Toyota’s fourth-generation Kluger has arrived in Australia and New Zealand with a 5 star safety rating awarded by independent vehicle safety authority, ANCAP. The seven-seat Toyota Kluger, known as the Toyota Highlander in New Zealand, was subject to ANCAP’s most stringent 2020-2022 test protocols, with a comprehensive range of tests conducted at local test laboratories […] Read more
– By Jeff Davis, Senior Director of IVY Ecosystems Business Development of BlackBerry – Around the world, the rules of transportation are being rewritten by technology, with the development of electric vehicles to lower emissions, smart features to improve safety, and automated self-driving cars to take us into the future. Smart, connected vehicles are pushing […] Read more
When Subaru launched the Forester it created a new aspirational class of vehicle that demanded owners do more with their weekends. That’s what we felt when we picked up the Subaru Forester, so we took it away for the weekend and had some fun in the dirt (a different kind of dirty weekend). The Subaru asymmetrical […] Read more
– By Caroline Falls – Mark Bucknall, associate vice president for Geotab, fleet management software and telematics provider, gave a talk at the AfMA fleet conference about how to run a successful RFP — or Request For Proposal — for telematics. An RFP is a document that invites suppliers to submit business proposals for the […] Read more
Toyota has improved the safety and styling of its best-selling LandCruiser Prado large SUV range, introducing new active safety technology on lower variants while boosting the visual appeal of the family off-roader. Following a comprehensive update in August 2020, the Prado has been further upgraded, with additional advanced safety features that were previously reserved for […] Read more
The original Toyota Prius was launched in 2001 and it took 17 years for Toyota to sell 100,000 hybrids in Australia. Even with the locally manufactured Camry hybrid which became popular with fleets, sales trickled along. In 2018 Toyota launched the Corolla hybrid. It was followed by the RAV4 hybrid in 2019, Yaris hybrid in […] Read more
– By Caroline Falls – Fleet Auto News asked car manufacturers some questions about readiness to supply electric vehicles into NSW following the state government’s new policy to incentivise take-up of the lower-emission vehicles. Hyundai, Nissan, Daimler-Mercedes Benz, Kia, Toyota, Subaru and Jaguar Land Rover responded, though none answered one of the key questions: Do […] Read more
In all industries companies succeed by providing customers with good service and the products they want. When SG Fleet completes the acquisition of Leaseplan it will merge two very different organisations that have sales brochures offering the same products but in very different ways. SG Fleet could be considered the government fleet manager with 34% […] Read more
– By Ed Neilan – (Renewables and EV Infrastructure Consultant) In the first article on building infrastructure for Electric Vehicle (EV) chargers we covered the high level challenges faced by many buildings/properties when it comes to adding EV chargers. The process steps will vary slightly but the general steps are as follows; Conduct an electrical […] Read more
We loved it at first sight, but it took two weeks to like it. There are several quirky things about the Mazda CX-8 that make it different and great at the same time. Only having two seats in the second row leaves a void into the boot. And this makes it feel like a teenagers […] Read more
This press release is not something we would normally cover in FAN but we found it interesting because it will impact some companies that offer novated leasing with finance from Westpac. Novated Leasing customers probably won’t even notice that the financier has changed, though the back office people processing paperwork will. Angle Finance, a recognised […] Read more
It could be the new badge; or it could be a great car. Either way, the Kia Cerato has caused a stir in June 2021 because it ranked in the top five selling vehicles. It’s a great achievement for the lone passenger car in the list and it continues the outstanding sales success for Kia […] Read more
