Just four of the 20 largest global component producers – three of them tyre manufacturers - have made it into the latest Automotive Strategies International Top 20 profits league.
Vauxhall claims its all-new Combo van sets best-in-class standards for loadspace (up to 3200 litres, and payload (up to 810 kg) while offering the comfort and handling of a passenger car.
A nationwide workshop equipment installation and preventative maintenance service has been established by Texaco Global Products.
Parts and accessories retailer Motor World has teamed up with in-car entertainment specialist Eurocar to offer advice in its 200 UK stores.
Glass's 2002 ICME manuals, containing repair times and service schedules for thousands of vehicles, have been published to replace the now outdated 2001 car, LCV and HCV editions.
Ford Premier Automotive Group and the Warwick Manufacturing Group – based at Warwick University - has entered a partnership to co-operate on training, research and develop and supply chain issues.
Sir Peter Vardy is at number 137 in the Sunday Times' Pay List, its ranking of the 500 highest-paid people in the UK in 2001.
DaimlerChrysler UK Ltd has combined several of its internal departments to form a new corporate sales operation.
BMW has improved the warranty cover for all Minis registered from November 1. The 60,000 mileage limit on the three year warranty has been upgraded to unlimited mileage over the same period.
Northern Ireland Ford dealer Lindsay Ford has joined up with Ford to host a series of roadshows next week aimed at providing the disabled with driving information.
Close Consumer Finance, a finance provider to small and medium sized dealers, has launched a website aimed at helping dealers submit proposals online.
Wayside Harley-Davidson has launched an innovative servicing offer in conjunction with its sister Volkswagen car dealership.
MG Rover has denied speculation that it has run into difficulties supplying panels to body repairers due to one of its tooling manufacturers going bankrupt.
Ford Rapid Fit centres are to join the FTM fast-fit fleet tyre network following a successful pilot programme.
A management team which narrowly lost out in a bid to acquire several Autela Edmunds Walker branches from the collapsed Finelist Group, has launched an independent aftermarket business in West Yorkshire.
Nationwide Crash Repairs has been fined £21,000, with £2,080 costs, after pleading guilty to five charges relating to its failure to control the radioactive source found in anti-static guns.
East Midlands' car dealer Co-Op Motor Group has promised to create 150 new jobs in the next six months after being given a new market area to sell Renault and Nissan.
Fred Maguire, Lookers plc executive chairman, believes it is important the industry sees the forthcoming changes in Block Exemption as an opportunity, not a threat.
Smart has announced the first three Mercedes-Benz dealer groups to take on the franchise for the two-seater city car as part of a programme to expand its UK retail network.
Prices fell for nearly a fifth of all new cars by 3.1% in October, according to independent car price monitor, CarPriceCheck (www.carpricecheck.com).
Automotive Management's People Fair 2001 has been rescheduled. The event will now take place on February 13, 2002 – not November 15 as originally planned – and will be held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham.
General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler have joined forces to tackle the growing problem of counterfeit parts. The three carmakers intend to create a global industry network to track down and prosecute counterfeiting perpetrators.
Free add-on repair services, like courtesy cars and valeting, combined with higher discounts on labour rates, parts and paint, have slashed bodyshop profitability, according to analysts Market Facts & Business Information (MFBI).
The IT systems integrator, gedas United Kingdom Limited has appointed Sabina Ellert as head of PR and marketing.
Vauxhall dealership, Hartwell Oxford, has been named the best in the country for overall service and facilities when choosing and maintaining a Motability car.
Three years into the task of forming a stand-alone network that will represent Toyota's uppercrust brand, the director of Lexus GB admits: “We haven't achieved everything we set out to achieve.”
Automotive Management's People Fair 2001 has been rescheduled. The event will now take place on February 13 – not November 15 – and will be held at the International Convention Centre, Birmingham.
The DVLA is being urged to close a legal loophole which allows thousands of motorists to unwittingly buy potentially dangerous vehicles.
Mitsubishi has opened its third new dealership this year in the London area, SMC Hillingdon. It brings the number of outlets in the UK to 127, the highest in 10 years.
The Government has begun consultation on new measures it believes will reduce illegal car dumping.
