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Arval adapts offering with RAC

Arval has insourced much of its accident management product in order to maintain greater control over interactions with customers and leverage in-house technical expertise. The vehicle leasing and fleet management […]

IAM rebranded for the driverless age

The Institute of Advanced Motorists has been rebranded and repositioned to better serve the drivers of tomorrow. The newly-named IAM RoadSmart was launched in London yesterday, attended by bodyshop Magazine, […]

Euro NCAP launches website in Chinese

While the Beijing Motor Show has just started, Euro NCAP is announcing the launch of its website in Mandarin Chinese. After English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Russian and […]

Mitsubishi’s fuel tests falsified since 1991

An internal investigation at Mitsubishi Motors has revealed that the company has failed to carry out proper fuel economy tests for more than 25 years. The car manufacturer, which is […]

Volvo launches UK ambition

Volvo Cars, is to begin the UK’s most ambitious autonomous driving trial next year to speed up the introduction of a technology that promises to massively reduce car accidents as […]

Van overloading undermines tech advances

Advances in van safety technology could be undermined by dangerous overloading, warns the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today. Almost nine in 10 (88.5%) of the 2,381 vans […]

Concern over Britain’s drug drivers

Road Safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is raising concerns about drug driving across the UK. In particular, GEM is worried by recent reports of ‘sky high’ recordings over […]

Automotive HUD Market Worth $1.33 bn by 2021

The report ‘Automotive Head-up Display (HUD) Market by HUD type (Windshield & Combiner), Application (Premium, Luxury & Mid Segment Cars) and by Geography (Asia-Oceania, Europe, North America & RoW) – […]

Research highlights common mishaps

Research conducted by OSV has revealed that in the last 12 months 29% of motorists have had a minor prang while parking. Of those, 12% confessed to the fact that […]

RAA adds members

The Retail Automotive Alliance (RAA) has stepped up its growth in 2016 with the addition of three new members to its national network of dealer groups. Chambers Group, Gates Ford […]

Premiums on the rise again

The average price paid for private comprehensive motor insurance in the first quarter of 2016 rose by 10% on the same period last year according to the ABI. Its latest […]

REAL Rally arrives home: report

The REAL Rally arrived home on Saturday 23 April following an ‘eventful’ three-day tour of northern Europe, raising some £20,000 in the process. Thirty-one teams entered the rally and whilst […]