Articles by Tim Rose - Page 28

Volkswagen UK's sales director James Douglas has left the carmaker to take on a new role in the leasing sector.

An administration assistant who set up a fake client account and embezzled £1.5 million out of her employer, a scrap yard which processed old cars and other metals, is facing a jail sentence.

Production of the popular Volkswagen T-Roc new car is set to be paused due to component supply issues caused by heavy flooding in Slovenia, just days after Toyota was hit by its own production issues.

Car dealer group Arnold Clark has goodie bags and refreshments on standby to welcome motorists into its Glasgow Innovation Centre for World EV Day.

A law suit, which was brought by 38 Mercedes-Benz dealers in Australia against the manufacturer after it introduced the agency retail model, has failed.

It is less than a month until the Independent Garage Association's Best Independent Garage of the Year (BIG) Awards, and ticket sales end this evening.

With the hybrid Suzuki Swace's spacious boot full of student kit, a relocation run through a low emissions zone proves stress free.

High monthly payments are likely driving thousands of private motorists away from signing up to new car PCH deals, according to the latest report from the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association (BVRLA).

A combined Fiat, Alfa Romeo, Jeep and Abarth car dealership near Solihull is set to close next week because it cannot accommodate the new requirements of car manufacturer group Stellantis.

The AM100's third-largest car dealer group, Lookers, has revealed its first half 2023 trading secured 8% higher revenues year-on-year as it prepares for shareholders to decide whether to back a £504m takeover bid by Global Auto Holdings.

August’s average used car value is heading for a 2% drop, the largest yet this year, as the market “realignment” continues, says Cap HPI.

The used car supermarket chain Big Motoring World has driven annual income past its pre-pandemic levels, recording £10,953,122 pre-tax profit in its recently published accounts for 2022.

The theft of £12,350 from the Lloyds Land Rover dealership in Kelso which employed him has landed 54-year-old Gordon Thomson in court.

After a consumer's online enquiry about a Nissan Qashqai prompted a response suggesting she was "blonde or stupid" the Milton-Keynes independent dealer MK Auto-Motors has profusely apologised.

Omoda, a car brand from China's automotive giant Chery, has its sights set on 15,000 UK sales of the Omoda 5 next year after it launches here at the end of 2023.