Benfield Motor Group has launched an on-line advice service for company car drivers to calculate how much tax they can expect to pay when the new CO2-based benefit-in-kind tax legislation is introduced in April 2002.
Directly praising and indirectly offering sharp criticism of his company's former CEO, Jacques Nasser, Ford Motor Company's new boss made it clear “we lost our focus,” leaving the number-two automaker with plenty of problems that need to be fixed.
Joachim Milberg is stepping down from his position as chairman of the BMW board of management.
A two-year apprenticeship programme has just been launched, aimed at training young people to become customer advisers for the Peugeot dealer network.
Brooklyn Motors has been given the Citroen franchise for the Kidderminster territory, with effect from December 1.
More than half of dealers in the UK polled in a survey by Paragon Vehicle Finance believe their business has suffered as a result of the September 11 terrorist attacks in the US.
Van fleets could soon enjoy discounted Vehicle Excise Duty rates on their vehicles, as part of a Government initiative to incentivise cleaner light commercial vehicles.
Daihatsu has announced a three year/60,000 mile warranty for all parts and accessories.
The Government has stepped up its focus on alternative fuels through tax incentives as part of a long-term drive towards a zero emissions transport system.
Manufacturers and dealers are costing the fleet millions of pounds a year by delivering about 30,000 new fleet cars every year with the wrong specification, often because of basic administrative errors.
Ford of Britain's marketing director John Mendel has been appointed executive vice president, sales and marketing, customer service and parts for Mazda's north American operations.
"Does management learn from the errors we identify, or do they just hide in the back office? In January 1996 we visited Cambridge and this month we revisited those same dealers to see how they have progressed." Our mystery shopper gets a dose of Cambridge blues in our latest survey of franchised dealers in the UK.
Consumers are paying almost the same for new cars now as they were a year ago, prompting warnings of a year-on-year increase in prices.
Manheim has appointed a new corporate sales director, Martin Potter, former sales director of NCA and centre manager of Manheim's Colchester centre.
The latest results from auctions by BCA, Manheim, Premier Motorauctions Leeds and Motor Auctions Leeds
Nissan is to begin production of the new Primera at Sunderland on December 17. The new car, which marks an important step forward in Nissan's product-led revival in Europe, will go on sale from the beginning of March next year.
One in four motor parts companies are using debt to finance growth, according to a survey.
The AA is to begin selling new and used cars in a joint venture with Inchcape, it was announced this morning.
An independent study into the future of car retailing in the UK and the European Union, recommends that the current system of exclusive distribution should be abolished, and that while selective distribution should remain, it should be in a reduced form.
The Department of Trade and Industry has said that the End of Life Vehicles Directive will be implemented in the UK at the same time as in the rest of Europe.
Price pressures in the used car market caused by oversupply are threatening to force fleets into low-mileage, two-year replacement cycles to protect residual values.
Motability Finance Ltd, the contract hire arm of Motability, has unveiled 'do-or-die' measures to take increased control of its used car stock in an effort to boost residual values.
The Halliwell Jones BMW Group, based in Warrington, Chester and Southport, has appointed Rob Andrew as group corporate sales manager.
Jardine Motors Group is severing its links with Equinox Business Partners, established in 2000 as a joint venture with a management consultancy and later wholly-owned by the group.
Martin Ward, Cap Network's national research manager, comments on the battle being fought in the auctions halls between leasing companies and dealer groups.
The premium convertible, premium upper medium and large MPV sectors top a league table of best performing used cars in the last three years produced by Glass's Information Services.
All Suzuki dealers in the UK have been provided a website as part of a revamp of the company's internet offering.
Reading Audi, the new £3.5m Audi Centre, is open for business. It has been developed and funded by the Aston Green Group as a replacement for its previous Audi franchise in Reading.
The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions has confirmed that Ian McAllister, chairman and chief executive of Ford of Britain, will be heading up the team bidding to take over Railtrack plc's role as operator of the railway network.
A nationwide programme to 'attract, develop and value our people' has cut employee turnover at Lookers plc in half over the past four years.
