BMW Group’s Olympic Fleet begins the journey to London 2012

BMW Group, the Official Automotive Partner to the London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games, has now delivered the first 40 vehicles that will be used for this summer’s Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

The newly-liveried vehicles will form part of the full fleet

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Celebrating 10 years of Renault’s design classic - Avantime

Renault’s luxurious Avantime grand tourer coupe celebrates its 10th anniversary in the UK shortly, and to mark the occasion a special meeting is being held for owners and enthusiasts next month.

The super-luxurious Avantime – which translates from French to

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‘Mean Green’, Volvo’s hybrid truck, to attempt world speed record

‘Mean Green’, the world’s fastest hybrid truck, will attempt to reach speeds in excess of 260 km/h (165 mph) on April 27, at Wendover Airfield in Utah, USA, to try and beat its own world speed records set only last year by ‘Mean Green’s driver, Boije Ovebrink.

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Unique Senna F1 car up for auction

A truly unique piece of motorsport history, a Toleman TG184-2 Formula One car driven by Ayrton Senna in his debut F1 season, is up for auction at The Spring Sale to be hosted by Silverstone Auctions on May 16.

This particular car has become the stuff of legends and is

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Fiat professional at the CV Show 2012

Fiat Professional is exhibiting a comprehensive display of its award-winning range of commercial vehicles at this year’s Commercial Vehicle Show in Birmingham’s NEC (April 24-26, 2012).

A total of eight vehicles will be on the Fiat Professional stand, with a further

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Hyundai i40 Tourer crowned Best Estate Car

The Hyundai i40 Tourer has held off well-established rivals to take the overall title of Best Estate Car in Business Car Manager’s annual awards. The awards identify the top company cars across nine distinct categories, and the Hyundai i40 was chosen as the

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Promising future for Bio-DME as a vehicle fuel

The Bio-DME project aims to assess whether there is a market for Bio-DME (Di-Methyl-Ether) for commercial vehicles. Now, halfway through the two-year project, the preliminary results show that Bio-DME already functions in daily commercial operations. If diesel

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Ford fuel economy strides protect family budgets

Ford can offer motorists some good budget news with the announcement of a new Ford Fiesta capable of returning over 85 mpg.

The latest Ford Fiesta ECOnetic model now on sale emits just 87 g CO2/km – meaning free road tax and no London Congestion Charge

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Kia Rio EcoDynamics wins Business Car Manager Environmental Award

The Kia Rio 1.1 CRDi EcoDynamics has picked up a further prize for its environmental credentials having been awarded the title of ‘Best sub-100g/km business car’ in the Business Car Manager Best Business Car 2012 Awards.

Available with CO2 outputs as

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Citroen Berlingo winning the high cube van sales race

In the high cube F1 van segment (up to 2,500 kg gvw), Citroen’s Berlingo has convincingly beaten its rivals to gain top spot for the first two months of 2012. During January and February, Citroen sold 1,345 Berlingos to take the leading position - and an amazing

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Class-leading Seat Alhambra is Fleet News’ favourite

The multi award-winning Seat Alhambra continues its unprecedented awards success with news that it has been named ‘Best People Carrier’ by the highly-respected industry title Fleet News.

The Seat scooped the coveted honour during 2012

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