Activity on Manheim’s Simulcast online auction system continues to break records. Earlier this month a total of 180 trade buyers from around the country made nearly 900 online bids for 151 vehicles and bought 80 of those commercial vehicles at Gloucester. This represents 33% of all commercial vehicles sold on the day. In addition to [...]
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The Government has named seven ultra-low carbon vans that will qualify for a discount of up to £8,000 as part of the ‘Plug-In Van Grant’ incentive. The incentive aims to stimulate the market for ultra-low carbon commercial vehicles as it establishes itself in the UK. “The Plug-In Van Grant and today’s detail on the seven [...]
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Top truck and van dealer group, Imperial Commercials has acquired four Watts Truck & Van Centre depots – Gloucester, Worcester, Hereford, and Yate from the family-owned WATTS Group. The four depots will continue to trade as Watts Truck & Van in the short term before being rebranded as Imperial Commercials. The WATTS South Wales centres [...]
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VOSA is promoting the use of ATFs by making them better value than the official VOSA alternatives. Starting from the beginning of April, the costs of testing a vehicle at either an ATF or a DP will reduce, whilst official test station prices will increase. Neither operator nor ATF owner will be dining out on [...]
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Nissan has gone all heavyweight to help publicise its new Nissan NV400 panel van range to potential business customers. Fifteen HGV and trailers are emblazoned with 96-sheet High Dimension truck wraps of the new Nissan van under the titles of ‘The New NV400 – Speaks Volumes’ and ‘The New NV400 – We’re Changing the Face of [...]
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• January sales up by 10.5 percent in 2012 In January 2012 Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles continued last year’s upward trend in deliveries. In the first month of the current business year, Europe’s leading manufacturer of light commercial vehicles delivered 39,500 units worldwide. This represents an increase for the Brand of 10.5 percent over January 2011 [...]
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Isuzu Denver Max Sales of Isuzu Rodeo pick-up vehicles in the UK rose by 11 per cent last year, putting the UK market firmly at the top of the brand’s European sales chart. A total of 2,431 Isuzu Rodeo pick-ups were sold by the 97-strong UK dealer network, up by 11 per cent compared to [...]
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Isuzu Truck Range Isuzu Truck UK is continuing with its drive to expand its dealer network during 2012. It appointed seven new dealers during 2011 and as early as January 2012 has already made its first significant addition to its UK dealer network. This new appointment is Commercial Motors (Wales) Ltd in Newport, Gwent as [...]
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DAF CF85 ATe DAF has further strengthened its position in the European truck market last year. In the heavy class (15 tonnes +) in the European Union a record market share of 15.5% was achieved, which puts the Dutch truck manufacturer well on its way towards its target of 20% over the medium term. With [...]
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Deliveries of Volvo Trucks in 2011 were up 53% to 115,346 trucks compared to 2010. However, the company informs us that the uncertain economic situation continued to affect truck customers, who have become slightly more cautious. In Russia deliveries remained positive and increased by 90% to 878 trucks, compared with December 2010. A strong Russian [...]
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