Motorworld, the dealer group of Midcounties Co-operative Society, is rebranding its outlets as Co-operative Motors.
The head of Honda UK’s car marketing, Jeff Dodds, has quit after one year in the role.
Skoda recorded its highest ever sales record in March with 60,665 units sold, 14.8% than the same month last year.
Springfield Motor Group has pulled back from a deal to sell its seven franchised dealerships to Peter Vardy.
Mutterings in the corridors of power are starting to turn to the imminent review of Block Exemption.
A car that runs on compressed air could be available in the UK within two years.
Disgruntled retailers have accused the AA’s roadside recovery agents of carrying out inaccurate assessments on their customers’ cars.
The American dealer management system (DMS) Arkona will be brought to the UK by MCL Group, it has been announced.
Dealers are being warned about a change in consumer credit laws which are in effect now.
An extra 450 jobs will be created by BMW to meet demand for Mini as production is stepped up to 240,000 cars a year from 2008.
Alex Smith and Daniel Entwistle, both apprentices at Colin Appleyard, have successfully completed the Suzuki Advanced Apprenticeship Programme.
Chris Blue has left Volkswagen Fleet Services where he has worked for the past three years as national fleet sales manager to take up a new role as national fleet manager in Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
Mitsubishi UK has won a commitment from 11 non-franchised dealers to stop selling new and nearly-new cars imported from outside official European channels.
A number of Far East and Middle East automotive retail businesses are looking to enter the UK car retail market, while others from the region are looking to expand their existing presence.
European carmakers might reach an agreement on how to share the burden of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new vehicles by July, the head of ACEA said this week.
Results from sales around the UK.
MG owner Nanjing Automotive is in exclusive negotiations with Room 521, an agency set up by Cogent chairman Bill Husselby, to handle the marque's relaunch in the UK.
European new car sales were weak in the first quarter of 2007 – some 0.3% down on the same period of 2006, according to ACEA, the European vehicle traders association.
James Press has been appointed as a director to the board of Toyota Motor Corporation.
Honda has now dropped the customer satisfaction index aspect of its dealer bonus scheme, as first reported by AM in October 2006.
A new car website has been launched providing motorists with a single location to access every service for buying and managing their car – claimed to be a UK first.
Building work is soon to start on a £8.2m automotive teaching facility for Castle College at the Highfields Science and Technology Park in Nottingham.
Hodgson Newcastle is a retail sales-driven business with its sights set on becoming the north-east’s most innovative motor retailer. And one that is debt free.
The long-awaited successor to Nissan’s Skyline GT-R supercoupé is now well within sight after a five-year hiatus.
AM editor Stephen Briers talks to Chris Hayden, Ford Retail chairman and CEO.
A new website designed to combat the unscrupulous selling of illegal and unsafe used cars is launching this week.
The high profile collapse of Car Shock last month, preceded by the failure of the finance company-owned Karma Cars and the decision by Mark Kass to sell his Mage Cars business after less than a year, has led some to question whether the era of the car supermarket is drawing to a close.
Windsors Motor group has added Nissan to its two-acre site in Wallasey, Wirral.
Kirk Kerkorian, the billionaire US investor, has suffered a setback in his $4.5bn (£2.3bn) bid to buy Chrysler as it has emerged that DaimlerChrysler, its parent, believes his all cash offer is too low.
Peugeot will launch a high powered GTI version of the 207 in June, powered by a turbo-charged 175bhp petrol engine.
