The automotive industry needs to rationalise further to secure long-term sustainability, according to a new report by PricewaterhouseCoopers entitled ‘The global automotive financial review (GAFR)’.
The Honda Jazz is one of the cleverest superminis around. It’s a thoroughly modern design that’s innovative in its use of space, with remarkably good head and rear legroom. It has good specification and is fitted with frugal and characterful engines. The Jazz is at its best in town where it’s both user-friendly and fun to drive.
Buyers are getting more and more concerned with the cost of motoring, and with fuel prices rising, it’s making the most of the go-go juice that is currently focusing their minds.
Nissan GB has issued termination notices to its 12 retail dealerships as it moves towards a single tier network of main outlets.
Withdrawing from fleet sales has been a good move for Nidd Vale Group, as the Harrogate-based motor retailer has seen operating profits increase by 55%.
Audi has the most efficient dealer network in the UK, while Jeep has the least efficient, according to new research from marketing and information analyst CACI.
Nanjing Automotive has paid its bill to PricewaterhouseCoopers and expects to have the first cars built in its partnership with the GB Sports Car Company on the market next spring.
Volkswagen Group chairman Bernd Pischetsrieder has courted controversy by telling a group of financial analysts in London that premium cars are “a complete waste of money”.
The SMMT has been doing its best to talk up the key September 55-plate market but dealer groups expect the month to be in step with the year-to-date decline.
Laurence Mills, dealer principal of Oxford-based Varsity Jeep, has completed a 2,100 mile round trip to the south of France in a new Grand Cherokee.
The latest update of Sewells’ Who Owns Who, the UK’s most comprehensive directory of dealer groups, is now available.
The Chancellor should introduce a variable tax on fuel in order to soften the blow of record oil prices on consumers and businesses, according to the RAC Foundation.
MoT testing is playing a critical role in establishing the dominance of the non-franchised sector in the car repair market.
The installation rate of ESP systems in cars in the UK increased by 10% in 2004.
Entries for the AM Awards are starting to come in. With a wider variety of categories than ever before, there is ample opportunity for franchised and independent dealers, repairers, bodyshops, carmakers, motor factors and suppliers to enter.
A failed bidder for the MG Rover Group business has said he is committed to resurrecting a defunct British motoring brand.
Fiat Auto (UK) has launched another MoT Plus programme.
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Toyota is being taken to court by Antonov Automotive Technology BV, the automotive technology company, in Dusseldorf over allegations of infringement of its patents in the driveline of the Toyota Prius and Lexus RX400h.
Public acceptance of the new Peugeot 107 and 1007 city cars has been lower than expected despite strong television and print advertising, several Peugeot dealers have told AM.
Cheshire-based Bells Group has gone into administration after the business ceased trading in June.
Ford Retail Group is billing the newly opened £3m Polar Ford Warrington showroom and servicing site as one its biggest ever investments.
Research by used car specialist Network Q has identified a honeymoon period of blissful ownership that lasts an average of nine months when buyers change cars.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has secured a £5m fleet order to supply 231 LT35 vans to logistics company Ryder plc.
ChryslerJeep dealer Belmont in Aberdeen invited customers to an off-road day on August 25 to mark the arrival of the new Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Renault has completed a deal with the Lawn Tennis Association that will allow Britain’s tennis professionals to choose from a selection of its new and used cars at a discount.
The British Lotus Elise has set a sales record in America for the Norfolk-based sportscar manufacturer.
BEN, the Motor and Allied Trades Benevolent Fund, is holding a special ecumenical service at Coventry Cathedral on Sunday, September 11 to mark its centenary year.
More than 800 dealers have taken up the new seven-day free insurance product called Driveaway from Norwich Union Direct - and a total of 40,000 policies have been issued to their customers.
The Micra C+C, Nissan Sunderland’s newest model, has today begun rolling off the production line.
