Pre Spring 2015 Newsletter

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Success has not only come through hard work and the dedication of all the company's personnel, but a commitment to continued investment in resources to innovate, improve systems and processes to enhance efficiencies, reduce costs and provide comprehensive solutions to our customers.

We offer a comprehensive range of services, to satisfy your International Automotive Shipping needs, port to port or door to door. No matter what your requirement, AutoBox Logistics Ltd is there to assist.

Motivated, skilled and professionally qualified staff have been the foundation of the Company since its inception; the whole team breath life into the Company creating energy and enthusiasm rarely found elsewhere.

Our goal is simple, to become your preferred supplier in our chosen field achieving operational and service excellence.

Loading is only constrained by the size of the Freight Container and individual vehicle specifications designated for movement.

Unequalled stability, security and ultimate clean delivery are now at your fingertips, without the worries of further investment in capital equipment and "one way" packaging.

European Parliament says mileage correction companies to be wound up by 2018

The European Parliament has announced a ban on firms that offer to wind back the mileage on cars and other road vehicles (often referred to as clocking).

A Czech motoring organisation - an equivalent to the AA - pushed for the clampdown on mileage adjusters, which will go into force from mid-May 2018.

EU Transport Commissioner Violeta Bulc said: “The directive explicitly stipulates that if the odometer is found to have been manipulated with the aim of reducing or misrepresenting the distance record of a vehicle the Member State shall ensure that appropriate penalties are in place. Consequently the Commission considers that offering services linked to the manipulation of the tachometer cannot be considered as a legal activity.”

Penalties already exist in the UK to ensure that dealers do not sell clocked cars and that if a private seller knowingly sells on a clocked car that they must disclose this to any potential buyer.

There was a three percent rise in the number of cars being clocked in 2013 in the UK when compared with figures from the previous year, according to used car checking firm HPI.

David Bruce, director of AA Cars said: “This will close a massive loophole that some dodgy car firms and owners were using legally to knock miles off the clock and push up the value of a vehicle.

“I don’t expect that this will call time on clocking for good, but it will remove the veneer of legitimacy that mileage adjustment firms were able to hide behind.”

2015 Geneva Motor Show

The 2015 Geneva Motor Show looks set to be as action-packed as ever when it opens to the public on March 5th. Tickets are on sale now but the 85th incarnation of the Geneva International Motor Show will get under way before then with the two press preview dates set for March 3rd and 4th 2015.

Thanks to numerous major manufacturers debuting all-new concept cars and production cars for the first time, there is an expectation of a busy few days. There will be brand new models from big brands such as Aston Martin, Audi, Ferrari, Ford, Honda, McLaren and Porsche.