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Lotus has appointed Heathcliffe Robertshaw as general manager of its UK and Ireland division.

Mercedes-Benz has revealed prices for its M-class range, which starts at £35,175 on-the-road.

Jamjar, the online car retailer, has revealed that the Vauxhall Corsa has been its best selling model for five years.

Toyota is to recall 1.41 million vehicles due to a headlight fault.

Audi will preview its A8 S quattro series at the Tokyo Motor Show with a new 10-cylinder FSI engine developed with Lamborghini.

Renault will keep on the current Clio II in two specs, Campus and Campus Sport.

Citroen has released prices for its new C3 range.

Pebley Beach Group Wroughton & Cirencester has won two Apprentice of the Year Awards and one runner-up prize.

The US Embassy in London has refused to pay the congestion charge, declaring it an ‘illegal tax’.

Britain’s automotive industry is alive and well contrary to the poor September new car registrations, says Professor Garel Rhys, director of the Centre for Automotive Industry Research.

Subaru is offering new finance deals on its 2005 model year cars, including 0% interest and PCP schemes.

Lookers has appointed Terence Wainwright, managing director of the group’s parts division, as an executive director.

Kayaba, the shock absorber supplier, is to change its global branding to KYB.

Rolls-Royce will unveil a new division wall package, fitted to an extended wheelbase Phantom at the Tokyo Motor show this month.

Chevrolet UK has extended the ‘3 and Easy’ finance package and is now available across a wider range of its models.

Automotive training provider Carter & Carter Group has seen business grow by a third and a large jump in profits in the year of its flotation on the stock exchange.

Cadillac and Corvette have registered 150 vehicles since they re-entered the UK market in May, but only 32 have gone to customers.

Volvo’s September sales are down 1.8% and down 2% for the year-to-date to 6,498 and 30,772 units sold respectively.

Suzuki GB and BMW UK have both signed an agreement with network service providers Autogreen which will enable the companies to comply with European Union regulations regarding the disposal of old vehicles.

Carter & Carter Group, which provides training and support to the UK car industry, has reported full year pre-tax profits of £4.3m up from £2.3m the previous year.

Drivers falling asleep at the wheel account for 20% of crashes on Britain’s roads.

Mazda’s new MX-5 has gained 10kg in weight despite the car going through a painstaking ‘gram strategy diet’.

Mercedes-Benz will unveil its F 600 HY Genius concept at the Tokyo Motor Show this month.

Honda has started production of the eighth generation Civic at its £1.33bn production plant in Swindon.

Joint MDs Steve Bessex and Paul Manning tell Stephen Briers why Vauxhall is the ideal partner as they look to add more sites

While 4x4s hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons these days (Greenpeace protest at the Land Rover plant, anyone?) it has done little to dampen the consumers’ love affair with off-roaders.

M-class shows its age

At last, Lotus dealers have a reason to be cheerful. Make that three reasons, for the Norfolk firm will add two new models to its stable by late 2007 – an Elise-based Grand Tourer and a new Esprit supercar – with another due at the end of the decade.

Lookers has completed its acquisition of Bristol based Apec, a wholesale distributor of braking parts to the automotive aftermarket.

Reg Vardy has renewed its contract with car health check company HPI for two more years.