Fleet operators are growing in confidence, with 43% believing that the total number of cars and vans they run will increase over the next three years. This sense of optimism is strongest among smaller...

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched a network-wide online service booking tool on its website.  VW Commercial Vehicles is confident the website user experience will remain consistent...

Fiat Professional is strengthening its retailer network in a bid to build on the success it enjoyed in 2013. Last year saw its registrations up to 3.5 tonnes jump by 70% compared with 2012’s...

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is aiming to fill eight open points in its network and take the total number of outlets from 69 to 77. “We’ve had a lot of interest expressed in all of these...

Of the 67,000-plus 3.5-tonners sold in the UK last year, over 6,500 were bodied as tippers and nearly 4,400 as dropsides according to the SMMT. Some of these vehicles will have been supplied to local...

Kwik Fit is aiming to snatch aftersales business from van retailers by equipping more of its 600-plus outlets to handle light commercial mechanical and electrical repairs and Class VII MoT tests....

Nissan could sell between 2,000 and 3,000 of its new electric eNV200 light vans in the UK next year contends corporate sales director, Jon Pollock. “We ought to be able to reach that figure...

Mercedes-Benz is planning to launch a major used vehicles programme through its van and truck network later this year. “The used market is three times the size of the new market and we’ve...

While Renault’s aim in 2013 is to hang on to the 6% share of total van sales that it achieved in 2012, it will be doing so in a shrinking market believes sales director, Darren Payne. He...

Dealers expecting the light commercial market to recover strongly in 2013 look set to be disappointed. While significant launches from Ford (the new Transit Custom) and Mercedes-Benz (Citan, a...

According to new statistics published by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency, commercial vehicles weighing between 3,000kg and 3,500kg had the worst pass rate of any vehicle in the year 2007-08...