Christmas is taking its toll on used car dealer confidence as retail customers stayed off the forecourt during the approach to the festive season.
Automotive retailers are being warned that a tax loophole allowing them to charge employees £1 for the use of a 'company car' has been blocked.
Nissan's Azeal Coupe, the first concept car created at the new Nissan Design America, Inc. studios in Farmington Hills, Michigan, is set to debut at the 2005 Detroit Motor Show in early January.
The RAC Foundation has welcomed new police powers to tackle drug driving.
The Government has announced proposals to introduce High Occupancy Vehicle lanes (HOV) on the M1.
BMW says it has no plans to shift production of its cars to the United States, after industry magazine ‘Automobilwoche’ reported that BMW’s upgrade of its U.S. plant would enable it to build cars there.
UK car production has risen by 4.5% in November, according to data released by the Office for National Statistics.
Mazda has said it will produce 7,832 fewer cars this month because of a fire that broke out on December 15 at one of its plants in southwestern Japan.
Volvo’s S40 range has expanded with the addition of the 1.6-litre petrol and 1.6-litre diesel.
Honda is to take over entire advertising breaks to show all its award winning adverts during the Christmas period.
Mitsubishi Motors has announced the introduction of a new top of the range Warrior version of its seven-seat Grandis MPV.
Phil Brown has been promoted to a director role at Blue Bell Crewe in Cheshire
The automotive sector can look forward to a world premiere on March 1, 2005 when the Swiss car designer and solution specialist Rinspeed and Bayer MaterialScience, one of the largest producers of plastic in the world, will be presenting their ideas and visions for the next generation of cars.
CityRover is to be launched across European markets in 2005 and the development of a diesel model is to be accelerated, MG Rover has announced.
Audi UK is about to report its fifth successive record sales year - and is out-performing Audi of America for the title of most successful Audi importer outside Germany.
Tata Motors, India's third-largest car maker, and MG Rover have decided to continue their joint venture commitment for CityRover cars, the two companies said in a statement on today.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is investigating whether new rules from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) breach European antitrust law by restricting the ability of car dealers to sell multiple marques.
John Granby, a former senior executive at MG Rover, is launching a new UK-wide company into the daily rental market in January
MG Rover is exploiting its British heritage in order to increase sales across Europe.
Kia has teamed up with the Mirror Group Newspapers to give away a car a day from January 1.
Peugeot’s parts training centre in Coventry has become an approved Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) assessment centre.
Proton has announced that its customers will be offered 3 years free servicing and warranty on its GEN-2.
More than 200 staff at Group Lotus are to lose their jobs as part of a major restructuring.
Eighty Peugeot retailers have now invested in its Blue Box showroom design, with 60 more in the stages of developing the contentious project.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe and Pininfarina have reached an agreement to build a third Colt variant, the convertible.
Six European carmakers have launched a joint campaign to develop wireless technology which will warn surrounding motorists of hazardous situations.
Competition Minister Gerry Sutcliffe is seeking views on plans to revoke a piece of competition law that place restrictions on the sale of car parts.
Former CD Bramall chairman Tony Bramall is back on the motor retail acquisition trail less than a year after selling his company to Pendragon for £230m.
Prices for the new BMW 3-series have been announced.
A 35-year-old, low mileage Mini once owned by a criminal associate of the Kray twins, was sold at BCA’s Christmas classic and historic sale for £11,775.
