Nanjing Automobile is planning to develop a Healey sports car following its acquisition of rights to use the brand name.
The AA has merged with Saga, the insurance and service provider for the over-50s.
But seriously, the British summer is absolute bobbins I tell you. Even Kia’s new C’eed advert is set in a downpour. It’s instantly recognisable that the people in the advert are driving in the UK.
Today Fiat Auto (UK) Limited has changed its name to Fiat Group Automobiles UK Ltd.
Vertu Motors has acquired four Honda car dealerships and one Honda motorcycle dealership in the East Midlands, through the purchase of the entire share capital of Grantham Motor Company Limited for £4.6m in cash.
Volkswagen has revealed the first official images of its Tiguan, which will go on sale in the UK in February.
Ford Retail, the car sales division of Ford Motor Company, has sold its dealership site in Dagenham, Essex, to London Thames Gateway Development Corporation for £6.4 million.
Euro NCAP has appointed Michiel van Ratingen as its next secretary general.
Pendragon is predicting a £20m hit on its profitability this year, and a further £10m hit in 2008. It blames a downturn in consumer spending and over-supply in the new car market.
Major delays in registration for VAT are causing many businesses significant cashflow problems.
Employers and their staff could be leaving themselves open to fines from the Revenue & Customs for failing to report non-cash incentive and award schemes.
Government changes to holiday entitlement could put huge pressure on motor trade businesses in the run-up to Christmas.
UK companies employing workers through overseas agencies need to be aware that they are responsible for their employees’ PAYE contributions.
Fiat is in the middle of its UK journey to 100,000 sales a year, according to Fiat Auto UK managing director Giulio Salomone.
Volvo is introducing a Sport R-Design specification for its Volvo C30, S40 and V50 models.
Charles Davis has joined BEN as director of fundraising and communications.
Marcus Reynolds, sales manager for Perry's in Milton Keynes has been named as the winner of a Sony Playstation 3 given away at AM’s Autoretailing 2007.
New materials, an ever-increasing mass of wiring and technology and wilder designs with lots of glass present all sorts of challenges for garages to contend with. Even 10 years ago most small cars would be fairly basic by today’s standards; no air conditioning in most, and fairly common repair methods all round.
On the back of its best-ever first-quarter sales, Seat is bullishly predicting doubling its new car market share from 1.5% to 3% within a few years.
Camden Motors has a strategy for sustainable growth across its businesses.
Since launching lotsof.net one year ago some 380 franchised dealers have signed up to the website, which provides leasing companies with a search and buy facility to find the most competitive deals.
Inchcape’s results for the first six months of the year, ending June 30, are in line with its expectations.
Peugeot’s first ‘8’ generation model, the 308, will reach UK customers in September.
NAC MG UK has said it has received ‘overwhelming response’ to its request for dealer applications in the run up to the launch of its MG TF sportscar.
The Dodge Caliber scored four out of five stars for adult occupant protection in Euro NCAP’s latest safety test results.
CAP has appointed Sarah Carter as its new key account manager for the vehicle manufacturing sector.
Nanjing’s much-trumpeted relaunch of the MG TF roadster at Longbridge on May 29 turned into a damp squib.
Platinum Motor Group is continuing to focus on its online activities as it gears up to revamp its main homepage and launch an intranet for its dealers.
Subaru is rewarding its top performing dealer partners with a trip to Japan to experience its brand new Impreza model before customer deliveries start in September.
Took most of Saturday to recover from the Citroen C-Crosser launch near the Pyrenees in France on Thursday/Friday. And no, it wasn’t because I had indulged.
