Sir Nick Scheele is set to quit his job as worldwide president of Ford at the end of the year.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders plans to set up a new interest group to cover all aspects of vehicle glazing.
MG has released details of its new GT concept.
Toyota has added a new model to its RAV4 line up with the new five-door XT5 on sale from December 1.
The Toyota Prius has been voted 2005 European Car of the Year.
Lotus is to make 350 non-manufacturing staff redundant following the cancellation of an engineering consultancy project for an unnamed vehicle manufacturer.
MG Rover says it has substantially grown its presence overseas, now having importers in 52 international territories, adding 356 dealers outside the UK and Western Europe.
BMW's UK chief has branded MG Rover bosses as the “unacceptable face of capitalism
A number of new cars fail to provide adequate protection in the event of a low-speed accident, a crash-test study has revealed.
Subaru-maker Fuji Heavy Industries has posted a 71% jump in quarterly operating profit and is keeping its full-year forecasts intact as it expects the new Legacy to drive a further recovery.
Hyundai looks set to smash its record for sales in the UK by the end of 2004, having sold as many cars in the last 10 months as in the whole of 2003.
Austrian drink company Red Bull has bought the Jaguar Formula One team from Ford which withdrew the team after this year's world championship.
Falling or slowing sales in Europe's five largest car markets caused manufacturers to hold down price increases in the third quarter of 2004.
The price of the average new car in the UK has gone up 3.1% over the past year, equivalent to a rise of £402.
John Martin Jnr, group operations director of the John Martin Group has died.
The Government is being pressed to privatise MoT testing in Northern Ireland . The RMI says privatisation is a “matter of extreme urgency”.
The latest Audi A4 models will hold their value more than other prestige German rivals over 3 years/ 60,000 miles, according to the latest issue of CAP Monitor.
Ford has announced a new trim level, called Titanium, to be introduced on its new Focus model.
Nissan has paid the Inland Revenue more than £37m after the carmaker was accused of shifting profits from its UK factory to countries with lower tax rates.
Donalds Garage Mazda dealership has signed up to the Motability Scheme.
A Lancashire car body repair centre is working with a local school on a new type of apprenticeship scheme designed to benefit both students and employers.
Motor insurers are being urged to play a greater role in reducing the number of road accident casualties.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today confirmed a new model is to be built at the company’s manufacturing plant at Goodwood. The new car, a two-door, four-seat convertible, is expected to be unveiled in 2007.
TRW has issued new licenses for its Lucas branded rotating electrical products less than one month after the collapse of Lucas SRE, with the head licence going to Elta Lighting, an existing bulb supplier based at Colehill, West Midlands.
The future regulation of the bodyshop sector should come from within the industry, not rely on legislation or licensing, according to Thatcham.
Bodyshops with Royal and Sun Alliance repair contracts might have to seek repair authorisation from India when the insurer expands its administration and customer service operation.
GM Daewoo is sending out a brochure to 20,000 independent workshops reminding them it has cut the price of its parts by an average of 34%.
“We are not BRIC and we are not BALLS.” Chairman David Cresswell’s opening words at the inaugural meeting of the Auto Body Professionals Club were designed to clarify the new organisation’s position as an industry arbitrator rather than a pressure group, trade association or repairer council.
The problems of bodyshop courtesy cars never go away. Optimising utilisation of courtesy cars is at the centre of it all – against a background of rising costs.
The VBRA and RMI are continuing to lobby for a block on a controversial TV advert by internet bank Egg, which they claim denigrates motor repairers
