Used car dealers lost £1.7 billion in used car revenues as 360,000 fewer used cars were retailed in 2008 compared to the previous year.
High fives from SsangYong, while Vauxhall offers job-loss cover
By Adrian Rushmore, managing editor, Glass's
Vauxhall and Opel are ploughing ahead with their new Meriva mini-MPV – our latest spy photos capture the 2010 Meriva on test on the Continent.
Britain's biggest driving school has decided to drop Vauxhall Corsas and use Fiat 500s instead.
Suzuki has now taken 4,900 orders through scrappage and delivered 3,000 cars to customers.
AM, the leading magazine for the automotive industry, has announced a series of changes to enhance its market-leading services.
Ilford Vauxhall and Chevrolet has been sold to top 10 AM100 dealer Vertu Motors.
Almost all manufacturers have an average model value higher than at the start of 2009
Jaguar Land Rover's UK operations posted a net loss of £673.4m last year, according to accounts filed with Companies House last week.
Volkswagen is looking into raising money to buy Porsche.
The James Alpe bodyshop in Lancashire has successfully attained the BSI Kitemark for crash repair.
Advantage Motor Group's Hull branch has been appointed to the Ford repairer network.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has dismissed hopes of a reversal of changes to empty property rate relief, which was introduced on April 1, 2008.
Fiat has opened its own used car operation Fiat Direct at a refurbished former dealership in Hayes, Middlesex.
Nissan has revealed the first details about its new electric vehicle platform which will launch in Japan and the US first in 2010 before reaching the UK after that.
Finchley and Totteridge Car Centre, a used car centre in north London, has gained an authorised repair franchise with Chrysler.
Nissan is offering any customer that test drives its new 370Z the chance to enter a prize draw for a Nissan Race Academy day at Silverstone.
Hyundai-Kia Automotive is preparing to bring a raft of low-emission technology vehicles to Europe as part of a £2 billion “green” growth investment.
The US government has revealed how its version of the scrappage scheme will work. Here are the details to compare against the UK version.
I read, with interest, a recent article about how dealers are having to pay more for used cars due to the lack of availability of quality vehicles.
Mazda claims it would be ‘irrational’ for the Government to end the scrappage scheme when planned and will be campaigning for its continuation.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF) is advising motor sector businesses to make sure they have measures in place to deal with the impact of swine flu.
Sergio Marchionne is still considering potential carmaking partnerships and a spin-off of Fiat's auto division, reports the Financial Times.
Automotive lenders are stepping up their efforts to win more point-of-sale business with the launch on August 1 of Specialist Automotive Finance Approved.
Renault occupies 4.984% of the UK vehicle parc with 1,868,237 cars registered.
If only car buyers’ habits shifted as slowly as the cogs of Government turn.
UK car production fell by 30.2% in June to 91,718 units and it was the smallest decline of the year so far.
Honda is due to launch a £550,000 advertising campaign in local newspapers.
