Mazda has signed a memorandum of understanding on the purchase of the Mazda distribution business in Switzerland from the Blanc family and Sumitomo Corporation, the shareholders of Mazda (Suisse) SA.
BMW global sales continue their upward surge, putting the company on track to break its record of 2000, a success put down to a marketing "offensive" which will see the product range double in the next six years.
Nissan is "off the critical list", according to president and chief executive officer Carlos Ghosn.
Toyota is heading for its fifth consecutive year of record European sales. For the first eight months of this year sales reached 451,670 units. The launch of the new Corolla range is expected to help push the company to its sales objective of 800,000 units or 5% of European market share by 2005.
MG Rover unveiled its new luxury high performance sports coupe, the MG X80 at the Frankfurt motor show, which it claims will compete when it goes on sale in the summer of 2002 will compete against the likes of the Porsche 911, Maserati 3200GT and Jaguar XK8.
The concept of the motor show has been given support from an unlikely source at the Frankfurt show today - Microsoft.
UK car dealers were represented at a hearing of the European Parliament's economic and monetary policy committee on the future of Block Exemption yesterday afternoon.
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Pendragon, the UK's biggest motor retail group, has announced higher profits after cutting ties with nine carmakers.
Inchcape Retail hopes to emulate the strong profit performance at Bates Motor Group across its franchise divisions after paying £22.3m for the business.
Tough new rules that classify scrapped vehicles as hazardous waste could lead to an epidemic of car dumping as motorists refuse to pay recycling costs.
Twenty National Salvage Group members have signed up to the trade body's online stock locator, which offers recycled parts for most makes and age of car and light commercial vehicle.
A marketing initiative by Smart to launch the brand of two-seater cars in 10 UK cities has led to 1,600 sales leads.
AutoLocate (www.autolocate.co.uk) and Yahoo have announced an on-line used car marketing partnership whereby every AutoLocate dealer customer will automatically have their stock promoted through the search engine's UK and Ireland website.
AutoLocate (www.autolocate.co.uk) and Yahoo have announced an on-line used car marketing partnership whereby every AutoLocate dealer customer will automatically have their stock promoted through the search engines UK and Ireland website.
Honda's second car plant at Swindon was officially opened today by the company's President and CEO, Hiroyuki Yoshino. The opening underlines Honda's commitment and confidence in Britain as its manufacturing base in Europe.
Crimes caught on closed circuit television and recorded onto videotape could be ruled inadmissible as evidence in court if motor retailers fail to register their equipment before new laws are introduced at midnight on 23 October.
A half million Peugeot 206's have been built at Ryton, Coventry, in record time.
Harley-Davidson has launched a used motorcycle programme at its 22 UK dealerships, which include four Pendragon outlets, two Pinewood Motor stores and Big Rock, Nottingham, owned by Dixon Motors.
Scrap operator Universal Salvage has linked with vehicle information provider HPI to help drive down fraud and improve efficiency.
Online Finance, the used car finance subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation, has launched Tiered Pricing to allow dealers to offer credit to the majority of motorists.
Low part-exchange valuations by dealers are pushing the grey market close to crisis, says trade guide Cap Grey Book.
The new plate system brings new hazards to owners of accident damaged cars when it comes to disposal time, warns Martin Ward, Cap Motor Research's national research manager.
Carrie Bird, head of business development at used car specialist CarsAlive warns that internet car buyers are increasingly likely to click the escape button if kept waiting by sluggish software or irritating advertising.
Carrie Bird, head of business development at used car specialist CarsAlive warns that internet car buyers are increasingly likely to click the escape button if kept waiting by sluggish software or irritating advertising
MSN Carview, Microsoft's motoring website, has announced global expansion plans.
This could be a record year for UK new car registrations if predictions of more than 400,000 sales in September come true. New car registrations rose by 6.2% in August to 77,246, the 11th consecutive month of growth.
The European Commission is preparing to drop the Block Exemption regulation, according to the FT today.
Volkswagen has today confirmed that Bernd Pischetsrieder, the former BMW chairman, will succeed Ferdinand Piech as the chairman of its management board.
Cosmetic and paintless dent repair (PDR) companies are coming under increasing pressure from US rival Dent Wizard as it makes rapid inroads into the UK market.
