challenge
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 [...]
Nissan and Coca-Cola team up for all-electric e-NV200 van trials
Story: COLIN DAWSON COCO-COLA is about to fizz-up its green credentials with the trialling of Nissan’s all-electric e-NV200 for regional sales duties around the Japanese city of Yokohama. Nissan has provided the e-NV200 in a partnership deal to test the zero-emissions van and garner feedback on its prowess in meeting commercial demands. The test results will help [...]