A 16-year old Daihatsu Charade bought for £150 on e-Bay has just completed one of the toughest drives in the world, the 6,635 mile-long Mongol Rally.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s global production was down 11.7% to 107,192 units in July.
Workers who face the sack at Peugeot’s Ryton factory in Coventry will be holding a demonstration this Friday to urge motorists to boycott the company.
Sandy Burgess has been appointed as the new president of the Scottish Motor Trade Association for a term of two years at its annual meeting.
Howard Basford has expanded its bodyshop network into north Wales with the acquisition of Roberts & Ellis in Mold. Peter Roberts, founder of Roberts & Ellis, is to retire.
The Morelli Group has terminated its links with the NIBS bodyshop supply organization.
Half the repairers in the original Fortis Insurance network have come through a rigorous six-month re-evaluation that has led to fresh contracts.
Unipart Automotive has paid tribute to Eddie Blissett, its former national sales account manager for Brown Brothers in the bodyshop sector, who died recently following illness.
The body repair Kitemark scheme, PAS 125, has moved a step closer to launch. A meeting of its steering group, held this month at the BSI, debated the second draft of PAS 125.
The Health and Safety Executive is offering paint sprayers in Surrey, Kent and Sussex a free safety demonstration at Brands Hatch on August 31.
Audatex has announced a pay-as-you-go version of its AudaEnterprise system designed for smaller bodyshops that produce Audatex assessments on an ad hoc basis.
Mazda will include Smartnav as standard fit on its special edition Mazda3 and Mazda6 Katano models.
BCA has raised nearly £50,000 for BEN, the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund, in its centenary year.
Bedlington Motor Company has been confirmed as the first tenant at the Vroom car village development in Silverlink, North Tyneside.
Pendragon’s new £2.5m Porsche centre in Bolton opened its doors to the public on August 1.
Robert E. Rubin, director, chairman of the executive committee and member of the office of the chairman of Citigroup, has resigned from the Ford board of directors.
Future Toyota customers could benefit from a new radar technology which will detect whether a car is going to crash into the back of them.
Lexus will have its European premiere for its new V8 saloon hybrid model, the LS 600h at next month’s Paris Motor Show.
A man exchanging cash in person for a car advertised on eBay has been robbed at gunpoint.
South Korean manufacturer’s sales are up 5.2% year-to-date in Europe compared to last year.
The burden of soaring fuel costs could be eclipsed by plans to raise the difference in road tax bands (vehicle excise duty) to £300.
CV questions to high flyers from the automotive industry.
The latest appointments in the automotive industry.
Steve Robertson has been appointed as the new head of marketing for Seat UK.
The annual post-September fall in convertible values may become a thing of the past as metal folding tops take over from the traditional fabric roof.
Korean manufacturers are now building cars with European appeal.
An article on p9 of our August 11 issue, entitled “Autorola and Polk create new business”, incorrectly states in the second paragraph that RL Polk had been sold to Autocom A/S.
Paul Williams, managing director of Kia Motors (UK) Limited, is leaving the company.
HR Owen has opened its first Alfa Romeo dealership at its former BMW/Mini showroom in Parsons Green, London.
BMW has announced the start of production and prices for a series of new models, making September 2006 BMW’s largest ever single month for model introductions in the UK.
