Ford's commitment to entering joint partnerships to run non-core manufacturing operations has been further demonstrated today in a deal with German transmissions group Getrag.
Pendragon has stepped up its motor retailing growth in Germany with the acquisition of SGZ, a Land Rover dealership in Darmstadt, near Frankfurt.
##London Motor Show--left## London Motor Show organisers Clarion Events will soon announce changes to the autumn event in an attempt to win back carmakers which have announced they do not want stand space.
Nine sites owned by DC Cook, which went into receivership on January 19, have been closed and almost half the group's workforce have been made redundant.
A used car salesman from Middlesex has been jailed for selling cars 'clocked' by more than 1.4m miles and forging service histories.
The ruthless cutback in Chrysler production announced this week by DaimlerChrysler is expected to be followed by a global shake-up in research and development.
New car prices fell 10.4% last month, according to the monthly Alliance & Leicester car price index.
Dixon Motors today announced that Sal Ciullo has been appointed to the plc board as executive director of the company with effect from February 1.
Sportscars are the used vehicles most in demand online, followed by executive models and 4x4s, according to online search analysis for Automotive Management by Auto Trader Digital.
Ford president and chief executive officer Jac Nasser says the presentation to the new Mondeo of this year's What Car? Car of the Year Award confirms its position as the best family car in the world.
##X30small--left## MG Rover has this morning unveiled three new MG model ranges due for launch in the autumn which it believes will show the motoring world that eight months after it gained its independence from BMW ownership it is once again a premier player in the industry.
##MSN--left## Pendragon, the UK's largest car dealership and leader of the AM100, today announced an on-line partnership with Microsoft's MSN Carview, the independent motoring website due for its UK launch in March.
##DC--right## DaimlerChyrsler has this afternoon confirmed it is to layoff 20% of its workforce - 26,000 workers - during the next three years as a result of "brutal" competition in a shrinking global car market.
DaimlerChrysler is today expected to announce a major global reorganisation in manufacturing and product development.
The campaign by the Retail Motor Industry to expose 'anti-competitive behaviour' by motor insurers is gathering pace.
The Finance and Leasing Association says consumer demand for new car finance is on the increase.
The results from BCA auctions in Derby, Glasgow, Measham and Tewkesbury, from Manheim Birmingham, Colchester, Haydock, Leicester, Wimbledon and Leeds and Motorauctions Leeds.
Skoda has launched a used car warranty in conjunction with Car Care Plan.
Nearly new cars are becoming the hottest buys in the used car sector while the market for older cars is rapidly declining, according to research by remarketing company GRS.
Ford topped the chart for the most preregistrations in December, for the second month running, according to figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
##Merc logo--left## Mercedes-Benz has denied an allegation that its decision to take control of its outlets from franchised dealers in London, Birmingham and Manchester will end price competition.<p>
DC Cook Holdings, which went into receivership on January 19, is on the verge of being broken up, according to Grant Thornton, the appointed administrative receivers.
Senior managers from the motor industry will be gathering at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham on March 28 2001, for a strategic briefing on Block Exemption and the selective/exclusive distribution system.
Vauxhall's new Corsavan, based on the recently launched Corsa car, goes on sale in March.
Vauxhall says car production at Luton was impossible today with around 700 workers staying away from work as part of a European-wide protest at GM cost-cutting plans.
A new 'instant response' direct marketing software system designed to allow manufacturers to contact dealers and dealers to contact customers from their database is to be launched next month.
##Peugeot--right## Peugeot's HDi engine technology is now available in the Boxer panel van. A new 2.8-litre turbo unit replaces the 2.5 turbo diesel across the range.
A decision by the Department of Trade and Industry to introduce a hotel-style rating system for garages has been called 'long overdue' by Manchester-based dealers RRG Group.
##Nissan--left## Nissan president Carlos Ghosn has this morning announced that Sunderland will be home to the new Micra and in the process the Japanese firm will become the UK's largest car producer.<p>
Today sees the publication of the RAC Report on Motoring 2001 'Motoring choices - pressure or preference?' which records the changing habits and opinions of the UK motorist from the way they drive to what they drive and their views on road transport in general.<p> Alongside the data on car safety measures, public transport, congestion and the environment, topics touched on include those central to the concerns to the motor retailing market.
