518 – The benefits of Daylight Saving Time
30 October 2010
THERE’S an hour more in bed over this weekend. A cause for celebration? Well, certainly my teenage daughter will welcome the fact. But not me. I really find the ending
517 – Company car tax and car costs
29 October 2010
My Audi A6: better value paying the company car tax than having to pay the monthly rental Business Car Manager’s Blog on the value of company cars I WAS in
Nissan 370Z: extra beef for muscle car
28 October 2010
Nissan 370Z road test report Nissan 370Z What is it? NEW version of Nissan’s muscle-bound rear-wheel drive Z-coupe. Updated 370Z gets a 3.7-litre V6 petrol engine, producing 326bhp, a fresh
516 – Spending cuts, transport and electric vans
27 October 2010
WHILE I was away in Cornwall we had the spending review announced by the Chancellor, George Osborne. I’m truly not up to speed on this, although I do understand that
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26 October 2010
Executive Audi A6: long-legged and economical family transport Business Car Manager Editor’s Blog on touring with the Audi A6 APOLOGIES for the lack of blogs this past week
514 – Audi A1 to hit big time
20 October 2010
JEREMY Hicks, boss of Audi, is already pleased with progress of his new baby: the A1 supermini. No wonder. All 2,000 A1s available this year have already been sold with
513 – Business expenditure: treat it like your own money
15 October 2010
Avis: found SMEs using budget car rental Business Car Manager Editor’s Blog on car rental expenditure MY landlord, Peter Edney, came striding through into my office the other day to
Tax: London Congestion Charge – new charges from 2011
13 October 2010
THE London congestion charge is a daily fee payable by drivers that wish to drive through central London. The purpose of the congestion charge zone is to discourage car use
Tax: Key points of the emergency Budget 2010
13 October 2010
THE key issue of the emergency Budget, presented by Chancellor George Osborne on June 22, was the rise in VAT to 20%. Such a rise in VAT was widely anticipated.
512 – Bryan Hatter on his new Saab 9-5
12 October 2010
Business Car Manager Editor’s Blog: former Saab MD blogs BRYAN Hatter, a former managing director of Saab with whom I keep in touch, has recently taken delivery of a
Van driver convicted of careless driving after killing two
10 October 2010
May: failed to secure Sprinter’s handbrake Failure to apply handbrake sufficiently led to van fatally rolling into pedestrians THERE was a stark reminder for all business van drivers and van
511 – Nearly 60mpg from my Audi!
8 October 2010
There we have it from the driver information system: 58.8mpg! Business Car Manager Editor’s Blog: A6 delivers on economy POINTED my black Audi A6 towards Milton Keynes this morning. Truthfully,
Ford S-MAX: the family sports car
7 October 2010
Ford S-MAX 2.0 EcoBoost SCTi Powershift 240PS Titanium X Sport auto What is it? TOP-RANGE version of Ford’s sporty S-MAX, with new EcoBoost engine in 240PS trim (there is a
510 – From TT to S-MAX
7 October 2010
I HAD to a double-take the other day. In the car park of a local estate agents, instead of the usual Audi TT that has sat there for the last
Ford S-MAX: the family sports car
7 October 2010
Ford S-MAX 2.0 EcoBoost 240PS Titanium X Sport Ford S-MAX 2.0 EcoBoost SCTi Powershift 240PS Titanium X Sport auto What is it? TOP-RANGE version of Ford’s sporty S-MAX, with new
VW Golf GTD: the ultimate business hot hatch
7 October 2010
Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI GTD 170PS 3dr Volkswagen Golf 2.0 TDI GTD 170PS 3dr What is it? THE diesel Golf GTI. Simple as that. Packing a 168bhp 2.0-litre diesel engine,
509 – I’ve got the blues…or should that be denims?
6 October 2010
I’M indebted to the news boys at Headlineauto for this little gem. But it involves you – and the colour of the car you drive or will be driving in
508 – New man at the top of Toyota and Lexus fleet
5 October 2010
Ewan Shepherd: new man in charge of the Toyota and Lexus fleet operations Business Car Manager: Editor’s Blog on Ewan Shepherd’s appointment BIT of industry gossip for you. For those
507 – Why Ford’s C-MAX is now right for businesses
4 October 2010
Paris Show reveal for Ford’s sleeker new Ford Focus. Picture: Headlineauto Business Car Manager: Editor’s Blog THE old Ford C-Max had some of the best seats to enter and exit
506 – Mazda’s small business fleet programme starts to take off
1 October 2010
Mazda’s Peter Allibon at our meeting with good reason to smile: the small business programme is really starting to work, he says Business Car Manager: Editor’s Blog MAZDA’S fleet boss,
