Volkswagen has expanded its range of Bluemotion vehicles with the addition of its Touran and Sharan people carriers.
Online tyre retailer Blackcircles.com has appointed Unipart Automotive as its preferred parts supplier.
Liberty Electric Cars has appointed Bob Nash, formerly managing director of RBS Insurance UK Assistance Accident Repair Centres, as director of manufacturing operations.
A Yorkshire dealer group is inviting customers to give its technicians a hug in exchange for a donation to Children In Need.
A solo car dealer has been fined £3,500 for selling cars illegally on the street.
Fortis boss says he is keen to sign five-year binding contracts with network.
Tata Motors’ UK subsidiary, Tata Motors European Technical Centre, will bring an electric vehicle to Europe next year.
Dealers and finance providers have “a real opportunity” to promote point-of-sale (POS) business despite consumer worries.
High street deals for October 2008.
Direct lending deals for October 2008.
Chevrolet is offering customers a diesel engined version of its Captiva for the price of a petrol.
Volkswagen Group has urged its dealers to make up for falling revenue on sales and aftersales by selling insurance products.
The Financial Services Authority is cracking down on car dealers who fail to conform to its rules.
Lookers’ move into spare parts shifts up a gear as economic downturn starts to bite.
GAZ, the Russian manufacturer that bought van maker LDV two has confirmed that it will rebrand the company Maxus.
Nissan is making front-wheel drive derivatives the focus of its final-quarter Qashqai offers.
Mazda is deferring for three months the first monthly payment on the Mazda RX-8 R3.
The motor insurance market made a £179 million loss last year on revenues of £8.5 billion.
Mazda UK’s network is in a “safe pair of hands” with new managing director Jeremy Thomson, according to dealers.
Rescued car sharing club Whizzgo Europe will continue to have its cars supplied by Citroën UK.
Consumers are increasingly choosing to buy used cars privately rather than from a dealer.
Henley Heritage TVR has ceased trading and entered voluntary liquidation.
Shares in General Motors and Ford surged yesterday after reports that they had help merger talks with each other and with Chrysler.
The latest Arnold Clark Motorstore has opened at Stafford.
Ford Credit Europe has agreed an extension of its remarketing contract with Manheim.
Wagon, the car parts maker, has suspended trading in its shares, after issuing a profit warning.
Successful service up-selling has been hit by the downturn in consumer confidence.
A garage owner has been found guilty of three counts of conspiracy to defraud, after he used four garages in Leeds to issue thousands of invalid MoT certificates for vehicles that were not properly tested.
A Toyota Yaris returned the highest fuel economy during this year’s Fleet World MPG Marathon.
American car giant General Motors is trying to tap into its share of £25 billion worth of US Government funds to make environmentally friendly vehicles.
