The winner of Mazda’s Zoom-Zoom photo competition is 25 year-old Sebastian Niehoff, from Herne, Germany.
Factory-fitted options ordered by new car buyers in the UK and Germany fell by 13% in 2005 compared with 2003.
Howard Basford, the privately owned independent accident repair group, has acquired Manchester based bodyshop Gateway Autos.
Staff and customers at BCA Bedford are celebrating the auction centre’s first birthday with a week full of special sales.
Another UK car factory could be at risk of closure, a major report hinted yesterday.
Recognizing how competitive the finance industry has become, and in an attempt to continually look for new ways to support its dealers, Black Horse introduced a new product called AutoRate earlier this year to give dealers additional opportunities to capture business.
Howard Basford, the independent accident repair group, acquired Manchester based bodyshop Gateway Autos.
Maserati has appointed Roberto Ronchi to take over from Karl-Heinz Kalbfell as chief executive officer, with immediate effect.
UKI Partnerships, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland, and Saab GB have signed a three-year deal to provide motor insurance to owners.
Results from sales around the UK.
For most companies, having stability at board level is crucial to medium- and long-term prosperity – whether a football team, utilities firm or car retailer. But when Greenhous underwent a management buy-out (MBO) in 2004, it was the third change of ownership in 15 years.
Motor retail developer Gilbran has started construction work on a new Mercedes-Benz dealership in Truro for City West Country.
Jennings Motor Group has completed its £5.5m multi-franchised development in Wearside, Sunderland.
Dealer management system specialist Pinewood has signed its first major overseas deal – with South African franchise dealer, Reeds Motor Group.
Graeme Potts has left Inchcape four years after joining the London-based international motor group.
Just Car Clinics, the country’s second largest group of independent bodyshops with 13 sites, has unveiled an impressive set of results for the first half of the year.
The standard for the accident repair sector is due to be published next month, in a step designed to raise its profile and enhance safety for motorists.
Audatex has formed a crash repair team to provide services and training support to its bodyshop and carmaker customers.
Helphire has grown pre-tax profit to £28.4m in the last 15 months against £17.2m in the previous year.
Richard Hemming, a former director of Ford Retail, has bought a failing Renault dealership in Chichester, West Sussex, and plans to develop a group of up to five outlets with the carmaker.
Nidd Vale, the multi-franchised group based at Harrogate in North Yorkshire, has posted half-year turnover up almost 10% at £38.14m but has decided to not disclose its profit.
Gordon Lamb Holdings has completed internal changes that Stephen Lamb, chief executive officer, has been working on for 18 months. The group has 10 dealerships in south Yorkshire and north Derbyshire.
Construction has begun in London of the world’s largest Audi dealership, which will span seven storeys and cost more than £30m.
North of England dealer group Williamson Motors has gone into receivership this week.
Miguel Fonseca has been appointed managing director of Toyota GB.
Hugh Reid has quit after four years as managing director of Volvo Car UK, to be replaced by Stuart Kerr on October 1.
Park Finance, the Cardiff-based lender, is expected to shift its emphasis from premium to non-prime business following its acquisition by Roger Gewolb.
Kia has been drip-feedingu new variants for its new C-segment model this week, and the latest is the c’eed sport wagon.
Toyota and BMW have launched finance operations designed to take them into new areas of potential growth and profit.
Volkswagen has revealed the first photograph of its revised Touareg luxury 4x4, ahead of its world public debut at the Paris Motor Show next week.
