##Rover Badge--left##Ford is negotiating to buy the Rover brand name following the final break-up of BMW's UK subsidiary and the US firm's chief executive Jac Nasser sees a role for Rover as a prestige small and medium car brand, sitting under Volvo in its Premier Automotive Group.
##233Transit--left##Ford has announced a three-year/100,000-mile warranty for its new Transit model that went on sale in the UK in March.
Peugeot's new 206 light commercial, the only car-derived van to be built in Britain, will be launched with an 1868cc diesel engine.
Nissan has relaunched its used car warranty programme in conjunction with Car Care Plan with tailor-made variable premiums.
Automotive Management has announced the second annual Award for Financial Excellence.
Dealers face a “rocky time” with used car sales over the next few months, warns Cap Monitor chief European economist Mark Cowling.
Dealers attending AM online sister publication's Automotive Management breakfast briefing on the Competition Commission report called for immediate action to reduce prices and restore customer confidence.
Truck and van manufacturers should be proud of their industry, says Conservative leader William Hague.
Dealers are being forced to become more resourceful to maintain the profitability of lubricant sales.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US recently agreed the £17.3m takeover of Arco by BP Amoco.
The decision by the Bank of England to keep base rates level at 6% for the past two months has meant no fundamental change in lending rates available in the High Street and from the direct lenders.
Aston Martin has strengthened its relationship with Mobil 1.
The pace of change in the retail motor industry is hotting up. After several months of uncertainty, and sustained attack from organisations like the Consumers' Association, the Competition Commission report has finally been published. It needs to be studied in great detail.
Esso, Duckhams and Mobil are involved in marketing initiatives designed to boost top-up sales within dealerships.
Daewoo Motor's massive debts are putting a question mark over LDV's plans to quadruple production through a £450m joint venture.
Dealer-based contract hire and rental companies are likely to be forced out of the industry by newly created multi-national giants.
Franchised car dealers may lose up to 25% of their market over the next few years.
Quicks is opening a Jaguar dealership on a site shared with Ford.
Motorworld, the £23m turnover West Midland used car supermarket chain, run by Kultar Dale, has been placed in administrative receivership.
Ford faces a long wrangle with its workforce at Dagenham.
Manufacturers will resist Government calls for a cut in new car prices.
Fiat has called off its proposed mini-SUV project with Mitsubishi.
The Competition Commission pricing report could signal the death knell for many small dealerships.
The publication of the Competition Commission report will change the vehicle distribution system in the UK.
John Towers, head of the Phoenix Consortium, met Rover Group chairman and chief executive Werner Samann this week to table details of his bid in a meeting arranged after Trade and Industry Secretary Stephen Byers.
Manufacturers are failing to convince their dealers they should give their best service to owners of unofficial imports, judging by the new JD Power survey.
Vauxhall has increased the size of its dealership network ready for a growth of light and medium commercial vehicle sales.
Kia Cars UK has teamed up with the Perry Group to launch a 'virtual showroom' network.
##232Mackay--left##Inchcape Group has appointed Richard Mackay, former Chrysler Jeep Imports UK managing director, as the head of its Ferrari business from May. He assumes responsibility in the role of managing director for raising sales in the UK - now Ferrari's third largest market after the US and Germany - and will also oversee the Middle East and Belgium.
