Steven Landry has been appointed president of Chrysler Jeep Automotive - Europe, taking responsibility for sales, marketing and service of Chrysler and Jeep products.
Geoffrey Long believes the enthusiasm he brings to his new director's position at Sanderson Bramall Motor Group will rub off on his staff.
Toyota hopes to offset last year's slide in fleet registrations by spreading sales across its dealer network and intensifying support through a newly-appointed fleet team.
New Stratstone of Mayfair managing director Keith Woods has ambitious plans to make the dealership the epitome for “everything Jaguar and Aston Martin”.
East Anglian dealer group John Grose has promoted Tim Adjemian to new car sales manager for the Ford central marketing area.
Pendragon, which tops the AM100, is to lead the motor retail group fightback against the growing wave of internet-linked cut-price car sellers.
Manchester-based RRG, the Toyota/Lexus and Peugeot group, has returned pre-tax profits of £2.1m for 1999 on a turnover of £150m, despite tough trading conditions late in the year.
Avis Europe is to launch an internet site in late summer to dispose of its ex-rental cars. The move could result in 12,000 nearly-new cars a year in the UK being offered direct to the public.
UK new car buyers are becoming increasingly attracted to the internet, but use it to window shop rather than to buy according to research by Fletcher Research.
Peugeot intends to steer increasing volumes of accident repair work through its franchised bodyshops with its new online insurance service.
The latest insurance industry merger proposal, confirmed last week by Norwich Union and CGU, has left repairers contemplating the potential business impact.
Online car sales are stripping manufacturers of their protective clothing, leaving them exposed to deal direct with customers.
The newly formed Association of Body Repairers (ABR) has been coolly received by rival trade bodies the Retail Motor Industry Federation and the Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association
Computer software supplier Arcs is heralding an end to the approved repairer concept and expensive estimating systems with the launch of three products, including an internet-based estimating programme.
Motor retailers were angered by the decision of Government minister Patricia Hewitt to speak at the launch of the OneSwoop.com online car import service this week.
Lex Service has paid £5m for a 30% stake in Autohit, the internet-based stock locator, with an option to increase its share “significantly” in due course.
Credit hire and repair firms are forging ahead with relationships aimed at improving their credibility, after the long-awaited ruling on the Dimond v Lovell appeal case was delayed for up to two months.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) has rapped the Government's decision not to take action on the VAT loophole enjoyed by insurer-owned bodyshops, which do not pay tax on repairs.
Peugeot dealers will be at the forefront of the company's plans to sell cars over the internet, said Peugeot UK managing director Tod Evans.
A nine-month programme of reorganisation and dealership sales has stemmed the losses at DC Cook.
There was jubilation on the Iveco stand at the Amsterdam European road transport show for commercial vehicles as its Daily City 2000 model was voted 'Van of the Year'.
New EU measures, which are worrying for dealers, were brought into force on March 1 as part of the Data Protection Act 1998.
DaimlerChrysler is aiming to increase its UK market share of the medium commercial vehicle market from 15.2% to as high as 20% during the next four years.
Michael Smyth believes he understands the difference between opportunism and taking pride in building a profitable, forward-thinking business which serves a community.
The relationship between manufacturers and dealers often resembles that between a master and his servant in times long gone. It is out of tune with modern practice, notions of fairness and equality of bargaining position.
Trevor Finn, Pendragon chief executive, said the wait for the Competition Commission report findings, expected in the next month, was causing great uncertainty.
Rival carmakers believe Ford's 1,500 job cuts at Dagenham are the first phase of a plan that will lead to the eventual closure of the east London plant.
Carmax, the American used car supermarket chain, advertises on television that it buys cars as well as sells them.
Ford light commercial dealers are to play a key role in a plan to make new Transit appeal to a wider range of potential customers in an effort to win back former owners of the previous model and to persuade buyers to stay loyal to the brand for aftersales.
Dealers are fearing another bout of forced registrations as 20-day figures revealed February down 11.27% on last year, at 57,301 units.
