Recruitment consultant Steele-Dixon has launched a new recruitment marketing division. It will provide motor manufacturers, the agencies that work for them and franchised dealer groups with specialist staff who have an established career history in automotive marketing at senior level.
Grant Thornton motor retail partner Preston Ayres has retired from the firm after 33 years
A former Mitsubishi retailer of the year has given up the franchise – because he didn’t want to open on a Sunday. The dealer, Mark Mitchell, is a devout Christian who, in addition to the Mitsubishi franchise at Eastham on the Wirral, also has one Lexus and two Skoda sites in the region. None of them opens on Sundays
Vehicle remarketing specialist Cars Direct has launched an online trade-to-trade auction service
The relationship between dealers and fleets can work well and benefit both companies: at other times, it proves to be disastrous. Most of the problems are caused by a lack of understanding of the pressures on the business partner.
AM is launching a Fair Fleet campaign designed to create a Customer Charter in response to a surge of criticism by fleet operators through the pages of sister magazine Fleet News
The RMI wants fleets to stop being so intrusive over the supply of parts and other issues in their servicing relationships with dealer groups
Dealers tempted to sign big contracts to service vehicles operated by major fleets run the risk of upsetting smaller company car operators, says Stewart Whyte, managing director of Fleet Audits
The AM100 topping dealer group Pendragon will soon be appointed the UK agent for Cadillac, the American car brand trying to expand overseas
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders told a House of Lords inquiry into climate change that the Government risked being ‘over zealous’ in its drive to cut carbon dioxide emissions
Citroën is introducing a new version of its C3 Pluriel supermini convertible
AC, creator of the AC Cobra dynasty of supercars, is to launch a new AC 289 V8 carbon fibre model in the UK in September. The announcement was made today at a Trade Fair in Malta where AC is in the process of commissioning a plant to produce the cars
AA Tyre Fit has expanded its service into Northern Ireland, with two mobile tyre fitting units now being operated in the province
CVC Capital Partners and Permira, two private equity firms, have this morning announced the acquisition of the AA from Centrica for £1.75bn
General Motors, the world's largest carmaker by sales, has warned that western Europe is running the risk of deterring manufacturing investment because of
First Technology, which makes gas-detecting sensors for the automotive sector, reported a decline in full-year underlying profit, citing little improvement in market conditions and continued adverse currency movements
Volkswagen products have claimed a host of trophies at this year's British Insurance Car Security Awards which are presented today at the Motor Industry Repair Research Centre in Thatcham, Berkshire
According to a survey by Croner, a business information and advice provider, 81% of businesses think that limiting the amount of hours employess work could mean companies risk losing their competitive edge
At the next Paris Motor Show, the Citroën brand will present the ‘Citroën C3 Stop & Start’, the first car to be equipped with a system that cuts the engine when the car is stopped and idling, then instantly restarts it at the touch of the accelerator
Laws banning the use of handheld mobile phones in cars are not affecting the productivity of UK companies, a road safety expert has claimed
The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is launching a legal service with law firm Clarks to provide its members with legal advice, as part of the standard membership package. The new service will take effect from July 1, 2004
Mitsubishi Motors is set to ask affiliated companies and investors to provide even more money as part of its financial rescue package
The Maserati MC12 has been driven for the first time at a European public event during the Goodwood Festival of Speed with CEO Martin Leach at the wheel
Accident Exchange, the prestige replacement vehicle company, has announced pre-tax profits of £1.1m on a turnover of £4.12m for its first full year of trading
Mazda has launched a new special edition, the 6 Zugara. The model takes its name from the Japanese word for ‘design’ and will be priced from £19,000 on-the-road from July 1.
The Government’s most senior transport adviser wants motorists to face tough financial penalties for the privilege of using four-wheel-drive vehicles (SUVs) in towns and cities
Peugeot’s newly launched 407 has achieved a 5-star score in the latest round of Euro NCAP (European New Car Assessment Programme) crash tests
General Motors has angered German trade unions by announcing yesterday that its Opel subsidiary would expand production of its new Zafira family car in Poland rather than at Russelsheim its main German factory
Subaru and Isuzu have launched a new rental scheme, offering daily rental customers a wider range of prestige and all-wheel drive models
Inchcape, the automotive services group, today announced the acquisition of five Mercedes-Benz and Smart dealerships, increasing its total UK representation to eight sites and creating the largest single territory for Mercedes-Benz and Smart in the UK
