Mapfre Abraxas has gained a contract to supply warranty and insurance products to AM Award winning used car supermarket Available Car.
The manufacturer announced prices for the new TF this week - and it's taken a price drop of around £2-3000 (comparing similar spec cars) since it last appeared in UK showrooms.
Demand for new cars slowed in June, with registrations dropping by 6.1% to 209,190 units.
Staff at the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) have welcomed the Government’s decision not to privatise some sections of the agency.
Dealerships will need energy performance certificates on all new-builds by October 1
Palmers will open an Alfa Romeo and Peugeot dealership in Hemel Hempstead in October, to replace its St Albans site, which has been sold to Tesco.
Cox Motor Group has taken on its fourth site after acquiring Cumberland View Volkswagen across the road from its Honda dealership in Morecambe for £1.5 million.
UK dealers preparing to sell the Renault’s sub-£7,000 Dacia Sandero will have to wait another year, until early 2010, for the budget car.
The British Grand Prix will move to Donington Park from Silverstone in 2010 due to a lack of investment in the facilities.
NAC MG UK has announced that its new TF LE500 will be priced from £16,399 when it goes on sale in September.
Siemens Motor Contracts has been appointed sole provider of business finance to SsangYong’s dealer network.
East Anglian dealer group Dingles has taken on the Subaru and Isuzu franchises for Norfolk.
Isuzu has increased its dealer representation in Northern Ireland with the appointment of Downey Cars in County Down.
Robert Forrester, Vertu Motors managing director, has raised his stake in the company to 3.21% after buying 70,000 shares.
Bentley Motors apprentice, Jame Garratt, has been named the Institute of the Motor Industry's outstanding technical student of the year.
Westover Group has added Peugeot for the first time with the acquisition of three sites that fit well with its other dealerships along the south coast, said chairman Peter Wood.
Work has started on a £1.5 million dealership for Heartlands Ford in Birmingham.
Arnold Clark has run into problems with the restoration of a Glasgow site after opposition from residents.
An exhibition stand designer has developed a new stand specifically aimed at dealers to display models outside their dealership.
After the downfall of Lada, Ken Brown Motors turned to Kia and hasn’t looked back
Lookers has denied reports that it is looking to make mass redundancies and close underperforming sites across its network.
Reflex Vehicle Sales has relocated from Middlesbrough to Stockton.
Honda is holding test drive events this month as part of a new marketing campaign that encourages prospects to 'feel Honda for the day'.
Paul West of Inchcape Volkswagen in Chelmsford has become the 9,000th technician to achieve the Automotive Technician Accreditation standard, governed by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
Twelve complaints against Daimler Chrysler for its Jeep 4x4 range press ad have not been upheld by the advertising watchdog.
Mini has approved exchangeandmart.co.uk as a sales and marketing platform for its retail network.
The Hyundai-Kia Automotive Group has been named the fifth biggest car manufacturer in the world.
A relaunch is being planned this month for Top Marques, the classified advertising magazine and website for prestige vehicles published by the company behind Auto Trader.
Bristol-based Carco Group has bought Bryan Brothers' Citroen site in Bristol for an undisclosed sum.
An independent workshop has been fined £20,000 for health and safety breaches which led to the death of a technician.
