Used car auction prices have been higher in the early months of 2009 compared to the end of 2008, according to Retail Motor Industry’s Society of Motor Auctions (SMA).
Citroen UK has appointed Charles Peugeot to head up its new commercial vehicles sales division.
Opel dealers are looking to pool levies of €150 (£139) from each vehicle they sell to raise up to €400 million (£371m) to help keep General Motors Europe afloat.
Toyota has developed a world first rear-seat centre airbag to help reduce the severity of passenger injuries in side-on collisions.
James Muir is to become chairman of the board of management of Seat from September 1, 2009.
As February drew to a close there were no signs of the used market weakening and Black Book for March registered one of the most significant general used price rises in recent memory.
Leasing de-fleets enjoy record conversion rates
The man behind the management buyout of vanmaker LDV has said without Government help it will go under within a week.
Still struggling to get a handle on how big and butch the Mini Crossover SUV will be?
Jaguar and Hyundai are only carmakers to show an increase in sales figures in January
Sytner Group has bought the Nick Whale Ferrari and Maserati dealership in Birmingham just eight months after the outlet began trading.
Carcraft has apologised to a customer after mistakenly handing her Mini out as a courtesy car.
Motor Codes has celebrated recruiting the Arnold Clark dealer group into the Motor Industry Code of Practice for Service and Repair.
Toyota will cut pay and working hours by 10% for staff at its UK factories from April 1.
Honda dealers can now take the car showroom to the customer via video, removing the need to visit a dealership in person.
Proton dealers is offering a new range of GEN-2 Special Edition vehicles from £10,995 with five-year warranties and 0% finance deals.
Carmakers looking towards the European Union's lending arm for support won't receive as much as they thought.
Volkswagen Group Training Services will focus on measuring success of its training in an attempt to improve its offering.
Accident management group Helphire saw its adjusted profit before tax fall more than 86% in the second half of 2008
British dealers of French-made cars can breath a sigh of relief in the knowledge their suppliers are not going to become a swift victim of the credit crunch.
Discount supermarket Lidl has begun selling cars in its native Germany.
With motor retailers facing challenging times the advice at the frontline is 'More focus, new ideas and less cost'.
Toyota is understood to be making fresh cutbacks in its UK factories.
Jaguar Land Rover is supporting research into collision-prevention technology at Warwick University.
A north-east of England franchised dealer has taken the opportunity to turn one sale into three.
BMW and Mini dealers in the UK are increasingly using free seven day motor insurance policies to help seal the sale.
Fiat Group has launched a new engine technology which promises to dramatically cut fuel consumption and emissions while boosting power and torque.
Inchcape is gearing up for an equity raising, according to reports.
Tony Dent (35), Corporate Sales Manager, Mercedes-Benz Sheffield.
Buyout team needs government cash to become UK’s first volume maker of electric vans
