Renault is ending production on its Clio Renaultsport V6 255 this month due to the introduction of a new Clio in October.
Renault has increased its world sales by 3.6% in the first half of the year to 1,355,621 vehicles, capturing a 4.2% share of the global market.
Businessman David James is to ask the Government for an £80m lifeline guarantee to secure his plans to save MG Rover.
British automotive technology developer Ricardo has today opened a new office in Shanghai.
Remploy Automotive has appointed Beverley Parker as operations manager within the original equipment manufacture (OEM) business.
Toyota's president Katsuaki Watanabe has said his company’s discussions with General Motors on fuel-cell vehicles are in their final stages.
Former MG Rover employees have been told their pensions are set to be protected under the Pension Protection Fund.
Honda Motor has announced it is stopping production of the NSX.
A new west London ‘modern urban village’ comprising canal-side houses and apartments as well as commercial, leisure and retail facilities is offering residents use of a car club.
Seat has enhanced its top of the range Leon Cupra R model by adding the Smartnav satellite navigation system to its specification at no extra cost.
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Businessman David James has abandoned his plans of a possible rescue for the collapsed carmaker MG Rover.
Wolfgang Bernhard, head of the Volkswagen brand, has indicated in his first interview since taking the post in May this year that everything necessary for the group's success would be considered, including job losses and plant closures.
Mazda Motor Europe has announced today the appointment of Jiro Maebayashi, currently general manager of the basic design department in Hiroshima HQ, to vice president of Mazda’s European research and development centre (MRE) in Oberursel, near Frankfurt.
UK workers took fewer days off sick in the past year, a survey from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) suggests.
Kwik-Fit Fleet has announced a redevelopment and expansion of its fleet service centre to meet increasing demand from contract hire and leasing companies for its services.
PSA Peugeot Citroen CEO Jean-Martin Folz and Mitsubishi Motors Corporation chairman Takashi Nishioka have signed the final cooperation agreement today between their two companies concerning all-new SUVs.
Light commercial vehicle sales have decreased by 2.4% to 30,009 units in June according to figures form the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders.
Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the UK prices and specification for its B-class multi-activity vehicle. Prices range from £16,995 to £18,995 and deliveries start from September 15.
Trials have begun for a speed limit project in Leeds which uses satellite-based telematics tracking devices to monitor drivers.
Inchcape Automotive has launched a redevelopment of its Autograph Inspect and Collect service with newly developed web and telephone-based functionality and photography facilities.
Daihatsu has announced that every new Copen will come free with factory-fit leather trim.
Former head of Ford European operations Martin Leach and Ed Sabisky, a former finance director for Vauxhall UK, are understood to be leading a bid to revive MG Rover’s Longbridge plant.
Mitsubishi Motors has released the first sketches of its Concept-Sportback.
Uninsured drivers should face tougher penalties and more prison sentences, according to the British Insurance Broker’s Association (BIBA).
Mitsubishi is to add a 2.0-litre 134bhp diesel engine to its Grandis range from September. Prices range from £19,699 to £23,699.
Vauxhall has cut the price of its entry level Corsa Life to £6,995, a cut of £1,840 for the summer.
New car registrations in Scotland reached 19,548 in June, a decrease of 4.77% in comparison with the same month last year when 20,528 units were sold.
New car sales were down 5.8% in the first half of 2005 compared to last year, according to figures.
The list price of the average prestige-brand car is rising, but at a slower rate than for the new car market as a whole.
