A new website promising dealers an escape from all manufacturer and marketing restrictions has gone live.
The National Consumer Council is losing patience with the “bickering” between the motor industry’s trade associations in their attempt to formulate an industry code of practice for service and repairs.
The founder and chairman of the Greens Motor Group in Kent, incorporating Medway Autos and Greens of Rainham, has died.
Lookers chief executive Ken Surgenor says four Mercedes-Benz dealerships are the most significant part of the 10-site acquisition from HR Owen.
Gordon Lamb Holdings has sold a three-acre multi-franchised site in the centre of Sheffield to a property developer that has built a seven-storey block of flats on adjoining land.
West Sussex Renault dealership Swan Garage Bosham Ltd is being prosecuted for alleged breaches of health and safety law.
Inchcape has acquired a 75.1% majority stake in Axel Car Toyota and Lexus in St Petersburg.
Workers at Volkswagen's largest factory in Brazil have gone on strike after the carmaker said it was sacking 1,800 staff as part of restructuring reforms.
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.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation’s global production was down 11.7% to 107,192 units in July.
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.
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.
BCA has raised nearly £50,000 for BEN, the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund, in its centenary year.
Mazda will include Smartnav as standard fit on its special edition Mazda3 and Mazda6 Katano models.
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.
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.
Steve Robertson has been appointed as the new head of marketing for Seat UK.
