382 – Cash or car?
A NEIGHBOUR of mine contacted me today for advice on the offer he had been made. A cash for car allowance of £4000 per annum plus 40p per mile for
A NEIGHBOUR of mine contacted me today for advice on the offer he had been made. A cash for car allowance of £4000 per annum plus 40p per mile for
Toyota and Honda – normally bywords for reliability – have issued safety recalls. What’s going on out there?
I WENT along to meet the guys at Autoquake today, in particular co-founder Fredrik Skantze. Autoquake is an interesting operation. It was founded in mid 2005. Over three years its
SO the recession has finished. Just. That’s good news. Not that the CBI’s chief economic adviser, Ian McCafferty, was particularly upbeat about it: “Even if the estimate is revised upwards
SMALL businesses using HSBC banking facilities will no longer be able to use contract hire.
The bank has ended its Vehicle Finance arm that provided contract hire financing to business car
SPARE a thought for my mate Russell. He emailed me the other day asking for advice. He had to get a new company car – his Audi A6, a black
Audi S4 Avant 3.0 TFSI quattro Audi S4 Avant 3.0 TFSI quattro What is it? ALL-NEW range-topping Audi S4 Avant dumps old 344PS 4.2 V8 for a supercharged 333PS 3.0-litre
Lexus IS 250C SE-L Lexus IS 250C SE-L What is it? A COUPE-CONVERTIBLE version of the Lexus IS 250 saloon, the luxury maker’s sports saloon range aimed directly at the
New Hyundai iX35 crossover due March. It’s slightly bigger than the Hyundai i30 five-door hatchback Business Car Manager: Editor’s Blog IT SEEMS everyone’s in on the crossover concept. Nissan started
Future leasing schemes set to benefit small businesses I HAD a chat today with the characterful commercial boss of Leasedrive Velo, one of the UK’s largest independent car leasing and
Ford Ka 1.3 TDCi 75PS Zetec Ford Ka 1.3 TDCi 75PS Zetec What is it? A DIESEL version of Ford’s Fiat 500-based city car. New Ford Ka packs the same
I KNOW I had other things to do today. But who could resist it? I had here a Lexus convertible – a 250 C – all ready and waiting, and
DESPITE ongoing publicity surrounding the revisions to the corporate manslaughter act which came into force in April 2008, many companies, particularly SMEs, are failing to review, implement and communicate an
SAM HARDY, our road test editor, sends us this blog from the Detroit Motor Show: It’s the name that’s set to be on everyone’s lips in the near future –
IF you haven’t sent your Tax Return to HM Revenue & Customs yet, you’ll need to be quick. Time is running out and it’s surprising how many people leave it
Verdict on the new Ford Focus SAM HARDY, our road test editor, sends us this blog from the Detroit Motor Show: Twelve months ago, the future of the Detroit Motor
THE new Ford Focus, among other things, will feature new technology that Ford tells us will enhance convenience and safety. I must admit, I’ve always found Ford satnav systems
CAR sales did rather better in 2009 than anyone was expecting. The final figure of 1.9m took everyone a little by surprise. And the Ford Fiesta topped out the year
BMW X1 sDrive 2.0d SE 5dr BMW X1 sDrive 2.0d SE 5dr What is it? THE smallest BMW SUV so far. New X1 is attempting to crack the compact off-roader
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