Bentley’s Continental GT coupé and Flying Spur saloon have a £2,500 price rise.
An indication that direct lenders may be over reaching themselves in the F&I sector is provided by Sainsbury’s Bank’s recent problems.
Nissan has the Note with a three-year, 4.9% APR PCP, with a 10% deposit start point.
Cadillac calls on Pendragon Contracts to generate a 36-month, 9.4% APR PCP for the CTS 2.8 Elegance.
The svelte new 159 has an opening three-year contract hire offer.
Proton is literally getting Savvy with a PCP offer on the Street model.
Escalating documentation fees charged by finance providers are playing a significant role in pushing car buyers into the arms of direct lenders, according to a major multi-franchise retail group’s F&I specialist.
Two south-west dealer groups, Silver Street Motor Holdings and Hanjo Russell Holdings, have merged their four Audi centres to create Audi South West.
Is this soft-roader a Vauxhall? An Opel? Or could it be a Saturn or a Chevrolet? The trick answer is… it’s all of them.
Three car dealers barred by the Financial Services Authority from selling motor-related insurance products will find it difficult to be reinstated to the list.
Fleet operators have used the latest Sewells fleet survey to fire a broadside at franchised dealers and manufacturers for poor service on sales and aftersales.
Residual values on three-year old vehicles have shown a modest improvement in the first three months of this year.
Fiat sold over 5,600 Grande Puntos in March, its first full month of sales.
Audi’s new TT is available to order now, ready for October deliveries.
Mazda Motor Europe sold more vehicles than in any other month in its history in March.
Seat UK has appointed Mark McKenna as its new head of operations today.
Hyundai is offering several spring deals across its Getz, Matrix, Coupe and Santa Fe models.
Honda UK is launching dedicated business to business sales centres across its authorised dealer network to serve small local businesses.
Rolls-Royce has launched its extended wheelbase Phantom in Europe.
The Retail Automotive Alliance has targeted overall cost reductions of £10m per year for its members.
The Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) move to publish an “invitation to comment” regarding the acquisition by Pendragon of Reg Vardy, is not in contradiction to its previous stance, but a standard procedure it is obliged to undertake, it says.
Jardine Motors UK saw an increase in new car sales across its dealerships last year, according to its 2005 financial results, and strengthened its portfolio with ‘selective’ franchises.
Stratstone, part of Pendragon, is continuing to expand its Cadillac and Corvette network throughout the UK.
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Oxford-based parts supplier Unipart has shrugged off the collapse of customer MG Rover to more than double its profits last year, on turnover up 4% to £1.16bn.
FLA (Finance and Leasing Association) is to stage a variety of courses during the spring and summer at venues in London and the Midlands.
London-based Premier Marques has established a virtual aftersales business to cope with the increasing demand for servicing and repairs for marques that are no longer represented in the city.
Formula One Autocentres has added three sites to expand its network to 43 and wants to open seven more in the Midlands, south and south east.
The world premiere of the new Audi TT Coupe took place in Berlin yesterday.
