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Sytner is investing seven-figures into a Lamborghini showroom in Leicestershire.

A Lancashire car dealership has been named Nissan’s UK sales retailer of the year for the fourth year in a row at an award ceremony in Slovakia.

Bowker BMW, in Preston, has revealed plans to expand its dealership.

Vauxhall network chief Chris Roberts tells AM how the company aims to fulfil its absolute goal

Marshall Motor Group has appointed a new HR director.

Devon and Cornwall Police are warning dealers in the area of a man thought to be behind an ongoing series of car thefts.

General Motors has appointed former Volkswagen and Volvo executive Stefan Jacoby to steer international operations replacing Tim Lee, who will become chairman of GM China.

A little over 18 months after taking on the role, Audi has confirmed that Martin Sander is to leave the post of UK managing director.

The husband and wife team that manage Seat dealership Grants in Braintree, Essex, have raised £8,400 for two charities by reaching the summit of Kilimanjaro.

Citroën hopes to sell around 6,000 of the new C4 Picasso models a year - and more if it can get supply.

Family-owned, AM100 dealer group, Sandicliffe has acquired Farmers, a two site Skoda retailer in the East Midlands. The re-named Sandicliffe Skoda retailers will begin operating from this week.

For the past three years Cheshire-based Swansway Garages has appeared in the Sunday Times’ Best Companies to Work For list, becoming only the third dealer group to do so and its position in the chart of businesses finding favour with the humble employee rather than investors or City bean counters is rising.

The Beetle has come to the end of its time with the AM team and the consensus is that it is a far easier car to live with than its predecessor.

Following its unveiling at the Paris Motor Show in September, Mazda launched its new upper-medium model at the beginning of the year with assurances it would help return the brand to its former glories, denied for many years as the brand suffers from years of falling market share and dealer confidence as a result of a lack of new product.

AM Awards winner: New car of the year – Mercedes-Benz A-Class