New findings have demonstrates a move away from saloons in favour of alternative body styles, but has this change in demand filtered down to residual values? Historically, the saloon was the bread and butter of the motor industry throughout the last century, however by the beginning of the 1980’s, the hatchback was in the ascendancy.  [...]

Axalta Coating Systems, a leading global supplier of liquid and powder coatings, has unveiled its 2017 automotive colour collection, Color_gen, to European car manufacturers (OEMs). First released in China at Axalta’s 2017 Colour Show in Chongqing and Shanghai in March, Color_gen offers light vehicle OEMs an insight into global colour trends that will dominate the [...]

Leading telematics insurer Marmalade is the driving force behind the UK’s first ever Learner Driver Week and introduces an innovative, new insurance product. A census carried out by Marmalade of more than 1,800 young and learner drivers has highlighted some worrying insights. Young people feel they receive inadequate support whilst learning to drive, that the process is [...]

New findings demonstrate the UK MOT failure rate at nearly 40%, despite the main issues being simple and cheap to fix. A UK leading car warranty provider, Warranty Direct, has analysed MOT and vehicle testing data from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) and claims on over 40,000 of its own live policies, to [...]

FMG has further strengthened its board with the appointment of Martin Bluck as IT development director. Martin is highly experienced in IT leadership and a professional member of the British Computer Society, who will bring considerable fleet industry insight and expertise to the FMG board. FMG, who are widely recognised as the leading independent provider [...]