Gottlieb Daimler & Karl Benz set up Mercedes Benz in the 1880’s. It is said that these two men in fact had never met each other! They worked independently of each other and Daimler looked after the racing cars. A dealer from Austria by the name of Emil Jellinek introduced the cars into races and [...]

Citroen the famous car manufacturer was born in 1934. He attended the Polytechnical school in Paris where he was an excellent student. From there he started work for the car company “Mors”. By 27 years of age he had founded his first company.
In 1913 he founded another company to make the best use of his [...]

Renault was born in 1877. The youngest of five he had a very priviledged childhood and developed an interest in mechanics early on in life. It was in a garden shed the young Louis set up his first workshop.
By 20 years old he converted his bicycle into a four wheeled car and added his new [...]

One of the biggest and toughest things to do for your business is how to select reliable vans for your business.
Have you ever thought about van leasing for your business? Van leasing is an excellent alternative to purchasing vehicles straight up for your business. It gives your business complete flexibility of having the van [...]

Getting a new car is hard enough as it is already. How to raise the funds needed and when is a great time to purchase? This is something that I am trying to attack at the moment. I would really like to purchase a new vehicle but it is really hard to start saving up. [...]

59% of people financed their new vehicle with a bank loan and only 27% leased a vehicle. Thos statistics have changed quite rapidly now. Ever since these statistics were released the amount of people investing in van leasing has rapidly increased and we are now in the realm of an all time high in commerical [...]

A lot of businesses have grown used to providing their transport needs by purchasing cars and vans from local dealers. Locally based garages are generally favoured as they are idally located to provide servicing and maintenance when required. Business will usually negotiate a significant discount due to the quantity of vehicles required and the ongoing [...]

The Coventry based electric van manufacturer, Modec, has released details that they have won a contract worth £3m for the sale of 100 vans to a French dsitributor. Modec announced this news just after they released details that their electric delivery van had gained the EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval. What this means is that [...]

More people than ever are choosing to lease vans, both privately and commercially. The credit crunch has seen van drivers move away from buying their vans new to opting for a less risky option. Unfortunatetly, with the growing popularity, so there has been an increase in leasing companies charging customers for damage to the vans [...]

Everyone is aware of the reputation that a white van man carries, but how about a red van man? Well because of the European wide shortage of red vans, down to the credit crunch, these could soon die out.
The credit crunch is the reason for the lack of the red vans. Because of the credit [...]