If you remember the days when it was cheaper to phone after 6pm and at weekends, and Busby the BT bird chirruping away in TV adverts, you might remember the Dodge Spacevan that was used to keep the pre-internet telephone network going. And for anyone who fancies getting behind the wheel of their very own [...]
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Robbie Williams´ sold out “Take The Crown Stadium Tour 2013″ has just kicked off. This is the third international tour where the Volkswagen Multivan will be used as a shuttle vehicle. Ten black Multivan Highline and two Multivan Business accompany the tour spanning stadia in 14 countries when the artist and his band rock to [...]
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2013 sees Truckfest Southwest move from the Royal Bath and West Showground to The Three Counties Showground at Malvern and become Truckfest Southwest and Wales. The Three Counties Showground is adjacent to the M5 corridor and the move to this ground has prompted two local Isuzu Truck dealers to join forces and promote the Isuzu [...]
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Volvo dealer Truck and Bus Wales & West is working with Hills Quarry Products to make cycling safer through the Mineral Products Association’s (MPA) national Cycle Safe campaign at two cycling events. The company’s vehicles were on show at the Castle Combe Cycling Festival on and at Big Bike Week Show in Swindon, both taking [...]
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East Midlands Renault Trucks dealer RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) is supporting an initiative to help Notts County prepare for the start of the next season. RHCV helped to deliver some unusual new equipment to Notts County Football Club – lighting to help cannabis grow. Students from Nottingham University created new lighting rigs from siezed from [...]
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Commercial Vehicle leasing company, Hitachi Capital Commercial Vehicle Services has taken the first steps towards a new 18,500 square foot £7M regional head office for the automotive arm of the global conglomerate. Hitachi Capital ceremoniously cut the turf of the field on the recently acquired 6.5 acre site on the White Horse Business Park in [...]
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South London used truck dealer, Chris Hodge Commercial has ventured into new territory with the launch of their website www.stilltimecollection.co.uk which markets classic British photography from the last century. Acquired from Reed Business Information – the previous owner of Commercial Motor Magazine, the tens of thousands of photos are largely the archives from the company’s [...]
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After two years of testing the Ricardo-engineered Fuel-Efficient Ground Vehicle Demonstrator (FED) has proven to be as good as the simulation models projected The analysis proves that when compared to the US military’s regularly outfitted M1151 HMMWV, the FED was 72 percent better in fuel consumption. “We implemented a relatively conservative approach using near or [...]
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According to automotive experts, Frost & Sullivan, investment in R&D for truck cab design is expected to increase. For the past three decades, Western European truckmakers have introduced improved driver comfort, convenience, safety, and entertainment features in their trucks. As their truck cab styling strategies evolve, providing a personalised driving experience through advanced human machine [...]
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Thirteen years after its introduction, used truck advertising website, trucklocator.co.uk has reached the milestone of a stock of 6,500 trucks advertised for sale at any one time. The site has steadily increased the numbers of vehicles advertised over recent years, as truck dealers become more aware of the benefits of online advertising to an export [...]
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