Workshops should expect to be providing a lot of coil packs this winter after AA Warranty highlighted a list of components most likely to break.
Karputer, the European in-car computing systems provider, has been awarded a patent for vehicle-mounted computer systems.
DaimlerChrysler AG, the parent company of the Milton Keynes-based Mercedes and Chrysler brands in the UK has officially been renamed Daimler AG.
Fiat dealers in the UK can expect another round of meet-and-greets in the next few months as they are introduced to yet another Fiat Group UK managing director.
Citroen will withdraw its C4 TV advert in its current form, after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld two complaints about the ad which states: “With only 120g CO2 per kilometre, it’s the lowest in its class.”
New media is taking larger and larger slices of car company advertisement revenues as on-line networking sites become increasingly popular as a hunting ground for potential customers.
Network Automotive has launched a new training programme to help dealer staff generate more sales by forging closer relationships with local business users.
Alba Diagnostics, the Glenrothe based brake fluid tester manufacturer, has appointed Graham Burns as UK sales manager.
Hyundai is hoping to double its city car sales to 10,000 a year with the introduction of its i10 city car, the latest edition to its i car range.
Former Chrysler Group UK boss Simon Elliott is returning to the role following the sudden exit of current managing director Peter Lambert this week.
SMMT has announced that Paul Everitt will be its new chief executive. He will take over from Chris Macgowan on January 2, 2008.
Oxford-based Hartwell Group has registered its female employees up to a new Government initiative to improve the skills and career opportunities for women employed in traditionally ‘male-dominated’ professions.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has relaunched its quality control scheme for bodyshops as a stepping stone to the British Standards Institute (BSI) PAS 125 Kitemark.
The Right to Repair Campaign (R2RC), a scheme aiming to safeguard consumer choice and effective competition in the market for replacement parts, tools and equipment, servicing was officially launched in London this morning.
It just so happens that I'd booked the car in for a service, so I went down to my local dealer on they way back from work. They gave me a number for a reliable tow bloke and said
Lookers has completed its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Dutton Forshaw Group, the motor retail division of Lloyds TSB Asset Finance Division for £53 million.
Solent Motor Group’s business manager, Andy Fenner, is the first dealer employee to gain the Finance & Leasing Association’s specialist automotive finance (SAF) certificate of competence.
Investigations into investigations sound like just the sort of madness civil servants would condone.
Here’s the proof that Ford is following up its slinky Verve concept car with a new, more stylish supermini. The Fiesta will be replaced next year by this new three- and five-door hatchback.
Gary Arthur, a technician at Specialist Cars Volkswagen in Aberdeen, has won the manufacturer’s UK final for its service qualification world championships.
Sales in September was the dog that didn’t bark. Everyone had been expecting a downturn as the UK economy weakened, but registrations actually grew by 1.3% for the month and 2.0% year-to-date.
BMW’s 1 Series coupe will go on sale on November 24 as the ‘halo’ model in the line-up.
National Car Rental and ALD Automotive have agreed to supply cars to BEN, the automotive industry charity.
MSX International has bought Actuate Business Solutions, based in Fleet, Hampshire for an undisclosed sum.
The UK has the highest proportion of debt related to personal income in the developed world, reaching 164% in 2006 – in other words, as a nation, we are in the red.
Has bubble burst for car supermarkets?
A new high-level report from Professor Peter Cooke, KPMG professor at the University of Buckingham, suggests that retailers should adopt new strategies to meet the needs of a growing market – the family fleet.
BSI Product Services has launched an associate consultant programme (ACP), designed to help bodyshops meet the Thatcham BSI Kitemark standard.
Audatex is gathering information from manufacturers to introduce a graphics update which will highlight the use of boron steel in modern vehicle construction.
Allianz is proposing an extension of its recycled parts programme, which would offer owners of vehicles less than five years old the chance to use recycled parts in their repair for the first time.
