Citroen has enhanced its 125bhp C2 1.6i 16V VTS supermini with extra equipment.
Porsche will increase its share in Volkswagen to 30.9% on Wednesday in order to ‘stop hedge funds dismantling company’.
The Office of Fair Trading is not referring Inchcape to the Competition Commission, following its acquisition of European Motor Holdings in February.
Gilbran has launched a shared equity property scheme, designed to help dealer groups and individuals gain an equity stake in property without having to provide up-front funding.
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Automaster, the dealer management systems provider, has added several of Experian’s service programmes into its own DMS system.
Businessman Phillip Carter, chief executive of Nottingham-based firm Carter & Carter Group, has been awarded the title of Entrepreneur of Year for 2006 at the PLC Awards.
Perrys Citroën and Vauxhall is expanding with the addition of a £1m Mazda showroom and PDI centre at its Barugh Green site.
Dealers are being offered new detection technology to protect their sites while at the same time minimizing false alarms.
Paul Philpott, managing director of Kia Motors (UK), has won an ‘Achiever’ award from Motor Industry Magazine, published by the Institute of the Motor Industry.
Colt Cars Mid-West has begun work on its £4m Cheltenham and Gloucester dealership, which will bring the group’s total number of sites to 10.
Nidd Vale Group has bucked the national trend for falling new cars despite shunning high volume fleet deals in favour of a strategy focusing on retail sales.
Ford has had its knuckles rapped by the Advertising Standards Authority over its TV advertising linked with James Bond film Casino Royale.
New car production figures took an 11.8% dive in February to 115,651 units.
Škoda has appointed two new senior members to its business sales team in order to help the brand achieve recognition in the fleet market.
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Mazda will focus on ‘manufacturing innovation and accelerated structural reforms’ in its new four-year mid-term plans for fiscal years 2007 to 2010.
Proton has given its Lotus sports brand a £40 million loan order for the Norfolk-based company to clear its debts.
Administrators at Carshock have closed the business with immediate effect.
Land Rover’s new Freelander 2 has been awarded a five star rating in the Euro NCAP for adult passenger safety.
Mercedes-Benz has increased the price of its models by an average of 0.6% in its annual inflationary review.
Vauxhall has launched a special edition version of its Tigra in preparation for the summer.
Windsors Motor group has added Nissan to its two acre site in Wallasey, Wirral.
Vauxhall’s new Corsa hatchback can now be fitted with a VXR styling kit.
Manheim has launched a new market bulletin designed to bring commentary on the used car market for the previous month.
Caffyns has received £2.98 million from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) after a claim made as a result of the Marks & Spencer European Court case.
In our first video interview with leading figures in the UK automotive industry, AM editor Stephen Briers talks to Bernard Bradley, Honda UK head of sales, at the 2007 Geneva Motor Show this month.
Dealer principals now earn more than £60,000 a year, while other franchised dealer staff pay increases were recorded at below the UK average.
