The parts market has always seemed the least exciting area of the motor industry, although a steady ‘earner’.
Last year, Hyundai UK recorded its best annual new car sales yet, with a 17% climb year-on-year to 37,600 units, securing the Korean brand a 1.47% market share.
PSA is confident that having Peugeot and Citroen, two competing brands, gives it an advantage over French rival Renault and multi-marque groups such as DaimlerChrysler and Toyota.
Network Vehicles, a specialist division of LeasePlan UK, is looking to add more dealers to its chain of 150 franchisees.
Dr Alan Begg, Automotive Academy chief executive, has been made an Honorary Professor of the University of Birmingham's School of Engineering (Metallurgy and Materials).
MG Rover has been granted a partial national insurance and income tax holiday by the Government to keep the troubled carmaker in business, reports the FT.
The RAC has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to freeze fuel tax in Wednesday’s budget.
A new motoring club, called Club Utopia, is being launched to provide corporate clients with the ‘supercar experience’ but without the disadvantages of ownership.
Alfa Romeo has revised it 3 and 5-door 147 range for the UK.
More than 20 BMW dealers risk losing their businesses after being branded “complacent”.
There’s an unprecedented number of diesel used cars around at the moment. Why? Because next month it will be three years since the Government changed the way it taxed company cars from business miles covered to carbon dioxide emissions produced by the car.
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Used cars strengthen despite slowing economy, says Experian Automotive MD Rob Whalley
Suzuki’s all-new Swift, replacing the model upgraded several times since its 1984 launch, will cost from just under £8,000 for the 3dr when sales start in May
Lookers’ recent acquisition of the Bristol Trade Centre, one of the UK’s leading car supermarkets, illustrates that the used car market is a key growth area and source of profits, particularly among the larger retail groups.
The internet has done much to influence change in the motor trade – mostly for the better. It has empowered retail buyers with information before they enter showrooms, and is now a powerful tool for dealers in their quest for the right stock.
Geoff Miller has been appointed to the newly created role of sales manager at dealer management systems supplier Pinewood.
These are the first official pictures of the new Volkswagen Polo, which is due to be unveiled at the Leipzig Motor Show at the start of April.
Dealers are anticipating another year of falling profit margins and rising costs due to continuing demands from vehicle manufacturers says a new survey from the Retail Motor Industry Federation.
BMW’s global sales rose 7.3% in February, ahead of overall group deliveries of 7%, including its Mini brand.
Mazda has appointed Steve Jelliss as aftersales director.
1link, the online fleet and maintenance service, has signed up its 10,000th dealer this week.
Mazda Motor Corporation has received approval from the Japanese government to operate a hydrogen-gas filling station as it continues its development of the world’s first dual-fuel rotary engine, the H2RE (Mazda RX-8 Hydrogen RE).
Proton will be including a 1.3 litre version of the GEN-2, which will complete the range this month.
Kia Motors is joining Hyundai in becoming an official partner of FIFA for the 2010 and 2014 World Cups and other FIFA competitions.
The Automotive Academy has given approval for two new regional 'spokes', one in south-east England and the other in the south-west.
Patterson Ford has appointed Auriol Hodgson as its new marketing executive.
The head of Saab is to quit, days after parent General Motors rejected the firm in favour of Opel to build its next-generation mid-sized car in Europe.
The European Commission is investigating four carmakers on suspicion they have restricted access to technical data required by garages to carry out repairs.
