Ebay Motors has partnered with insurancewide.com, an insurance comparison site, to provide its visitors with a choice of different insurance options.
The motor trade could be seriously affected if new legislation on temporary workers, which is being considered by the European Union, is implemented.
Dealer principals hold the success of dealerships in their hands.
Mazda will offer its supermini Mazda2 as a three-door for the first time this year.
Corgi, the British toy manufacturer, has “beaten Detroit to the punch” by signing with a fuel cell manufacturer to develop eco-friendly toys that run on water.
A Kia you can boast about is how the South Korean car company would like people to see the new three-door Pro_Cee’d.
Caledonia Motors has put all of its dealerships into receivership.
BMW may launch an environmentally focussed brand separate to its BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce marques.
The similarities between the UK and South African new car markets and what the two industries can learn from each other were the main topics of discussion when the RMI’s National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) received a visit from South African dealers this week.
Remember the Volkswagen Scirocco and Corrado? Fans of compact coupés talk fondly of Volkswagen’s affordable sports cars from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, ruing the day Wolfsburg pulled them from its brochures back in 1995.
While Toyota and GM slug it out to be number one worldwide, there is another company claiming that it will surpass both by 2018 – Volkswagen.
Fiat launched the new Fiat 500 in the UK last night with a flight in one of the London Eye capsules.
Ford Retail’s dealers in the north of England have signed up to ResponseTrack from Experian to make sure dealer staff don't miss any customer calls.
Vertu Motors has completed a lease for a new Motor Nation used car centre in Doncaster.
MoT testing stations are being left out of pocket after having to pay for a connection test between a vehicle emissions analysis device and an MoT computer which has now been scrapped.
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Unite, the UK’s largest trade union, wants the Government to give more support to the automotive industry, which contributes £9 billion to the economy annually.
Seat has spotted the shift in popularity towards white as a colour option and added it to its Leon range.
BMW’s M3 convertible will reach the UK in April.
Daihatsu UK is testing a five-year warranty on two models, hoping the ‘peace of mind’ approach initiated by Kia and Hyundai will help to continue the 24% sales growth achieved in 2007.
An Inchcape Retail Mercedes-Benz dealership, part of the group that wants to be the world’s “most customer-centric business”, has been accused of quoting £4,376 for a service job that cost £36.25.
Finance deals are expected to play an important role in sales of new cars this year.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is cutting back on detailed insurance-selling rules but tightening up where customers are not being treated fairly.
Perrys Motor Sales finance and insurance manager David Johnson is urging more dealers to rise to the challenge of winning back finance business.
The Finance & Leasing Association wants to raise point-of-sale finance sales above the 45% achieved in 2007.
Seat has added an economical version of its Ibiza to the model in its 2008 revisions to the range.
Despite poor market conditions in 2007 – pressures from the credit crunch, the demise of Northern Rock and falling house prices – Black Horse remains optimistic about 2008 and the future of the point of sale market.
Caffyns expects the success of its performance for 2007 to come down to the final two months of the financial year after a slowdown in retail demand.
The latest version of one of America’s most iconic sports cars, the Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 will be available in the UK in left-hand-drive only from the end of this year, although the order book is already filling up.
A potential strike by tax workers means that motor retailers subject to the self-assessment tax regime need to ensure that they complete their tax returns as soon as possible, warns the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF).
