Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) and Proton has signed a memorandum of understanding for wider areas of corporation between the two companies.
New car registrations fell by 13.3% in January to 157,363 units.
Lookers has withdrawn its offer to buy Reg Vardy for 875p per share after rival dealer group Pendragon offered 900p per share on Friday.
David Hayton Peugeot is giving away a Peugeot 107, worth £7,145, for every customer that buys a 407 SW, worth £19,105.
Westover Toyota has supplied five Prius cars to West London Estate Agent, Chard Associates, which is replacing half of its current fleet of 35 Toyota RAV4s with the environmentally friendly alternative over the next 12 months.
Here are pictures of what will be at the Toyota stand at the Geneva Motor Show at the end of this month.
Mazda is introducing its first-ever special edition of its RX-8, priced at £23,900 on-the-road.
Reg Vardy has recommended Pendragon’s revised offer of 900p per share for the company.
Fiat and Microsoft will launch a new in-car communications system called Blue&Me, based on Windows Mobile for Automotive, at the Geneva Motor Show (February 28 –March 12).
Pendragon has raised its offer to buy Reg Vardy from 800p to 900p per share.
Lookers has demanded that Pendragon make its intentions clear as to whether it has interest in buying them or not.
Renault has revealed pictures of a new sports estate concept called the Altica.
Paint sprayers in vehicle bodyshops are 80 times more likely to contract work-related asthma if they work with isocyanate based paints.
Motorsales of Harlow has opened a Vauxhall operation, the latest addition to its multi-franchise site in the Essex town.
Adonis Construction is celebrating a strong start to 2006 after securing more than £6m-worth of contracts with motor retailers.
Pentagon Toyota has moved into a £2.5m new dealership on Quest Park in Doncaster, a 20-acre mixed use development by SladenAston Developments.
Andrew Rowley Toyota expects to open its second dealership next month, once work on a £2.5m new-build showroom in Watford is completed.
Highlands and Islands Škoda dealer Delmore Cars of Inverness has started work on a new £1m development.
Consumer confidence will be the dominant issue this year, carrying over from 2005. In the used car market, for many people changing their car is a luxury that can be put on hold while more pressing commitments such as rising energy costs and general living expenses are met.
Although the Smart City Coupe and Cabriolet are now common, the novelty refuses to wear off.
Professor Neil Hood CBE, non-executive director for Reg Vardy, died yesterday, after a long illness.
The 1,000th technician has gained accredited status from the Automotive Technician Accreditation (ATA) initiative.
Mercedes-Benz Direct is sponsoring the Asian Football League through its five dealerships based in and around London.
Lloyds TSB has secured the title sponsorship deal for this year’s British International Motor Show for £1 million.
Peugeot now offers ESP as standard across its 1007 range.
Less than 100 of the UK’s 250,000 garages have applied to receive the British Standards Institute Automotive Kitemark, which it launched last September.
Falling point of sale finance penetration for new and used cars has prompted the Finance and Leasing Association (FLA) to call for accreditation or minimum operating standards for dealership staff, to boost consumer confidence and help stem the decline.
Pendragon has exercised its call option which lets it take control over Sir Peter Vardy’s 9,348,111 Reg Vardy shares.
The end of this month will see the publication of the annual changes in paint prices by the paint manufacturers, and the outlook doesn’t look promising for bodyshops.
Kia will unveil three vehicles at the Geneva Motor Show this month.
