Western Commercial, the Mercedes-Benz dealer for Scotland’s Central Belt, is targeting major growth in used vehicle sales and raising its service game after making a series of key appointments. Norrie Rae spent three years with Western Commercial before leaving in 2007 to work for another Mercedes-Benz franchisee. Now he’s back and leading a drive to [...]
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The first Volvo FH16-750 to be ordered in the UK and Ireland has entered service with Leicestershire based A R Demolition. Supplied by Volvo Truck and Bus Centre East Anglia at Bardon, the truck’s specification includes a 150 tonne STGO Cat3 plate and the full suite of Volvo cab accessories, such as leather upholstery, the [...]
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According to MAN Financial Services joint MD, Peter Collins, the Euro 6 forward-buying phenomenon will peak towards the second half of next year, driven by that ‘last minute’ acquisition of Euro 5 vehicle sby operators looking to escape the new legislation and stock with proven technology. He predicts a resulting downturn for sales in early [...]
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As a cost control exercise, Citroen will be joining sister company Peugeot at their offices in Coventry later this year. Both companies’ share of the UK car market has fallen over the last ten years, whilst Citroen’s share of the van market has fallen from 9.44% in 2001 to 6.64% in 2011 so cost cutting [...]
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Nissan has appointed a new national LCV sales manager, reinforcing the brand’s intent to further build its LCV sales and market share in the UK. Matthew Dale joins Nissan from Lombard where he built the light commercial fleet from 500 to 23,000 vehicles in just 10 years working with major fleet customers such as BSkyB, [...]
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Trials of carbon-cutting trucks are set for support from Government, Transport Minister Mike Penning has announced. Industry trials will benefit from £9.5m invested by the Department for Transport and the Technology Strategy Board. Truck operators are now being invited to bid for a slice of this funding as part of a competition which opened on April [...]
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Transport minister Mike Penning said at the CV Show this week that he wouldn’t rule out a scrappage scheme for trucks 10 years and older to stimulate the market: “I think the truck manufacturers would like a scrappage scheme. I’m always in contact with my colleagues at the Treasury so we will see.” Truck operators [...]
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Speaking at a recent industry dinner, Ray Ashworth, Managing Director of DAF Trucks Ltd shared his view of the market, “The market so far this year has held up remarkably well – over 25% up on last year so far, but there are signs of some hesitancy. Think we’ve avoided the double dip economy, but [...]
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An approximate date has been given by Vauxhall for the deletion of the Astravan from their line-up. The end of 2013 will see the last examples sold to the remaining loyal customers. From a sales peak of around 8-9,000 units a year, the Astravan is down to about 3,000 a year. Sales at these levels [...]
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We are likely to see new Avia trucks on the road again soon as a Stoke-based company is starting to import the vehicles under the ‘Longton Avia’ brand. The D75 has had a chequered history since 2002 when it originally surfaced as a Daewoo vehicle imported by a new company in North London created by [...]
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