HGVs have been banned from overtaking on a three-mile stretch of the northbound M42 in Warwickshire during the day.
Volvo has appointed Sarah Tottle as manager of its special vehicles business, which supplies cars to all the emergency services.
New measures to crack down on uninsured drivers were announced today by Road Safety Minister Stephen Ladyman.
Fiat Auto UK has appointed Rob Calver as aftersales director.
Mercedes has been hit by yet another recall, with its A-class and Vaneo models affected by a wiper arm fault.
Ford has unveiled plans to cut half of its suppliers and sign long-term contracts with the rest in an attempt to keep a hold on increasing costs.
Toyota’s newly launched Hilux light commercial is now ‘one size up’ from the model it replaces, which goes on sale on Saturday.
Subaru is to unveil its latest hybrid concept car at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show on October 19.
Porsche has increased its 5% stake in Volkswagen to 10.3% as it moves to acquire 20% of the company.
Saab is to recall 33,100 cars in the UK due to an ignition fault.
Dealers are to benefit from less regulations as the European Commission prepares to withdraw around a third of pending laws in a bid to cut ‘red tape’ and boost the European economy.
Vauxhall’s new Vectra and Signum will reach UK showrooms on Saturday and both will carry the new 2006 model year faces.
Mitsubishi has released the first images of its new Concept-X and Outlander 4x4 models, both of which will make their world premier at the 39th Tokyo Motor Show on October 19.
Nick Lancaster tells Stephen Briers why black clouds are gathering over the current set-up
Saab has surpassed all its previous sales records in the UK by selling over 20,500 cars so far this year.
Dealers are losing sales by not staying in touch with used car buyers. David Ross reports
A Greater Manchester car dealership has crashed with the loss of 40 jobs.
Now is the time to enter the AM Awards.
The Royal Bank of Scotland has ended its venture into motor retail management after a little more than three years with an exit from running Dixon Motors that is shrouded in mystery.
HR Owen has reported a £7.3 million loss in the first half of the year, compared to a £2.3m profit in the same period in 2004.
Several garages are expected next month to announce they can display the new British Standards Institution automotive Kitemark.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation is to announce a programme of redundancies early next month.
Lexus tops the polls again. Maintaining its stranglehold over both the Sewells and RMI dealer attitude surveys, the premium carmaker has moved clear of the pack by recording a 9.7 out of 10 rating in the RMI survey, ahead of second place BMW on 8.6, down from 9.2 six months earlier.
This is the all-new Freelander MkII, betrayed by its rear end. The door is no longer hinged at the side, making the boot easily accessible from both sides.
Lotus Cars has appointed Trevor Houghton-Berry as head of commercial operations, effective from October 10.
DaimlerChrysler is to cut 8,000 German jobs at its Mercedes brand, a newspaper reports.
View all the models on display at this year's Frankfurt Motor Show.
Golf, Passat, Jetta: in a two-year frenzy, Volkswagen will have replaced its mainstream models, as well as giving the Polo a nip and tuck and beginning Fox imports to replace the Lupo. So what’s next?
MPs are to be tackled today on the dangers posed to dealers by rising costs and falling profits, largely as a result of manufacturer pressure.
Clutch supplier LuK is confident that 2,000 independent and franchised workshop businesses will sign up to the new international RepXpert training and technical information website by spring 2006.
