Greater efficiency and accuracy for its leasing company clients is what Inchcape Automotive is promising as it rolls out an update of its Autograph Inspect and Collect service this month.
Mercedes-Benz Southwest, part of City Motor Holdings dealer group, is investing £2m rebuilding the third of its four dealerships on the South Coast for the German carmaker.
Lotus’s workforce has been dealt a blow with the news that production of the new Esprit is set to be moved abroad as the British manufacturer looks to cut costs.
The European Commission has revealed outline plans for a 200,000 Euro study into the effects of the 2002 block exemption revisions on the automotive industry.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has this afternoon been formally appointed as administrators for MG Rover and Powertrain Limited.
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is expected to continue with negotiations to acquire parts of Phoenix Venture Holdings' engine business Powertrain.
Uncertainty hangs over the fate of the MG Rover dealer network following the Longbridge carmaker’s decision to go into administration this afternoon.
MG Rover is to appoint PricewaterhouseCoopers as administrators at 2pm today.
Motaquip has announced a £1.8m expansion of its parts distribution centre in Coventry, adding a 5,200sqm area to the existing space.
Fast-fit business Hi-Q has been working with the Vehicle and Operator Service Agency to trial computerised MoTs in preparation for the planned national launch this summer.
Following a selection process lasting some seven months, Queens Automotive in South London has been appointed by Ford as an Official Approved Transit (LCV) Repairer.
The jailing of a Sussex garage manager following the death of an employee in his workshop has prompted calls for the prompt adoption of a national safety standard.
Staff at MG Rover have yet to hear an official announcement on the fate of the company.
A loyalty card scheme aimed at customers of independent service and repair workshops is to be rolled out across the UK this month.
Neil Burrows, Goodyear Dunlop’s UK marketing director, on ‘the big issues’.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has posted an 8% sales increase in March compared to last year and a 13% increase compared to the first quarter of 2004.
DaimlerChrysler has won a court case filed by former investor Kirk Kerkorian, which accused the carmaker of lying to shareholders during the 1998 merger that created the group.
Welshpool-based SPX Contech has bought its own dedicated manufacturing plant from the Welsh Development Agency in a £3.75m deal.
AM’s sister company, Sewells Information & Research, has just embarked on its 2005 Dealer Attitude Survey – and the postroom is already straining with the volume of replies.
The addition of Far Eastern vehicle manufacturers to Thatcham’s ever increasing accredited parts catalogue has highlighted the fact that block exemption changes have yet to filter through the parts market.
Discussion forums are one area of bodyshop industry growth. In addition to the ABP Club there is now the RMI’s Accident Repair Industry Forum and the Audatex Industry Forum.
Bishop Auckland-based Bodywork Direct is solving its skill shortages and opening up a new revenue stream by gaining ReMIT accreditation for its in-house training centre.
Dundee bodyshop Broomhill Autobody has gone into liquidation. Four other Broomhill Autobody businesses, including a holding company, continue to operate in Scotland. KPMG has been appointed as liquidator.
Benfield Motors, the North-east-based dealer group, has invested more than £80,000 in three mobile cosmetic repair vans.
Toyota is to base its training centre for all its European manufacturing staff at its plant in Burnaston, Derbyshire.
The Government has outlined details of its support package for companies affected by the collapse of Mg Rover.
TVR is investing in a new flagship dealership in London, but the Blackpool-based sports car manufacturer, bought by Russian Nikolay Smolensky in July 2004, insists manufacturer-owned sites will not replace its dealer network.
Citroen has defended its policy of cashback promotions as it prepares to launch a Spring Drive sales campaign with a raft of extra offers.
Car prices are continuing to move into line across the European Union, according to a new EC report.
Matthew Carrington has streamlined the Retail Motor Industry Federation board to help map out clearer policies based on members’ views.
