Just 12 months ago, the only All-American cars on sale in the UK were Jeep and Chrysler.
Back on track and gunning for growth
Confusion and controversy is mounting in the bodyshop industry over repairs made to vehicles containing High Strength (HSS) or Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS) like Boran.
Just Car Clinics is pressing ahead with plans to grow its bodyshop network over the next 18 months, despite rumours that it is the target of an RAC bid.
The VBRA is the only bodyshop industry stakeholder to snub the first meeting of the ABP Club standards working party, according to the organisers.
New VBRA director-general Malcolm Tagg, who replaced Ron Nicholson on March 1, says it’s business as usual, at least for now.
EMTEC’s first large-scale advanced apprenticeship programme for bodyshops has been launched in conjunction with the ABS body repair network.
Reports by Tim Rose and Andrew Peace
Dealers could be losing out on as much as £340 extra revenue per car from failing to capitalise on a customer’s desire for vehicle accessories and modifying components.
Following a successful launch in Southern Ireland and the rest of Europe, Tenneco Automotive’s Testing Days on Tour now comes to the UK.
Vegem, the Leeds-based parts distributor that went into administration late last year, has been rescued from the brink by a management buyout.
Michelin has announced a multi-million pound upgrade to its chain of ATS Euromaster service centres
Mark Rudge has been appointed as the new managing director for Eparts Automotive, the IT and connectivity service provider.
The parts market has always seemed the least exciting area of the motor industry, although a steady ‘earner’.
Last year, Hyundai UK recorded its best annual new car sales yet, with a 17% climb year-on-year to 37,600 units, securing the Korean brand a 1.47% market share.
PSA is confident that having Peugeot and Citroen, two competing brands, gives it an advantage over French rival Renault and multi-marque groups such as DaimlerChrysler and Toyota.
Network Vehicles, a specialist division of LeasePlan UK, is looking to add more dealers to its chain of 150 franchisees.
Dr Alan Begg, Automotive Academy chief executive, has been made an Honorary Professor of the University of Birmingham's School of Engineering (Metallurgy and Materials).
MG Rover has been granted a partial national insurance and income tax holiday by the Government to keep the troubled carmaker in business, reports the FT.
The RAC has called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to freeze fuel tax in Wednesday’s budget.
Alfa Romeo has revised it 3 and 5-door 147 range for the UK.
A new motoring club, called Club Utopia, is being launched to provide corporate clients with the ‘supercar experience’ but without the disadvantages of ownership.
More than 20 BMW dealers risk losing their businesses after being branded “complacent”.
There’s an unprecedented number of diesel used cars around at the moment. Why? Because next month it will be three years since the Government changed the way it taxed company cars from business miles covered to carbon dioxide emissions produced by the car.
Grand duke of torque
Eyes are on interest rates and inflation. David Ross reports
Used cars strengthen despite slowing economy, says Experian Automotive MD Rob Whalley
Suzuki’s all-new Swift, replacing the model upgraded several times since its 1984 launch, will cost from just under £8,000 for the 3dr when sales start in May
Lookers’ recent acquisition of the Bristol Trade Centre, one of the UK’s leading car supermarkets, illustrates that the used car market is a key growth area and source of profits, particularly among the larger retail groups.
The internet has done much to influence change in the motor trade – mostly for the better. It has empowered retail buyers with information before they enter showrooms, and is now a powerful tool for dealers in their quest for the right stock.
