– By Rod Fuller – The Equinox signalled a new chapter in the post-manufacturing Australian car market. Holden is now sourving GM product from their global catalogue and tuning it to suit both Australia’s harsh road environment as well as its continually segmenting market. This was a very important vehicle for Holden, a long overdue […] Read more
RSS Infrastructure Ltd (RSSI), winner of the Rail Partnership Awards ‘SME of The Year’ and Birmingham Post Business Awards ‘Professional Services’ award, have once again demonstrated their place as an infrastructure leader by rolling out the companies first all-electric vehicle. The Nissan e-NV200 is a zero emissions all-electric commercial vehicle that will play a vital […] Read more
– By Marc Sibbald – At the start of each new year we tend to reflect and review on the events of the previous year. I think 2018 was a interesting year in the fleet business with many technologies that have been around for a while gaining acceptance across the industry. From telematics to mobility […] Read more
– By Victoria Nelson – When planning a holiday I like to spend a little bit extra money on a nice rental car. A few days living the life of a movie star by driving a convertible along a beautiful coastal road or through a rainforest canopy. It adds to the holiday experience and creates […] Read more
– Article/Photos by Rod Fuller – Bigger than an ASX, smaller than an Outlander, able to clear city speed bumps with ease. Is it a small SUV, a mid-size SUV? No it’s the new Eclipse Cross and it fits in between Mitsubishi’s other two small/mid-sized SUV’s and is better than both. Eclipse Cross, Mitsubishi’s newest […] Read more
– By Victoria Nelson – If you’re reading this, you’re innocent. It’s your colleagues that may be guilty of spending your fleet fuel budget in the first month of the year. It was reported in December that domestic airfares in Australia were at their highest level in December since 2012. At the same time pump […] Read more
As the world’s best tennis players serve, volley and smash their way towards the opening Grand Slam title of 2019, a fleet of award-winning Kia vehicles will ensure players, officials and guests are where they need to be when they need to be there. The specially liveried 120-strong Kia courtesy fleet will be run by […] Read more
Nissan is now working with Lube Mobile and auto salvage operators to locate and recover recalled Takata airbags, helping to remove them from vehicles faster. While Nissan is continually contacting owners whose cars include recalled Takata airbags – and is committed to replacing every last one – working with other organisations is designed to find […] Read more
The top sellers have changed over the last decade. In 2008 the top selling car was the Holden Commodore and it held the title until 2010 thanks to local manufacturing and strong support from fleet buyers. Consumer tastes started to change around the same time as the GFC and Fleet Managers were under pressure to […] Read more
Statistically speaking, the tree specialists at Arbor Guy are considered to be undertaking one of the most dangerous jobs in Australia. Removing and dismantling a monster 55-metre tall tree from the Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk in Western Australia is just one of the reasons the job is considered so dangerous. Understandably, the […] Read more
– By Victoria Nelson – Last week was Groundhog Day with the annual VFACTS announcement confirming that Toyota had claimed the top spot for the 16th year in a row. And HiLux continued its run as the best selling car (51,705) in Australia thanks to its large number of model variants including 4X2 and 4X4 […] Read more
New vehicle sales declined over a challenging 2018, according to results released last week by the motor industry’s statistical service, VFACTS. National vehicle sales for December fell by 14.9 per cent from the corresponding month in 2017 to 87,528 vehicles, which took sales for the year to 1,153,111 vehicles. The Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries […] Read more
