Proton Cars UK is on target to add another 10 dealers to its network of 80 by the end of the year, says Simon Park, sales and marketing general manager.
Just one year after opening its first Honda car dealership, Ling’s has expanded to Harleston, Norfolk, becoming the market town’s only franchised motor retailer.
A team of four from Volkswagen Financial Services is taking part in the Aviva Weekend to Breakthrough Breast Cancer to raise £10,000 for the charity.
Dealer groups interested in the brake reconditioning market are being offered a new solution with Hunger brake service machines.
Seat has awarded a three-year contract to Mondial UK to manage its used car and extended warranty programmes.
Honda has pledged to offset the carbon dioxide emissions of Civic Hybrid customers until they take delivery of their new car.
The Vehicle and Operator Services Agency’s has issued an emergency testing (ET) status, after its MoT computer system crashed again.<P>
Audi's new S3 will be available to order from September ready for first deliveries in January.
Nissan is producing another 175 Micra C+C Pinks due to popular demand.
Used sales have increased by 12.7% during the first quarter of the year, compared to the same period last year.
John Grant has retired from Automotive Services Europe (ASE).
Workers at Pirelli Tyres have voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over pay.
A strike over pay at French-owned STVA could bring a log-jam in car deliveries as the industry heads towards the all important new registrations in September.
Dealers could face a £5,000 fine or even two years in prison if they do not make sure they are compliant with new fire safety regulations, which come into effect on October 1.
Woolworths has teamed up with FreewayCars, part of the Bank of Scotland, to sell cars online.
Mitsubishi is offering special deals and launching new models in time for the September registration change.
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Robin Simpson has been promoted to dealer principal at the Porsche Centre in Silverstone.
TVR and Blackpool Council have agreed a site for TVR's new factory, on a nine-acre site in the Blackpool Business Park close to Blackpool Airport.
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.
