Manufacturers are planning to join the new revolution
Bringing new talent into the business is just as important for the future of the motor industry as putting new cars into the showroom.
Northern Ireland has bucked the downward trend of new car registrations in the UK with a 6.74% increase on last year.
What Car? magazine may have done the repair sector a favour by making a direct comparison of labour rates and lawyers’ fees.
Citroen is launching two new C5 VTX+ models, equipped with a 110bhp 1.6HDi engine, directly at user-chooser fleet drivers.
Arctic Circle Ltd was formed in 1985 to provide high quality innovative plant to the refrigeration market.
Kwik-Fit has extended its relationship with Unipart Automotive by appointing it as its preferred supplier of exhausts.
Honda is the highest placed automotive company in the latest poll of the UK’s best companies to work for.
Sytner’s Mercedes-Benz Bristol operation is to make a high profile exodus from the city to a new motor retail park on the outskirts.
North-east multi-franchised operator Jennings Motor Group has started work on a £5.5m development in Wearside.
BMW’s dealer of the year, Blackpool-based Derek Woodman, is investing £6.5m to develop one of the largest BMW and Mini showroom complex in the UK.
Site work has begun on a ‘world class’ BMW and Mini outlet close to The Blue Pyramid – the striking landmark that houses The Co-operative Bank’s call centre next to the M60 motorway in Stockport, Cheshire.
Blackpool Honda has begun its transfer from the resort’s Devonshire Road to an all-new site on Whitehills Business Park.
Commercial property and planning consultant Rapleys has expanded its team in the north by appointing Peter Nicholas to the post of surveyor at its office in St Anne’s Square, central Manchester.
Bristol Honda has completed its network upgrade by moving its Eastville dealership to a new two-acre site in Cribbs Causeway on the north-western side of the city.
Berkshire-based Greenoaks of Ascot has merged its two temporary Mercedes-Benz retail outlets.
Wheel alignment systems specialist Pro-Align has moved from Northampton to new purpose-built headquarters in Towcester, close to Silverstone Circuit and to the M1 and M40.
A new special edition Fiat Panda Alessi, due to go on sale in the UK in April, is making its London debut at the Ideal Home Show, Earls Court, from Wednesday.
European Kia dealers delivered a total of 18,552 vehicles in February, as sales set a new all-time high record for the month, climbing 4.5% higher than the 17,752 sales the brand achieved for that period in 2005.
One of the world’s top speedway riders will take part in a race with a difference this weekend – when he mounts a pizza delivery moped.
DaimlerChrysler has admitted it paid bribes - or 'improper payments' - after an internal investigation sparked by an insider's allegations that the carmaker had a slush fund to bribe foreign officials.
Just Car Clinics Group, the independent collision repair chain with 13 vehicle collision repair centres, has reported record preliminary results for the year ended December 31, 2005.
Auto parts maker Dana Corp filed for bankruptcy protection on Friday.
Mike Cooper, business manager for Rossetts Commercials in Aldershot, has been awarded Business Manager of the Year by Mercedes-Benz CharterWay, the international commercial vehicle, financial services, contact hire and fleet management arm of DaimlerChrysler.
Scottish new car registrations have decreased by 10.82% to 4,837 units in February, compared to 5,424 new cars in the same period last year.
Ask your staff what they know about BEN. They should at least be aware of its name, especially as it is currently marking its centenary with a high profile campaign to raise an additional £3m.
Tata Motors and Fiat India Private Limited has announced the start of the new Tata-Fiat dealer network to sell both brands of cars, along with service and sales of spare parts, in 11 cities across India.
The new car market is continuing its decline with year-to-date figures released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders revealing a near 10 per cent slump in registrations.
Bodyshops are being advised to consider changing energy suppliers in the light of recent gas price hikes.
The use of synthetic oils is growing, according to a survey by AM-online sister organisation Sewells.
