The Retail Motor Industry Federation has sparked a row with taxi operators and manufacturers after blaming black cabs for pollution.
Vertu Motors has said it is on track to deliver its strategic business goals, in its first trading statement today.
Pendragon’s exclusive UK sales rights for Cadillac and Corvette have ended two years before its contract was due for renegotiation.
I had a disagreement with a senior AM100 boss a couple of months back, someone who I have a lot of respect for.
Arnold Clark has purchased Ian Grieve’s Vauxhall sites at Stirling and nearby Alloa in Scotland.
A Scottish car dealer has offered to pay the DVLA a premium in order to receive cherished number plates faster than the four to six- week turnaround time promised by the authority.
Nissan will expand the production of its Qashqai crossover, adding new capacity at the Kyushu plant in Japan.
The word ‘Jaguar’ will start to be ditched from the back of production cars within two or three years, the firm’s design boss has confirmed.
Carter & Carter has acquired Blackwater House, a training operation in Northern Ireland, for £980,000 in cash.
The SMMT is holding a remanufacturing forum on November 13, aimed at forming a committee for the first time and raising awareness of the industry.
AM editor Stephen Briers talks to Mark Squires, chief executive of Benfield Motors.
Lookers has acquired Dixon Motors’ Ford site in Sheffield for an undisclosed sum.
Mazda has given its used car programme a complete overhaul and a new name as it looks to build on growing customer awareness of its zoom-zoom brand.
Independent repairers are being forced to buy equipment to reset service lights in Volkswagen cars because dealers are refusing to reset them unless a Volkswagen invoice can be produced for the service.
CV questions to industry high flyers.
Park’s of Hamilton has launched a scheme to make motoring more affordable for first-time car buyers aged between 17 and 24.
The latest industry appointments.
An unofficial Pendragon internet forum has been set up for employees to ‘voice their opinion of the workplace in an anonymous manner without fear of repercussions’.
North west car retailer Halliwell Jones Group has acquired Premier Cars for an undisclosed sum.
The Fiat 500, Kia Cee’d and Peugeot 308 are the latest models to receive a five star rating adult occupant protection from Euro NCAP.
There is uncertainty over whether HR Owen will continue its links with BMW after announcing it is in talks to sell ‘some or all’ of its BMW dealerships.
Mitsubishi will preview its compact SUV concept at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.
Dodge will unveil its seven seat Journey SUV crossover model at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.
Kia has moved to quell fears that it is moving away from fleet, after deliberately reducing business sales by more than 40%.
Honda’s top-spec Civic Hybrid model will cost £19,300 when it hits British roads in November.
Volkswagen is working on a cut-price version of the Mercedes-Benz CLS saloon-cum-coupe.
Honda will present the world debut of the Accord Tourer Concept at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show.
The all new Jaguar XF makes its global debut on September 11, at the Frankfurt Motor Show.
More people in the UK could use car finance deals to buy a new motor this year, research suggests.
Customs officers are visiting retailers who sell cars to disabled people to assess them for VAT as a result of an ongoing investigation into an alleged multi-million pound tax evasion scam.
