Seat has confirmed it will be attending this year’s British International Motor Show at the London ExCel, which runs from July 20-30.
Hyundai has revealed details of its new Santa Fe SUV, which will be positioned to complete with the European-style premium SUV segment.
Seat’s 2006 Ibiza range will be priced from £7,550 on-the-road when it goes on sale on April 15.
Suzuki’s new five-door SX4 hatchback (a cross between a Swift and a Grand Vitara) will be offered in the UK with three different trims and will be the brand’s third model venture worldwide.
Ford’s new Focus Coupe Cabriolet is on show this week at the Geneva Motor Show.
The wait is over. Carlos Ghosn, ‘le cost killer’ who turned around Nissan, has unveiled the targets for his new charge, Renault. Ghosn has vowed that Renault will become Europe’s most profitable car company by 2009 – which requires a big injection of new cars.
A receptionist at a car dealership escaped with almost £14,000 of customers' money when bosses left her to her own devices.
The AM Awards 2006 is all over and the gongs were given out to outstanding companies, which were rated by quality, service and innovation.
A Government commissioned investigation has called for schools to encourage women to consider jobs in the skill industry to close the gender pay gap.
The future of Europe’s petrol-electric market may be at risk if manufacturers do not shift their focus from developing hybrid SUVs to upper-medium and lower-medium segments.
Porsche’s new 911 GT3 will make its world wide public debut at the Geneva Motor Show tomorrow.
Industry speculation is mounting that Highlands dealer group Macrae & Dick is close to buying Scottish retailer Glenvarigill.
Manheim has asked rival BCA to clarify its analysis of the nearly-new car market.
Next month the National Consumers Council will inform the Government whether it intends to make a super-complaint about the car repair and servicing industry.
Renault is making dealer performance a key element in a quality, brand and design review, as it embarks on its ambitious Commitment 2009 plan to increase sales by a third over the next three years.
Hendy Group employee Dave Budden has hung up his overalls for the last time after 50 years’ service.
One in three new cars sold in the UK is fitted with ESP – electronic stability programming. The fitment rate two years ago was just 20% – among the lowest in the EU.
Norwood Green, Middlesex Vauxhall and Chevrolet dealer Monorep raised £700 for Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital at an antiques evening.
A new CSI programme that claims to provide dealers with instant feedback on customer service is to start trials in the UK within the next three months.
Just Car Clinics, the UK’s second largest accident repair group, has restructured its regional management team in preparation for an expansion drive this year.
The bodyshop industry believes that UK repairers will see little difference to their businesses following the acquisition of Audatex by US company Solera.
Manheim is looking to appoint new franchisees as part of plans to expand its smart repair business in the dealer sector.
Vauxhall has appointed two bodyshop inspection managers to oversee and monitor standards compliance as part of a restructuring of its bodyshop field support team.
Director of quality and IT business systems at Thatcham, Jason Moseley, has gone back to the floor to see what life in a bodyshop today is really like.
ABP Club has announced the appointment of its new director, Mark Bull.
Thatcham wants to hear views from across the industry when developing the BSI Kitemark, PAS 125, for the bodyshop sector.
BOC Industrial has developed two packages combining key welding, metal cutting and shielding products and services for the industry.
Credit hire company Drive Assist has eliminated 120,000 paper forms per month by equipping its 500 drivers with Windows Mobile-based Pocket PCs.
BMW (UK) has chosen Thatcham’s training centre to host its accident repair training programme.
The MVRA has appointed Lloyds Employment Law Consultancy to provide free legal advice to its members. The deal enables members to get a discount rate for Lloyds other services.
