Subaru will sell a version of Daihatsu’s Sirion as its new Justy.
Skoda has made two new senior appointments in its business sales team to help the brand’s relationship with fleet managers.
The Car Shop Megastore, the car supermarket group, is to open the UK’s largest indoor car showroom as part of its plan to double its existing network of sites in Cardiff, Manchester and Northampton by the end of 2008.
Honda UK has chosen Kalamazoo-Reynolds to provide its new dealer management system.
Audatex, the claims solutions company, will take to the road this year with a series of road shows as part of its heightened customer communications programme.
US firm Group 1 Automotive has bought Chandlers Garage Holdings Ltd, comprising three BMW/Mini dealerships in the south east of England.
February new car registrations were down 3.2% (2,410 units) to 73,586 units compared to the same month last year.
Inchcape is to sell up to 47 dealerships in the UK in order to focus on fewer brands and expand its overseas operations.
Scotland was the only region in the UK which recorded a rise in new car registrations in February.
AM celebrated record numbers at its annual awards last Wednesday at the ICC, Birmingham, with 1,278 guests in attendance on the night.
Central Garages, based in Birmingham, has been sold to Winner Property Company for an undisclosed sum.
The first Bugatti Veyron to be crashed on a public road has happened in the UK.
The Office of Fair Trading has launched a month-long ‘OFT Approved’ codes awareness campaign this week, advising consumers to look for businesses displaying the OFT Approved code logo when buying goods and services.
The Mayor of Richmond upon Thames, the London borough in the headlines recently for linking residents’ parking charges with CO2 emissions, has broken with tradition by switching from a limo to a Toyota Prius as his official car.
With so many new KPIs and new systems to contend with, dealerships have to work hard at keeping their systems and processes simple.
As one relationship looks to be heading for divorce, so another is growing closer. DaimlerChrysler is tipped to offload its embattled US division, nine years after the tie-up.
Audi has unveiled its new A5 coupe and top spec S5 model at today’s Geneva Motor Show.
Mazda has showcased the world premiere of its new Mazda2 at the Geneva Motor Show today.
Volvo has revealed the first pictures and video of its new XC70 all-wheel drive estate model at the Geneva Motor Show today.
The Pendragon results finally stemmed a year of share price decline, which has had analysts worried and shareholders perplexed.
Inchcape has reported a 20.6% rise in full-year pre-tax profits to £213.9 million in 2006, from £177.3m in 2005.
Providing dealers with a no-cost outsourced accident management service is the new challenge for Daksh Gupta, former director of Inchcape’s Mercedes-Benz and Smart franchises.
Land Rover has revealed how it will offset its emissions with its new CO2 Offset Programme, which enables both Land Rover and its customers to reduce greenhouse gases.
On February 16 the Sandicliffe Group opened Nottingham’s only official Kia and Fiat dealership.
A judge has jailed James Munroe, former operations director of Automotive Skills, for stealing £421,000 from his employer.
Prices for Ford’s new C-Max will range from £12,995 for the Studio 1.6-litre 98bhp and rise to £19,045 for the 2.0TDCi 133bhp top-of-the-range Titanium.
As a penalty the FSA have brought to the public attention a number of failings of FSA requirements by Cathedral Motor Company Ltd, trading as Arbury.
Absence and in particular sickness absence is a difficult area to manage in the best of organisations.
From April 1 statutory maternity / paternity and adoption pay rises from £108.85 to £112.75 per week.
From February 27 the fine has increased to £60 and three points on the licence for acceptance of a roadside fixed penalty notice.
