Paul and Simon Dixon are leaving retail giant Dixon Motors as part of a massive management shake-up
Garages struggling to get to grips with tough health and safety regulations are being offered a helping hand by one of the UK's biggest aftermarket players.
Automotive giant General Motors is raising its profit forecasts after posting better than expected first quarter results
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Lexus has praised its retail network for helping it achieve Gold status in the latest JD Power customer satisfaction survey, published this week. Parent brand Toyota slipped out of the top three to number four.
Legacy and Outback models equipped with side and curtain airbags achieved the Australian NCAP's highest recorded five-star points tally at 35.52 out of a 37 maximum
MG Sport & Racing's MG Xpower SV super sports car will be on public view at the Subcontractors Show which starts at the National Exhibition Centre Birmingham on Monday, April 19.
Hella has renewed its push into the ignition leads aftermarket with a range extension and new catalogue
Caterham has teamed up with the Rizla-Suzuki British Superbike team as part of its launch programme for the new flagship Seven Superlight R500 evolution
Mitsubishi Motors UK will be fielding a brand new Shogun Warrior 3.2 D-ID three-door model in this year's Goodyear British Off Road Championship
Bill Ford, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Co., earned $14.7m (£8.19m) in 2003, in stock options, despite forgoing a salary for a second full year
BMW has teamed up with Manheim Auctions to roll out a series of online auctions to its 150-strong franchise network, enabling dealers to purchase used cars online
MG ROVER has launched the revised MG ZS with new styling, new interior and new body kit on ZS 180 models.
Harley-Davidson has announced record revenue and earnings for its first quarter ended March 28, 2004.
Peugeot has decided to expand its model identification system by doubling the central 0 in its car names.
Official SsangYong importer SYUK Cars has reached an agreement with the Korean manufacturer for its expanding dealer network to carry out aftersales service and warranty repairs on vehicles manufactured by SYMC and sold here through Daewoo Cars.
Hella is inviting members of its service partner network to an F1 test day at Silverstone in June. The invitations will be awarded to the nine members who return most Hella product box tops as part of a sales promotion which runs to the middle of May.
The speaker line-up for the Automotive Research Unit/ims Aftermarket Conference at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon on April 27 has been confirmed.
Ford reports that its European sales rose 5.5% in March compared with the same month last year.
A European manufacturer has developed a new range of performance brake discs to increase stopping power and help reduce accidents.
Kia, Europe's fastest growing carmaker, has started work on its first European car plant to help meet rocketing demand. The £690m plant in the Slovak Republic will have the capacity to build up to 300,000 cars a year.
Mazda is doubling the number of UK fleet specialist dealers in a bid to boost corporate sales. The Japanese carmaker currently has seven fleet dealers in its 140-strong network.
A joint venture that promises to deliver efficient estimating processes, volume access to matching quality non-OE parts and improved profitability to bodyshops is being launched by SSVG, part of Unipart Automotive's Crash Repair Division.
Manufacturing union Amicus has named Duncan Simpson's successor as national officer for the automotive industry as Tony Murphy, formerly Amicus' national officer for automotive components. Murphy took over from retiring National Officer Duncan Simpson on Thursday, 8 April.
As if to confirm the warnings from the Motorcycle Action Group on the effects of “excessive” insurance premiums(AM, April 9), March registrations for powered two wheelers were substantially down year on year.
As the first spade was turned to launch the construction of Kia's first European plant at Zilina in in Slovakia, the company's vice president in Europe Jean-Charles Lievens confirmed his company's European volume objective: 500,000 units by 2008, after 300,000 next year.
Fiat-GM Powertrain joint venture engine plant alongside the Vauxhall assembly plant at Ellesmere Port is to close in early July, it was confirmed to unions on 7 April.
Smart is claiming to be the first car manufacturer to offer an integrated Apple iPod play-back and charging station into its limited edition Fortwo i–move.
