Mazda has joint produced a special edition version of its RX-8 with motorsport company Prodrive.
Results from sales around the UK.
Union workers at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port factory in Cheshire have abandoned their work, following news that GM was considering cutting 1,000 jobs.
The UK’s leading motor retailing convention takes place this year on June 7 and 8 at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham.
GM has confirmed it is considering cutting 1,000 of the 3,000 strong workforce at its Ellesmere Port Vauxhall plant in Merseyside.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has sold its training arm, ReMIT to competitor Carter & Carter for £25.5 million.
London’s Canary Wharf will be host to 11th annual Motorexpo, the capital’s free-to-visit motor show, which runs from May 22-28.
Lookers has reduced chief executive Ken Surgenor and director and secretary David Blakeman’s notice period from two years to one.
Suzuki is offering its Grand Vitara 1.6 3-door models from £136 a month on a new 4.9% APR PCP scheme.
Toyota has launched a new trim for its Verso model, which features an enhanced list of equipment.
The threat of diesel rising to a record £1 per litre has done little to stop drivers, who have made diesel the top choice of fuel for vehicles in the UK.
BMW has developed a new concept car, which merges its Z4 model with its classic 328 racing car.
Kia has developed a new sales and aftersales customer satisfaction programme to help give the Korean manufacturer a more focused attention to its customers.
Volkswagen has announced it is making a number of changes to its product ranges, reducing the number of vehicle engines, trims and specification combinations.
Here are the first pictures of Vauxhall’s new SUV, the Antara, which will make its world debut at the Paris Motor Show at the end of September.
Alistair Darling, the new trade and industry secretary has outlined the responsibilities of his new ministerial team.
Peugeot has given its seven-seater 807 a 10bhp boost with an upgraded turbo-diesel engine.
The Saab 9-3’s appeal lies in its image. It’s less flash than a BMW and less brash than a Mercedes-Benz.
Just as it seems it can’t get anymore expensive, petrol shows every sign of bursting through the £1 per litre mark and hanging horribly close to it for some time.
Most of the media is unanimous: UK car buyers are responding to rising fuel prices by buying smaller, more economical cars.
Born, bred and proud to be British: that’s the attitude that Triumph has built its reputation on and it is an ethos that has been exported around the world.
A year ago, Wicliffe’s future looked decidedly shaky. An MG Rover specialist with dealerships in Gloucester and Stroud, like many of its peers the company was stunned when the carmaker collapsed.
Over the past few years, Black Horse has introduced a number of products and initiatives to help raise the profile of finance in dealers’ showrooms, to compete with direct lenders and protect dealers’ F&I profit centres.
Smaller, nimble and more flexible independent motor finance companies, plus overseas finance houses, are likely to fill the vacuum left by larger lenders currently tightening their lending criteria after sustained rises in bad debts.
The BMW Group (BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce) increased its sales by 11% to 447,819 units in the first four months of this year.
Vik Hill and Graham Prestedge, managing director and marketing director respectively of Santander Consumer, are seasoned campaigners in the volatile motor finance sector. With their focus on “innovative and customer friendly new products”, they are planning a series of product launches this year.
Valuable retailer profits generated by payment protection insurance schemes could be eroded if an Office of Fair Trading study into payment protection insurance (PPI) finds that consumers are not getting value for money.
The S-spec, 1.6-litre S40 is on offer with three-year PCP. On the basis of 5.9% APR, this means a £3,691 deposit, 35 months at £199 and a final £5,397 payment.
Mercedes-Benz is offering a 36-month PCP on the E220 CDi Classic saloon.
Volkswagen’s three-year PCP offer on its Golf Plus promises a 75hp, 1.4-litre model for £199 per month instalment deal with a £2,061 deposit, £5,700 final payment and 7.1% APR.
