Pendragon is believed to be in the early stages of talks with at least one more high-profile US Jaguar dealership following a £13.5m acquisition in California.
Lloyds TSB and Chartered Trust motor finance are to be rebranded under the Black Horse logo.
Peugeot wants its dealers to adopt new corporate branding as it looks to sustain growing UK sales and improve customer loyalty. The announcement follows Toyota's planned £40m upgrade of its network.
London Motor Show organisers trying to attract carmakers to a new-look event have failed to gain the support of UK No1 seller Ford.
The Rover 75 is pleasing people who bought it two years ago and shares fifth place with the IS200 from Lexus, the champion of this year's JD Power survey.
Jaguar has again come second in US-based JD Power's assessment of the satisfaction (or otherwise) expressed by British owners of two-year-old S- and T-plated cars.
Honda is the first manufacturer to follow Mercedes-Benz with a UK brand centre approach to winning and keeping customers.
The rapid slide in second hand car values has stopped according to the latest EurotaxGlass's residual price index and are now experiencing a “dramatic recovery”.
MG Rover's chairman John Towers has said the company can survive as an independent carmaker.
Bates Motor Group has acquired the Veritas Volkswagen and Audi dealerships in Southend in a “multi-million pound” deal.
Renault pre-registered more cars in March than any manufacturer according to figures released by the SMMT.
The threat of strike action continues to hang over Peugeot's Ryton plant after the company resisted union pressure to revise its pay offer.
Manufacturers and dealers have rejected claims they are openly breaking strict rules on vehicle supply laid out in the Supply of New Cars Order 2000.
Vauxhall has opened its 250th MasterFit Centre in the UK, in Hemel Hempstead, which is part of an £800,000 redevelopment of the Oggelsby Vauxhall dealership.
Mitsubishi Motors has appointed Darren Holness as general manager of marketing. He joins from Ford of Britain where he was sales planning and analysis.
Ford and PSA Peugeot Citroen have made a significant step forward in their goal to become the world's diesel engine producers with the unveiling in Paris of the first jointly developed common rail power unit.
European Motor Holdings has entered the battle surrounding Mercedes-Benz UK and its dealers by questioning the legality of the 12-month termination notices issued last year.
##Minibadge--left## Volume production of the Mini One and Mini Cooper begins today at BMW Group's Oxford plant on schedule for a UK launch in July and a European launch in September.
##AM100logo--left## Nearly 150 motor industry executives have already booked places at the AM100 dinner when dealer groups' new ranking will be revealed before publication.
Seven leading UK automotive training and development specialists have joined forces in a bid to raise standards in the retail motor industry.
The Consumers' Association has sold its 'not for profit' internet car import operation Carbusters.com for £1.3m.
Phil Stones used to slip into overdrive to galvanise staff into action. Twenty or so years later, he and business life have changed.
DaimlerChrysler has today reported record first quarter losses totalling £2.3 billion.
##spring conference--right## Dealer confidence in the used car market has slumped, according to the latest Cap Index, despite sales for the first quarter up nearly 1% on last year.
Dealer confidence in the used car market has slumped, according to the latest Cap Index, despite sales for the first quarter up nearly 1% on last year.
Singer & Friedlander Finance is offering credit insurance as a 0% interest loan to help dealers increase profits on used cars.
BCA is covering cars with a cling wrap for long-term protection to paintwork.
CarsAlive has launched a website specialising in the sale of approved used cars from franchised dealers to private buyers.
A Sussex dealer has set up an internet business offering companies a three-pronged solution to used car online retailing.
Trading Standards in Coventry has been heavily criticised for giving incorrect advice to dealers over car mileages after losing a legal case against a local trader.
