The Peugeot 307, last week voted Car of the Year 2002, has been awarded a four-out-of-five star rating in the latest Euro NCAP tests on front and side impact tests. Full marks were achieved in the side impact test and it performed well in the frontal impact assessment.
Pendragon Ford chief executive and joint operations director of Pendragon plc, Stephen Hopewell has resigned.
New research has shown that motor dealers are becoming increasingly confident in buying vehicles without seeing them first.
The Government is expected to announce later today the appointment of Ian McAllister, Ford of Britain chairman, to lead the effort to revitalise Railtrack as a not-for-profit organisation.
General Motors has toady announced it would make further job cuts throughout its European operation, cutting 1,500 salaried workers next year in an attempt to return it to profitability.
Dealer margins are being cut in the drive to remain competitive in the new car market.
Chancellor Gordon Brown this afternoon delivered an optimistic pre-Budget statement which, while acknowledging the global economic downturn, highlighted an opportunity for growth if world economic recovery was accompanied by increased productivity in the UK.
Mitsubishi's network expansion continues with the opening on Saturday of a new dealership in Sheffield, Gordon Lamb Mitsubishi.
Mitsubishi Motors UK says it is investigating why a passenger airbag in an R-reg Shogun deployed while parked at a Bristol dealership.
Nick Reilly, GM Europe vice-president and former Vauxhall Motors' chairman and managing director, will run Daewoo – if the US company's acquisition of the bankrupt Korean motor manufacturer is completed.
Motor traders are being warned they could be left uninsured by new laws designed to clamp down on insurance evasion, which is said to cost the insurance industry more than £400m a year.
Audatex has revamped its annual AudaWorkstation certification training to so it now costs a third the previous price and takes less than half the time.
A new single-passenger taxi service in London is set to become the biggest Smart fleet in Europe.
The Honda Civic has been named Britain's most comfortable car for the second year running in a survey by What Car? It tops a field of 40 contenders ranging in price from £7,295 to £53,950.
The Morgan Motor Company has announced significant reductions in waiting times across its four-model product range thanks to a new purpose-built production facility now fully operational at its Malvern factory.
Vauxhall has cut the prices of its joint venture Vivaro van by £300 to bring it in line with development partner Renault's Trafic. Both vans now start at £11,995.
Renault is aiming to slash the waiting time in Scotland on its Clio, the country's No1 seller, from nine weeks to three by January.
Honda believes the Jazz supermini and second-generation CRV 4x4 – making UK debuts – will help lift it from a 4.5% market share in Scotland to 6%. The carmaker expects 15,000 UK sales next year, with 2,000 of them in Scotland.
Citroen's 60% rise this year in registrations across the UK has been eclipsed by its performance in Scotland which has managed an 80% increase.
Ford fired the first shot in its campaign to restore Fiesta as the No1 seller with the show's most high-profile press day launch.
Fiat UK managing director Jim Blades believes the new Stilo will establish the manufacturer in the C-sector as Punto has in the B-sector. Stilo reaches UK showrooms in February.
Land Rover launched the Braemar limited edition of 200 built-to-order vehicles – 75 Discoverys, 25 Defenders, 75 Freelanders and 25 Range Rovers. They will be available only through the company's 13 Scottish dealerships.
Volkwagen UK will be trying to tempt private buyers into diesels when it launches the all-new Polo next spring and will be lobbying the Government to improve incentives.
Volkswagen will appoint a small number of specialist dealers to sell the new luxury D1 and the upmarket 4x4 sports utility vehicle under development with Porsche.
Walter Scherg, general manager of Smart UK, told his staff to carry hunting knives in the early days of the brand's existence on these shores. He talks to AM-online.
DaimlerChrysler has adopted the euro for its entire operations, including vehicle pricing on the continent.
Seat is resigned to losing customers seeking “basic transportation” as it launches a five- year “brand renovation” prog-ramme, beginning with the new Ibiza in April.
Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket chain, has well advanced plans in place to begin selling new cars but is unlikely to enter the sector before next year's Block Exemption changes.
British executives have been appointed to senior Premier Automotive Group management positions as Ford looks to allay fears over the future of its premium group.
Results from the latest auctions by BCA, Manheim and Motorauctions Leeds.
