Dale Wyatt has been appointed general manager in charge of dealer development at Suzuki GB in Milton Keynes.
Ever wondered about the competing pressures of making cars cleaner and more fuel efficient, at the same time as safer, comfier and faster?
Mercedes-Benz dealers are offering owners an air-conditioning system check for £49.
Fiat’s Powertrain Technologies has developed a high performance 1.9 JTD MultiJet diesel engine for the manufacturer to use in its Fiat, Lancia and Alfa Romeo models.
Nissan is to invest a further £2.4 million in its Sunderland plant to increase Qashqai production.
Ford is seeking buyers for its Jaguar and Land Rover brands in Europe as the money- losing manufacturer seeks to focus on its North American business.
Christopher Macgowan is to step down from the SMMT at the end of this year. Should we judge his nine-year tenure as chief executive as a success?
Two former directors of European Motor Holdings (EMH) have returned to motor retailing three months after selling the business with ambitions to build a new dealer group.
AM has won been named Trade Journal of the Year by BEN, the motor industry charity.
Despite a 10% increase in sales, Caffyns has a lot more work to do before it shows a level of return that is better than “poor” from its franchise mix, according to an industry analyst.
<img src="../_images/articles/blacktie.jpg" hspace="5" vspace="5" align="left" alt="AM100 black tie dinner"> The evening is an opportunity to meet friends and colleagues in the retail industry and see the official unveiling of the new AM100 listing of automotive retail groups.
A Lithuanian catwalk queen is proving a model saleswoman after joining the team at a Seat dealership in Milton Keynes.
Two-thirds of women either made or had significant input into the car buying decision in their household, according to the Society of Motor Manufacturer’s and Traders (SMMT) Women and Motoring survey.
ASDA has teamed up with the RAC to launch its own motor breakdown cover service.
Management at Leeds-based Zenith Vehicle Contracts, one the UK’s largest independent vehicle leasing companies, have completed their third buyout of the company in less than four years.
Daihatsu’s new Materia mini-MPV goes on sale in July and will be priced from £10,995 on-the-road.
MirraChrome, the chrome-effect spray paint, is now available direct in the UK through Autopaint International, thanks to a distributorship agreement with American paintmaker, the Alsa Corporation,
Inchcape has paid £60.5m for Latvian dealer group Baltic Motors in the latest move towards its expansion in international growth markets.
Daihatsu will be holding a three-day test drive promotional event in 60 Tesco stores across the UK to coincide with a national TV campaign dubbed ‘Crazy Not To’.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) chief executive Christopher Macgowan has announced he will leave the trade body at the end of the year.
Knights BMW and Mini is on track to relocate from Pool Dam in Newcastle to new premises at Radial Park near Stoke-on-Trent next month.
Thatcham is implementing a change which will increase the number of insurance groups from 20 to 50 in the next 18 months.
HR Owen is considering expansion of its network of premium car brand franchises following a promising start to 2007.
Dr Christopher Borroni-Bird, General Motors director of advanced technology vehicle concepts, talks at World Environment Day in London about fuel cell technology.
Mike Dodds, a former main board director at William Jacks, is planning to open a new Jaguar dealership in Watford.
Car dealers and manufacturers are bracing themselves for another rise in interest rates this summer, despite the hold announced yesterday.
Dealers are concerned about the legality of trade plates after a garage was fined £97 for taking an untaxed ex-demonstration vehicle on a test drive.
Honda UK has been pushed into acting after its global president suggested future investment rested on joining the Euro.
Toyota’s global hybrid vehicle sales have topped the one million mark, with approximately 1,047,000 units sold worldwide as of May 31, 2007.
The board of directors of ACEA, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, has accepted the application of Toyota Motor Europe (TME) to become a full member.
