Supporting the Edinburgh International Festival for the thirteenth year, Renault and its distinctive fleet of luxurious New Laguna and Grand Espace will once again be a familiar sight on the streets of the Scottish capital this month.
The Renault fleet will provide EIF’s key transport needs – from ensuring artistes get to their venues on time, [...]

A YouGov survey has revealed that one in four women drivers would flutter their eyelashes or flash their cleavage as means of avoiding or reducing penalty points.
In a survey of 2,181 drivers Diva, a new comprehensive car insurance provider specifically designed for women found that 34 per cent of 18-24 year olds said they’d give [...]

Royal Dutch Shell announced their profits are up 7 per cent on a current cost of supplies (CCS) basis for the second quarter of 2008 compared to the same period last year.
Between April to June, Shell earned $7.9 billion compared to $7.6 billion a year ago. Despite adverse forecourt trading conditions, Jeroen van der Veer, [...]

The bigger brother to the Bentley Continental GT and GTC, the Continental Flying Spur is exactly what you would expect; fabulous performance, enough to put the frighteners up any supercar (two and a half tonnes of car capable of 0-60mph in 4.9 seconds!) and with all the usual Bentley refinement you would demand and expect.
Bentley [...]

The Volkswagen Golf once again remains the most popular vehicle on ContractHireAndLeasing.com. 4×4s have slipped with the Audi Q7 falling out of the top ten while the Land Rover Range Rover Sport hangs on in 10th place. Audi have gone from strength to strength with 5 models featuring in the top ten.

Volkswagen Golf
Audi A3
Mercedes-Benz C-Class [...]

SEAT announces the residuals for their new Ibiza 5dr.
According to CAP, the Ibiza will retain (at least) 43% of its original purchase price after three years and 36,000 miles.
That figure, for the current range-topper the 1.6 Sport, improves still further if you look a little further down the model line-up.  So, buyers of the expected [...]

Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has achieved record sales in the UK and internationally in the first six months of 2008.Â
After eight consecutive years of record UK sales, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is pleased to have continued its success so far this year with total UK registrations, including its passenger carrying models, of 15,793 vehicles up to the [...]

Plans to allow councils to tackle inconsiderate parking were detailed in a consultation published today by Transport Minister, Rosie Winterton.
A new parking framework, introduced by the Department for Transport in March, gave councils in England the power to issue Penalty Charge Notices to motorists who park at dropped footways or double park.
Authorities in London have [...]

BP announced a 6 per cent rise in profits for the second quarter of 2008. BP’s second-quarter replacement cost profit was $6,853 million, compared with $6,488 million a year ago.
The profit increase is largely the result of the sharp rise in oil prices, the BBC reports. BP’s profits are mainly the result of their upstream activities, such [...]

Lloyds TSB is selling Autolease car leasing business according to Thomson Merger News.
The specialist merger and acquisition publication reports that it is not a distressed sale and the sale could fetch a nine figure sum.
Meanwhile HBOS are reported to be selling Hill Hire PLC in an attempt to raise £300m (Source: Sunday Times). Hill Hire [...]