The first car dealer banned from selling vehicles from a roadside pitch in the UK has been jailed for continually posing as a private seller.
Honda has reacted to 24/7 on demand television culture by launching its own internet TV channel.
Three of the most experienced dealer principals in the Hatfields group are swapping roles with each other as part of a management restructure.
Howard Basford, the independent accident repair group, has acquired Formby based bodyshop business, Auto & Marine for an undisclosed sum.
Lotus Cars has appointed Drivestyle Horseless Carriages in Harrogate as its latest addition to its dealer network.
Ian White has taken independent control of TW White & Sons’ Milford Mazda site, which will now be known as Guildford Mazda, following a demerger.
Suzuki is expecting to appoint new dealers for Milton Keynes and Northampton by the end of the year, to replace three-site dealer group Braylake Motors, which went into administration in October.
Recent changes to MoT rules on vehicle number plates have been temporarily suspended, meaning testers cannot fail a vehicle on these points until the deferment is lifted, warns the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMIF).
Proton will no longer seek to pair up with another manufacturing giant following a decision by the Malaysian government.
Hendy Group has secured a deal with LDV to sell commercial vehicles through three of its dealerships in the south west.
Hybrids are on the way from ambitious Korean car maker Kia, but don’t expect to see them in Europe until at least 2011 or 2012.
Wright’s Mazda in Norwich has been named best dealership in the UK for customer satisfaction for the second year running by Mazda’s European president.
Janice Kennedy will join Honda (UK) as its new head of sales for cars on December 1.
L&L Automotive has gone from “cornershop to superstore” with the opening of its third Mercedes-Benz showroom in Stevenage, the first time the manufacturer has had a presence in the rapidly expanding town.
More than 200 fleet dealers and their customers from the UK attended the Volks-wagen Fleet Congress and Tiguan launch in Spain.
Unions are meeting with potential bidders for Ford’s Jaguar and Land Rover brands today in a bid to gain support from ministers and workers.
Mercedes-Benz UK is “trying to resist the market pressures that are turning prestige into volume”, according to director of passenger cars Dermot Kelly.
Master mechanic Martyn Owen at Pebley Beach Suzuki Swindon has become the first person to win Suzuki Technician of the Year title three times.
The European market for new cars grew 5.6% (or 69,183 units) in October 2007 compared to the same month last year, with a total volume of 1,298,704 units.
Experian has confirmed Kirk Fletcher as its permanent managing director for its automotive division following his eight month period as acting MD.
If there’s currently no Kia showroom within a half-hour drive of your door, there should be soon.
Neil Moscrop, Peugeot UK’s new sales director, has set higher car and van sales twinned with better dealer profitability as his aims for 2008.
Industry figures insist the code of practice for the car servicing and repair industry is moving forward after the text of the code was agreed by all members of the Retail Motor Strategy Group (RMSG) last week.
There’s been quite a bit of talk on the AM Forum recently about differing standards between UK showrooms and those on the Continent.
Mitsubishi sold its entire 300 unit allocation of its new i city car within two and a half weeks when it was launched in July this year and has already sold 50% of its next UK allocation.
Caffyns has exchanged conditional contracts to sell its vacant freehold site in East Grinstead in Sussex to Alburn, the property developer.
Kia’s new Picanto and revised Sportage are now on sale in the UK.
The Fiat 500 has won the Car of the Year award after being voted for by an international jury made up of 58 journalists from 22 European countries.
Arnold Clark, Scotland’s dominant motor retailer, has made its biggest advance into England with the acquisition of the £250 million Patterson Motor Group.
Over the next 10 years, point of sales finance will continue to disappear.
