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.
AM-online's sister website, CompanyCarDriver wants to know which movie car chase you think is the best in film history.<P>
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.
Land Rover has confirmed to AM its plans for a new corporate identity programme, dubbed the 21st Century Retail Environment, due to be rolled out next year.
Thurlow Nunn, one of East Anglia’s largest new and used car dealer groups, has closed its Subaru, Isuzu and Mitsubishi dealership in Downham Market, Norfolk.
For your chance to win a bottle of champagne, simply tell us the factory where the picture inside this story was taken, and have a guess at the year.<P>
The new car market has declined by 4.2% in July, down to 168,015 units.<P>
Saab GB has teamed up with UKI Partnerships in a three-year contract to provide motor insurance its customers.
More Than insurance is offering up to 40% off car insurance for drivers aged between 18 and 25 if they don’t drive between the hours of 11pm and 6am.
Pop group, Dirty Pretty Things, is supporting the Make Roads Safe campaign with a concert at The Coronet, South London on September 13.<P>
Vauxhall’s fifth generation Astravan, which goes on sale next month, priced from £9,995 excluding VAT, will be built in the UK.
A new website promising van manufacturers and retailers a cost effective solution to reaching customers has been launched, with the backing of a number of leading UK motor retail names.
