Peugeot took a different approach. It launched the 4007 at Longleat Safari Park. And included an overnight stay in luxury teepees. That’s not an oxymoron, these Nordic wigwams had posh beds used by the Ritz and Claridges with the finest cotton linen.
Average values of dealer part exchanges mirrored the general market trend in June with prices falling for the second consecutive month.
Unite’s first meeting with Ford over the possible sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover brands was ‘highly charged, but inconclusive’.
Mazda is taking its cars to the shopping centre to let potential customers have a test-drive around the car park.
Peugeot plans to cut its UK retail network by around 30 outlets by 2010, in order to make the remaining dealers more profitable.
Lincolnshire Nissan and Renault dealer Crystal Motor Group has added BMW and Mini to its franchises with the purchase of Astle Group.
After months of debate, discussion and deliberation, the Government gave the Institute of the Motor Industry the green light to merge with Automotive Skills.
Family-owned Renault dealership Gravells of Kidwelly is to build a new £3 million workshop and showroom in an expansion that could create up to 20 new jobs.
CAP’s John Dennis steps up to role of national sector manager for finance and insurance.
Dealers pursuing a ‘class action’ against HM Revenue & Customs could stand to win four times the amount of VAT compound interest owed to them on demonstrator vehicles, sums that could run into millions of pounds.
Manheim has acquired NXGN, the UK’s provider of online motorcycle marketing solutions, for an undisclosed sum.
After a period of regular acquisitions and expansion, UK No1 dealer Pendragon faces its biggest challenges since it was formed in 1989.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has launched its first approved used car programme for its six UK dealerships, aiming to give customers similar quality assurance and service to a new car.
Staffordshire-based retail group Knights BMW and Mini has opened its £10m new-build site at Radial Park near Stoke-on-Trent. It will be one of the largest BMW dealerships in the country.
Portsmouth-based Hendy Group will open its a multi-million pound new dealership in Eastleigh at the end of July, housing its second Kia franchise alongside its existing local Ford and Mazda franchises which will be relocated to the new site.
Audi Warrington has relocated to a new site on Gemini Retail Park, Westbrook in Warrington after outgrowing its previous location.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has unveiled its new Phantom Drophead Coupé for the first time in Spain, at its dealership in Marbella.
Retail demand for used 4x4s is flagging, while new figures show that depreciation has been significantly steeper than in other vehicle sectors over the past two years, according to new research by CAP.
Shay Bannon, Toby Underwood & Graham Newton, business restructuring partners at BDO Stoy Hayward, have been appointed as Joint Administrators of Dixon Motor Holdings Ltd, trading as Dixon.
Prices for the majority of mass market three-year-old cars have been falling at an above average rate in recent months, according to EurotaxGlass's.
A new website aimed at providing small garages and automotive engineering firms with a range of high quality safety footwear has been launched.
Caffyns has issued an interim management statement declaring the ongoing progress of the group since publishing its end of year results.
Honda UK has appointed Harvey Hughes to lead its corporate sales department.
UK passenger car production saw a 1.3% drop to 137,502 units in June.
In the words of author W.L.Bateman, “if you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got”.
Honda’s Civic Hybrid and Skoda’s new Fabia have received their ratings from the latest Euro NCAP safety tests.
The National Franchised Dealers Association has asked the new Minister for Competitiveness, Stephen Timms, to reduce red tape to help small businesses.
Dealers can now register for Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF), the Finance & Leasing Association’s initiative to stem the decline in point-of-sale finance.
Carlyle Finance chief executive officer Mark Standish has praised dealers for their support at the start of a series of changes aimed at boosting motor finance point-of-sale business.
