BMW profits stalled last year even as it set a sales record and surpassed rival Mercedes as the biggest selling luxury carmaker in the world.
Nanjing Automobile Corporation (UK) is serious about the future of MG Rover and Longbridge and has even discussed strategies for the dealer network, according to MG Rover dealer council chairman, Richard Cort.
AM would like to thank its generous guests who attended the AM Awards dinner last month and raised £14,627 for the motor industry charity BEN.
Andrew Mathis, sales manager of Westover Škoda in Corfe Mullen, Dorset, came top of 120 of the Škoda network’s UK sales executives during its recent product training course for the Octavia vRS.
Toyota has marked its two-millionth new car sale in the UK this month.
The price of the average one-year-old prestige brand Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) is seven per cent lower than at the same point 12-months ago, equivalent to a £2,500 fall in the typical asking price.
Vauxhall is planning to trim its volume with daily rental fleets by 25,000 units this year in a bid to build better residual values.
Results from sales around the UK.
The number of employees driving for business while uninsured or medically unfit has reached epidemic proportions, way above official statistics.
Hamish McCowan has been promoted to aftersales director of Kia Motors (UK) Limited, reflecting the growth in the company’s parts and aftersales business.
All the glitz and the glamour of the show in pictures.
Pendragon has set out its final terms for its interest in rival dealer group Lookers, a day before its deadline.
Bentley Newcastle has appointed Neil Metcalf, 41, to lead the dealership’s 10-strong aftersales team.
Ford has given its Ranger pick up a makeover in time for its September launch this year.
Europe’s funkiest car maker got just about everything right when it launched the Ibiza. And as a result, it’s had a popular small car on its hands; one that’s desirable without being unaffordable.
The light commercials market has seen some of the most spectacular growth in the automotive sector in recent years.
Pendragon has almost acquired the entire share capital of Reg Vardy, with 54,048,037 valid acceptances for its mandatory offer of 900p per share, which represents 96.1% of the company.
The MG Rover Task Force, set-up by the Government to help staff affected by the closure of Britain’s last major manufacturer, has come to an end.
The Automotive Academy and Ford has teamed up in the UK to share best practices around quality and productivity-improvements for manufacturing and assembly plants.
The former directors of MG Rover have missed a third deadline for filing the car manufacturer’s 2004 accounts, amplifying fears about what is holding up the figures.
Tickets for this year’s British International Motor Show in London will be priced from £8, the lowest price in 14 years.
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.
What Car? magazine may have done the repair sector a favour by making a direct comparison of labour rates and lawyers’ fees.
Northern Ireland has bucked the downward trend of new car registrations in the UK with a 6.74% increase on last year.
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.
