Volkswagen Australia has listened to its customers and successfully lobbied for the Amarok novated lease buyers wanted: the powerful V6 Amarok fitted with a six-speed manual transmission and low-range transfer case. In addition, the Australian Amarok range will expand in the coming months to include two new models: the permanent addition of the Amarok V6 […] Read more
– By Marc Sibbald – The roadside assistance game has changed dramatically since the early days of motoring clubs. In days gone by, the ability to perform a temporary repair at the roadside was considered a highly valuable skill on a fleet vehicle or novated lease. These days there are multiple players such as Digicall […] Read more
It has been reported by the Sydney Morning Herald that corruption charges were dropped yesterday against former ORIX executives John Carter and George Georgiou after less than one week of their trial. This marks the end of a long journey for the pair that were accused in 2015 of making corrupt payments worth $500k to […] Read more
Komatsu has released a new grader, the GD655-7, incorporating a number of technology innovations compared with its predecessors as well as other graders on the market – aimed at making it easier to use and more productive, in a package that the company believes makes them particularly attractive to contractors. The GD655-7 is powered by […] Read more
This article was originally published on Fleet News. Fleet operators will be key to mass electric vehicle (EV) adoption and should be given the tools, information and incentives required to switch to EVs and drive adoption of the technology. That is the finding of a new report from the Connected Place Catapult and Digital Catapult. […] Read more
The original in the premium segment of small cars has reached its 60th birthday – but it is even younger than ever. It was sixty years ago, to be precise on 26 August 1959, that British Motor Corporation (BMC) proudly revealed the result of their development activities in creating a new, revolutionary compact car. And […] Read more
We are pleased to announce that Ray Creamer, former International IT Demand & Operations Manager at Jaguar Land Rover, and Will Wycks, BT Fleet Solutions’ previous Head of Transformation, Data & Customer Excellence, have joined Chevin’s board of directors. Speaking on the new senior appointments, Ashley Sowerby, Chevin’s CEO and Founder, said, “The skill sets […] Read more
Updated 2020 Kona introduces additional standard safety as part of the Hyundai SmartSense™ suite of technologies, across a continuing four-grade range. Every 2020 Kona from the range-opening Go variant features Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) and Forward Collision Warning (FCW) systems as standard. The range-opening 2020 Kona Go and the Kona Active feature a camera-based Forward […] Read more
– By Victoria Nelson – I was at Toyota dealer during the week looking for inspiration to provide my next contribution to FAN. A deadline was approaching and nothing had inspired me in weeks. So why a Toyota dealership? Good question. The words normally associated with the market leading brand are reliable, value, conservative – […] Read more
– By Marc Sibbald – Recently I was planning an overseas trip and complaining to a colleague that I couldn’t afford business class. It occurred to me that space equals luxury. If this hypothesis is correct, then the Holden Acadia LTZ-V is extravagant luxury for a novated lease. I’d been driving the Acadia for two […] Read more
– By Caroline Falls – “We’ve fallen into a trap in the last 20 years where a road is designed to convey stuff,” said Chris Isles, executive director, planning at Place Design Group, adding, “Parramatta Road (Sydney) is so horrible who would choose to spend time there as a pedestrian?” Isles, named Australian Planner of […] Read more
Mining infrastructure plumbing expert Mark Sheehan knows a lot about partnership. When he was 24 and busting to have a go on his own after nine years working as a commercial plumber in Perth, it was his then girlfriend Emily, who suggested they do it together. When he’d proved himself on the Ravensthorpe Nickel Mine project, […] Read more
