Citroen has launched a package of repair standards to help its dealer network compete with the dominant independent bodyshop sector.
Volkswagen is building a new parts distribution warehouse in Dordon, Warwickshire, to improve parts supply for dealers and bodyshops.
The RAC is developing an accident repair inspections audit programme designed to reinforce the strength of its brand and ensure uniform standards of quality at its 100 authorised bodyshops.
The 11th BCA report on the used car market revealed that sales volumes dipped by 546,000 units to 6.8m last year. It was the first time the market dropped below 7m for five years and resulted in a £1bn fall in value to £27.3bn.
MG Rover may be forced to drop its future development strategy, designed to return the company to profitability within two years, should the UK go ahead with hard-nosed environmental legislation.
Managing director Graham Smith believes Toyota GB is achieving the industry's most significant shift away from the motor trade's 'underneath the arches' culture.
Bill Parfitt, who started working life as an engineer in his family's car dealership in South Wales, has been handed one of the tougher roles in the UK automotive industry.
Motor industry authority and MEP Malcolm Harbour will address delegates at Automotive Management's autumn conference – Beyond Block Exemption – the debate continues – in a live link from Strasbourg.
Honda UK plans to give core dealers larger franchise territories as it prepares for a possible “welcome” end to Block Exemption.
European dealer trade organisations should press for rolling agreements with carmakers lasting “at least five years”, said Pendragon chief executive Trevor Finn.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation's franchised dealer director Alan Pulham gives his views on the Block Exemption, supermarkets selling new cars and the End of Life Vehicles Directive.
New car dealers have enjoyed the 11th successive month of growth in the registration figures prompting predictions that 2001 will prove a record year.
The burden of exceptional items on the accounts of Quicks Group has pushed the dealer groups profits into the red for the first six months of 2001.
DaimlerChrysler UK has appointed Geoff Brady as the new managing director of its retail operations to be known as DaimlerChrysler UK Retail.
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The BMW Group is planning a major increase in sales and turnover volume in the next six years. Based on the retail situation of the current year, the company is aiming for an increase of around a third in terms of sales.
Inchcape and Avis Europe have united to form a pan-European vehicle remarketing joint venture, AutoCascade, designed to provide manufacturers, and rental and leasing companies with an improved method of selling pre-owned cars.
Local authorities may force service and repair garages to pay a licence fee for vehicles they use to give customers free rides to and from work or home whenever the garage has a car in for a service.
GE Capital Woodchester is to invest £4m to create a regionalised sales structure designed to give dealers a faster and more consistent service when providing finance for customers.
A new motor industry co-operative is celebrating securing its first money-saving deal - on bulk lube oil.
Andrew Shepherd, senior group auctioneer at Manheim, gives his overview of the current used car market.
Online car buying service Autobytel has launched a new 'find a car' service allowing customers to describe the car they want, when they want it and how much they can afford, with Autobytel then finding the car for them.
MG Rover has announced with Power Train Products (PTP) as its exclusive distribution sales agency for its K Series engines.
Next year's Birmingham motor show was launched by the SMMT yesterday, promising a 'mouth watering' show bringing together the very best of the motor industry to the heart of Britain.
Next year's British International Motor Show was launched yesterday by the SMMT, which promises the event will be a 'mouth watering' event bringing together the very best of the motor industry to the heart of England.
The Birmingham and Scottish motor shows could become the next casualties, after this year's London show, of the worldwide glut of such events and the popularity of the internet as a means of showcasing new vehicles.
Vauxhall's new managing director Kevin Wale is drawing up 'aggressive' sales targets for the company to protect and increase its retail and fleet market shares.
BMW is recalling all new Minis because of a fault that could cause a fire when the cars are being filled with fuel.
Upper-medium company cars could be frozen out of a recovery in residual values because of poor demand for this size of car in the market.
