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Inchcape, the independent international automotive retailer has opened its new Toyota showroom on Pride Park in Derby.

Howard Basford, Britain’s largest independently owned accident repair group, is actively seeking to increase its network of nine sites across the north west.

Fiat’s new 500 supermini will go on sale on July 4 in Italy, exactly 50 years from when the original 500 was first launched.

The Henson Motor Group has unveiled plans to increase turnover from £13 million to £100m and create more than 250 jobs in the next three years.

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying this 7-series was a clean break from its conservative predecessor.

Research has now confirmed what has been anecdotally reported for some time now – that good quality part exchange volumes are significantly down and reducing.

PSA Peugeot Citroën has today announced that contracts have been exchanged for the sale of the 140 acre Ryton site to Trenport Investments Limited.

In the Sixties, the US car industry was focused on a horsepower race – which car could claim the highest power output, with figures of up to 470bhp for production models.

Britain’s first official Hummer dealership has opened its doors. Right-hand drive versions of the smallest vehicle, the H3, are on sale now and will arrive in the summer.

Next year’s new XF saloon is the car to bring Jaguar screaming into the 21st century, according to company officials.

Saab Great Britain has presented its own ‘BioPower Budget’ to Gordon Brown ahead of his own Budget tomorrow.

The sale of TVR and Aston Martin is a fascinating insight into Britain’s bipolar sports car industry.

Citroen has launched its five seat version of the new C4 Picasso.

Automotive Skills is set to merge with the Institute of the Motor Industry in a move destined to give fresh impetus to the sector’s drive for skills improvements.

Perrys Motor Sales has completed the purchase of Lancashire-based Vantage Group’s four Vauxhall dealerships for an undisclosed price.

The general manager of a Vauxhall dealer in Wellingborough, Northants received an unpleasant shock when he opened a local newspaper to find that the council planned to redevelop the land the dealership is located on.

Slow sales have forced Pendragon to shut two Stratstone Cadillac outlets in Swansea and Cheltenham.

Two recent news stories highlight the need for retailers to have regular communication with their customers: recalls and the high number that slip through the network every time a manufacturer issues a notice, and the faulty fuel concerns that has affected an estimated 10,000 drivers.

A Metropolitan police chief has ordered the first inquiry into improperly repaired ultra high strength steel (UHSS) components in modern cars leading to road accidents.

Gilbran, the European automotive real estate company, has bought a 1.48 acre site in Gillingham, Kent, for a prestige vehicle dealership development.

Toyota will launch its most powerful Yaris model yet on April 1.

The Chrysler Group's difficulties are becoming a burden for DaimlerChrysler AG, but a member of the German automaker's governing supervisory board has said he would oppose a deal leading to a breakup of the carmaker.

One year ago, Volkswagen MD Paul Willis stood in front of his retail network and told them that he was embarrassed by their lack of profits during the previous 12 months.

Cars are getting bigger and parking spaces are getting smaller, so what if instead of reversing out of a tiny space you could just rotate the cabin and drive out forward?

Land Rover will update its Defender for 2007 on April 16.

European new car sales have dipped by 2.6% to 28,814 units in February.

British summer time begins on Sunday, March 25 and road safety group GEM Motoring Assist (formerly the Guild of Experienced Motorists) is renewing its campaign to force the Government to make it the last time clocks are altered.

Alex Smith, commercial director of Kia Motors UK, is leaving the company.

Renault insists that nothing is wrong with its Clio II model after customers have experienced the car's bonnet popping up while driving.

Kia Motors and the University College for the Creative Arts in the UK have joined together to create an automotive design challenge.