Reynolds and Reynolds, the automotive software company, is one step away from being acquired by rival company, Universal Computer Systems in a £1.5 billion deal.
HR Owen has opened a new Alfa Romeo dealership in Parsons Green, London.
Masterlease is searching for potential buyers for its car supermarket group, Carland.
A motorist crashed into a car showroom in Winchmore Hill last week, pinning a salesman behind a desk and causing £50,000 worth of damage.
What do Mercedes CLS and Chrysler 300C have in common? Obvious answer: they are both based on the E-class (although not the same generation of E-class, as it happens).
Crisis management is the point at which everybody at a company turns to the public relations department, but in reality it represents a tiny part of the job function – if the PR manager is doing their job correctly.
eBay Motors has thrown down the gauntlet to Auto Trader by launching an online classified advertising service for motor retailers.
Volkswagen’s ad about its new Eos coupé-convertible has clever visuals to encourage viewers to think, yet a simple message underlying the theme.
Lotus is about to launch the inaugural Lotus Summer Festival across its retail network.
Here are the latest details, including pictures, of BMW’s new X5, seven years after the original was shown at the Frankfurt Motor Show in 1999.
A Peugeot 207 Driving School attraction has opened at Alton Towers.
Fiat has successfully started to roll out its partnership with Ikea to provide its dealerships with furniture (see pictures inside story).
Mercedes-Benz of Scarborough has been appointed as an authorised repairer for Dodge, Chrysler and Jeep.
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The Retail Motor Industry Federation has labelled the latest Warranty Direct with misleading consumers into thinking they are being overcharged for repair work.
More bodyshops are recognizing the need to invest in new technology, but there’s still a large section that lacks the knowledge and tools to repair hi-tech materials.
Franchised dealers will have a future in the accident repair sector, says Dave Harvey, national bodyshop development manager at BMW (UK).
A study ordered by the European Commission into the effectiveness of Block Exemption is the first step in preparations for the 2010 revisions.
The RMIF and SMMT have clashed again over the industry’s attempt to develop a code of practice to try to avoid a National Consumer Council so-called supercomplaint in September of next year.
Peugeot-owned dealer group Robins and Day has been fined £10,000 and made to pay further £28,000 in costs for breaching Health and Safety law.
Frost’s Cars has acquired City Motor Holding’s (CMH) Vauxhall dealership in Chichester.
Steve Robertson has been appointed as the new head of marketing for Seat UK.
Senior executives at a number of manufacturers are now starting to take closer stock at what happens in their retail networks and how audits and stringent operational standards are having a negative impact on sales and customer service.
Lamborghini has increased sales in the first half of this year from 655 to 952 vehicles, a 45% increase over the same period last year.
Monorep’s Vauxhall dealership in Hayes has successfully held an exhibition for disabled drivers, the elderly and wheelchair users in its showroom.
Rapid/NDP has awarded Bosal with its supply contract for exhausts, catalytic converters and towbars, worth £12 million, following a review of rival suppliers.
LSUK, the aftermarket components distributor, has boosted its coverage of the UK vehicle parc of brake shoes, brake pads, brake discs and wheel cyclinders to 96%.
Workers at Pirelli Tyres’ sites in Carlise and Burton-on-Trent will hold a one-day strike on August 25 in a dispute over pay.
Pendragon has reported profits before tax of £42.3 million and revenue of £2.7 billion for the half year to the end of June.
A car trader who defrauded nearly £200,000 from customers has been jailed for a year.
