Saab is to unveil its revised 9-5 saloon and estate range at next month’s Frankfurt Motor Show. It features new front and rear styling and an updated dashboard/interior trim.
The UK's 3,500 Motability dealers are being urged to book early to train for a new course that will become a standard requirement for the scheme, which represents the UK's biggest fleet.
Ford will unveil its iosis concept car at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month, to show its design strategy for its next generation of European road cars.
Reg Vardy plc is in talks with Mercedes-Benz UK to try to end its insistence that retailers’ names are banned from dealership signing in favour of the manufacturers’ and the location.
The third and final member of the baby Bentley family – the convertible – has been spied hot weather testing.
The UK’s largest privately-owned dealer group Arnold Clark Automobiles will reveal a fall in profits when it publishes its interim results next month.
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Work has begun on phase two of Patterson Motor Group’s £1.4m development at Shiremoor, North Tyneside.
Chrysler and Jeep dealer MTB Northwich is planning to relocate to Chester early next year.
PDR Construction has won a £2m contract to build a 15,000sq ft Toyota showroom in Hessle, Hull, for John Roe Motors.
Dealer group Caffyns has sold a vacant freehold site in Hythe, Kent, for redevelopment as housing.
North Road Toyota in Builth Wells, Wales, has been granted planning approval for a two-storey showroom and workshop.
Daihatsu is recalling over 15,000 Hijet LCVs for a safety-related inspection and possible repair.
Prestige brand vehicles fitted with automatic gearboxes have better residual value than those without, according to ‘EurotaxGlass’s Guide to Used Car Values’.
The Government is being criticized for placing fire regulations upon private businesses whilst simultaneously scrapping fire certificates and the aid of fire authority officers.
The new Toyota Yaris and RAV-4 will make their public debut at Frankfurt next month.
Mazda Motor Corporation will present its new design concept SASSOU (pronounced sa-so) at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.
The Lexus GS 450h will make its European debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show on September 13.
In-car multimedia manufacturers Centurion Electronics and Designer Vision Group have settled their battle over claimed breach of copyright.
Quinton Hazel has announced a new initiative promising workshops extra sales and income, with its lifetime clutch kit guarantee.
Fiat Auto UK’s introduction of a three-year ‘peace of mind’ package for the Croma is aimed at increasing residual values as well as reassuring customers about reliability, says the company.
A multi-million pound supply contract has been signed between Kent-based refurbishment centre Ambrosetti and Unipart Automotive.
Remy Autmotive has a new country manager following the departure of managing director Tim Rahill after seven years with the company.
Euro Car Parts has launched an aftermarket training academy to provide government-approved training for its sales trainees.
Denso is launching an all-makes glow plug programme next month, aimed at the UK’s growing diesel market.
4x4 tyre sales have increased by 151% in the last five years according to data from tyre manufacturer Cooper Tires.
The first course in Remy Automotive’s new Technical Expert initiative has taken place at the company’s UK headquarters at Fradley Heath, near Lichfield.
ATS Euromaster, Ripley, Derbyshire, has been praised for helping an organ transplant vehicle complete its journey and deliver its cargo in time.
Dealers will fail to invoice for £12m of work this year, according to research by Epyx, the company behind 1link Service Network e-commerce platform.