Budget brands are retaining better residual values over three years than volume brands in many of the core segments, according to new research from EurotaxGlass’s.
A new range of performance enhancing MG Rover parts are now available through XPart’s online accessory store (www.xpart-accessories.com).
LDV has been sold to GAZ International Limited.
Kia has appointed automotive industry designer Peter Schreyer, the man behind the New Beetle and the Audi TT, to the newly created position of chief design officer.
Mitsubishi is adding a new variant to its Colt line-up in September, priced at £8,499 on-the-road.
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Skoda has revised its Superb model for 2007.
Toyota is to double production at its Chinese factory in Guangzhou to meet growing demand.
Visitor numbers to the British International Motor Show, which was held at London’s Excel Centre, increased by 23% on the last motor show in 2004.
Renault’s group global sales were down 3.2% in the first half of this year, to 1,315,351 units.
Safety tests have revealed potentially life-threatening faults in two new vehicles.
Results from sales around the UK.
Demand for hybrid vehicles appears to be falling among private companies, despite increasing interest from the public sector, research suggests.
TVR expects to sign leases on two sites at the end of July to continue its tradition of sportscar manufacturing in Blackpool.
Chancellor Gordon Brown has frozen fuel tax as the situation in the Middle East worsens.
The Transport Select Committee has criticised the computerisation of MoT testing stations, after a report focussing on the Driver and Vehicle Operator Group of Agencies (DVO Group) and the Highways Agency was released today.<P>
The Ford Focus C-Max is an excellent mid-size MPV with one major flaw: it’s only available with five seats.
Cap regularly surveys dealers in the used market to understand the supply and demand picture for diesel cars.
The recent news that AMG is planning to cull its range to concentrate on ‘real’ AMG models points to a recurring problem in the car industry.
No, you haven’t picked up a Seventies back issue. Those cut and shut panel inserts, mangled wheel-arches, deep fat fryer-vents and Exige-alike wing confirm that this is a prototype of Lotus’s Esprit replacement.
Xpart is offering readily available replacement MG Rover parts to UK crash repair centres through its ‘Close-Call’ initiative.
Lex, the leasing and contract hire company, has extended its fast-fit contract with Kwik-Fit Fleet for a further three years.
Garages will not be able to charge more than £50.35 for an MOT from October, after a consultation today by the Department for Transport.
General Motors has posted a larger-than-expected operating profit, but a larger quarterly net loss after writing down costs associated with buyouts for almost a third of its factory work force.
Motor retailer Peter Vardy has linked up with ADP to provide its Autoline DMS and BCA’s Edinburgh auction site to offer non-rental and overage stock through.
All the glitz and the glamour of the show in pictures.
Nissan sold 826,000 vehicles in the April-to-June period, down 6% on the same period last year.
Michelin has launched a new run-flat tyre for the Mini.
Iveco, part of the Fiat group, has finalised a joint venture agreement with the SAIC Motor Corporation and the Chongqing Heavy Vehicle Group, to establish a long-term HCV partnership in China.
PSA Peugeot Citroen’s net income has fallen by 60% to €303 million (£207m) in the first half of the year, from €752m over the same period in 2005.
