Toyota today announced it will invest an additional €17.8m (£12m) in its Yaris production plant in Valenciennes, France, in order to better respond to European parts demand.
Volkswagen has cut Polo prices, with the range now starting at £6,995.
Honda has developed the world’s first ‘intelligent’ night vision system, which uses infrared cameras to detect pedestrians in or approaching the vehicle’s path.
Ferrari Maserati UK will take over, from October 1, the import and and distribution activities currently managed by Maranello Concessionaires Ltd, a subsidiary of Inchcape plc.
Jaguar bosses have been warned they must keep their high levels of quality - or face closing one of their UK plants.
A leading air pollution expert has warned that the European Union may be heading for a 'public health disaster' by pushing a big increase in diesel vehicles.
MG Rover chairman John Towers has denied that Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is set to buy the carmaker.
UK car output dipped in July but remains 1.1 per cent up over the year-to-date, according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
Volkswagen, Europe's largest carmaker, has become the latest German firm to try to take on unions as it seeks to make major cost cuts.
Fiat’s new Multipla is to go on sale in the UK on Saturday.
Insurance ratings for the new Vauxhall Tigra have been announced.
THE fortunes of the UK’s retail finance market is at odds to the growing new car market.
Mazda will reveal its new Mazda5 at next month’s Paris Motor Show on September 23, 2004.
Jaguar may announce as early as this week the extent of production cuts that the Ford luxury brand plans for this year due to poor demand, a spokesman told Reuters on Friday.
MG Rover has played down reports that it is to sell up to China’s largest carmaker, but stopped short of an outright denial.
Ferrari is to unveil the F430 at next month’s Paris Motor Show, signalling the arrival of a brand new generation of 8-cylinder models.
As the price of a barrel of oil hit a record high of $49 a barrel last week, a new survey from vehicle remarketing solutions has shown that 92 per cent of dealers think residual values for diesel vehicles will remain strong for the next two years.
Sewells Information and Research has published its latest edition of “Who Owns Who in the motor industry”.
Shanghai Automotive Industry (SAIC), China's largest carmaker, plans to buy MG Rover.
The UK has become Porsche’s ‘most sound and stable’ market.
Seven hundred miles of motorway are being lost due to poor lane discipline according to new figures launched by the RAC Foundation as part of National Motorway Month.
Suzuki is offering a new 0% finance offer on its Grand Vitara 5-door 2.0 litre SUV.
Hyundai is providing more than 4,000 vehicles and drivers to keep competitors and officials mobile in the 2004 Olympic games.
Roush Technologies’ two automotive engineering facilities – at Brentwood and Warwick - are to become service and repair centres for Noble cars.
Sir Arnold Clark says profits at his business are on target to surge by a third this year - despite rising interest rates.
Kwik-Fit founder Sir Tom Farmer has branched out into importing electric scooters.
Ford Motor Company says it has not ruled out plant closure at its UK-based Jaguar operations as it prepares a restructuring plan for the troubled luxury car unit and its 10,000-strong British workforce, reports the Financial Times.
The automotive aftermarket division of Robert Bosch UK has announced the appointment of Ken Ford to the position of divisional director.
Ion Group, the marketing contact specialist, has been appointed to handle all UK sales lead management for Fiat Auto UK.
Satellite navigation is increasingly a ‘must-have’ option for new car buyers, but manufacturer-fitted and aftermarket equipment is facing tough new competition from cheaper route-finding functions provided by portable units, PDAs (Personal Digital Assistants) and mobile telephones.
