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The head of Honda sales will be targeting his old employers at BMW when the new Accord goes on sale next summer.

The Mitsubishi service plan, launched in July 2007, has seen customer sales and service satisfaction scores at an all-time high.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders reports that last month followed the 2007 trend of growth in car production.

Chevrolet is hoping to get 2008 off to a strong start with a large Boxing Day sale.

London taxi manufacturer LTI Vehicles has appointed former SsangYong UK operations director Rob Laidler as sales director.

Inchcape has completed its acquisition of a 75.1% shareholding in Audi and Peugeot retail businesses in St Petersburg, Russia.

Mitsubishi has announced prices and a model line-up for the new Lancer range, including the Evolution X, ahead of its UK launch in February.

The Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) has presented The Certificate of Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF) Competence to its 2,000th recipient.

AI Claims Solutions has formed a partnership with DuPont Performance Coatings to audit quality standards in AI’s bodyshop network.

Bristol & London, the credit hire business, has announced it will withdraw from the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange later this month.

EuroNCAP has revealed its latest crash test results, with four of the six new models achieving the full five stars for adult occupant protection.

Ebbon-Dacs’s DMS has gained solus recommendation by the Retail Automobile Alliance, a buying and co-operation body comprising dealer groups.

Technicians at franchised dealer John Grose in Diss made an unusual diagnosis while fixing a customer’s MG.

Group Lotus plc, the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing, City College Norwich and the Learning and Skills Council’s Train to Gain service have joined forces to provide a Level 2 NVQ training course in Business Improvement Techniques (B-IT).

Dealers will be able to offer free annual insurance to new and used car buyers, thanks to an additional sales tool called Free-Insure, provided by HPI.

Five car showrooms in Dublin were raided last week and almost 40 luxury cars impounded, including Bentleys, Range Rovers and Mercedes, as part of an ongoing crackdown on tax irregularities in the Irish motor trade.

Accident management specialist WNS Assistance is launching a national bodyshop award to highlight outstanding repairers within its network.

Two thirds of UK motorists would buy a car with better green credentials to avoid paying higher road tax, according to a survey by Motorpoint.

Hyundai has signed a £199m deal to build a car plant in north west Russia, with construction due to start in the first half of 2008, the BBC reports.

Inchcape this morning said business “continues to be in line with expectations” in a pre-close trading update for the calendar year.

A new Kia dealership in Surrey will open on January 1 2008.

Two thirds of insurance and accident management companies fully support the bodyshop Thatcham BSi Kitemark, according to a Auto Body Professionals Club (ABP) survey.

Westover Nissan is holding an event to commemorate the carmaker’s involvement in Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman’s fund-raising 'The Long Way Down' expedition.

BMW has announced pricing for its new X6 SUV coupe crossover vehicle ahead of the UK launch in May 2008.

Ford has released the first image of the high performance RS version of its newly facelifted Focus hatchback, which it has confirmed is due for launch in 2009.

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) has warned that the economy will decelerate next year as a result of the credit squeeze and continued oil price rises.

An AM supplement dedicated to finance and insurance has been published as a free ezine.

Ford is reportedly poised to announce Indian carmaker Tata as the buyer of its Jaguar and Land Rover businesses.

The EU may allow carmakers to team up and form pools to help meet new carbon dioxide emissions limits, press agency Reuters reported today.

Land Rover has revealed the future design of its models in the guise of the new LRX concept.