Honda is the first car company in Britain to launch fixed price repairs on models more than three years old, with the launch of Honda Happiness this month.
Derek Cook, founder of the DC Cook dealer group, has been killed in a car accident while holidaying in France.
Two of Russia's richest men are reportedly considering bids for MG Rover, increasing the chances that the company will be bought outright from its administrators, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
TV newsreader Huw Edwards is to chair the convention on Day 1 of autoretailing 05, and will moderate the Q&A sessions.
Negotiations with PricewaterhouseCoopers and industry leaders have failed to save more than 300 jobs at engine maker subsidiary Powertrain.
New research reveals that most drivers view 4x4s favourably and that many consider safety features more important than car aesthetics.
MG Rover chief executive Kevin Howe has been made redundant.
United Aftermarket Network (UAN), the UK buying group, is celebrating its first anniversary with the appointment of its 50th distributor.
Giulio Salomone will become managing director of Fiat Auto UK from Monday (May 2).
The forthcoming Volkswagen Golf Plus will be priced from £12,895 on-the-road when it goes on sale on June 1.
Citroen has expanded the appeal of the C2 range with a new 1.1-litre petrol model, the Furio.
A hidden transport crisis is looming if the new Government buries its head in the sand and fails to develop and fund a national transport strategy, according to the RAC Foundation.
PSA Peugeot Citroen has announced that sales for the first three months of the year amounted to €13,635 million (£9,240 million), a 0.7% increase from the €13,538 million (£9,174 million) in first-quarter 2004.
Hyundai’s all-new 2.4 litre Sonata saloon goes on sale today.
DaimlerChrysler has recorded an operating profit of €628m (£425.2m) in the first quarter of 2005, compared with €1,546m (£1,046m) last year.
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The head of the MG Rover Dealer Council has reportedly come to an agreement with a finance company on initiatives that could ease the cash problems of the carmaker's franchised dealers.
Managing director of Mazda Motor UK Ltd James Muir, has been appointed president and CEO of Mazda Motor Europe.
Scottish dealer group Macrae & Dick has announced that there will be ‘no redundancies’ in the reaction to the MG Rover collapse.
JCT600 has bought two Volkswagen dealerships – Layerthorpe in York and Priory Park in Hull – for £10m after announcing operating profits of £12.4m on turnover of £453m.
Vehicle remarketing solutions (vrs) is urging independent dealers to react quickly to rising fuel prices and stock up on smaller, higher spec vehicles.
The new Range Rover Sport has developed a new 500bhp version by Overfinch.
Car insurance premiums continue to show little movement, according to the AA's latest quarterly British Insurance Premium Index.
Skoda Auto has announced that it will manufacture a fourth model range, based on the Roomster concept car first shown at the 2003 Frankfurt Motorshow.
Kwik-Fit has announced it has been put up for auction and could go for as much as £800m.
Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) has revealed that finance provided for new car purchases fell 6% by value and 9% by volume in March compared to the same period last year.
Dealers could be wasting thousands of pounds every year by leaving their PCs running - so dealer management systems provider Pinewood is backing a campaign to get them to switch their computers off.
European Motor Holdings (EMH) has announced record results for the year ended February 28, 2005, with a net cash total of £36.6m.
The Phoenix Consortium was not to blame for the collapse of Rover. The fault-lines that finally led Rover into administration actually go back as far as the early 1960s, says a new report published by the Cambridge-MIT Institute Centre for Competitiveness and Innovation at Cambridge University.
Nissan is offering current X-Trail customers who upgrade to the new 2005 X-Trail three years’ free servicing and three years’ roadside recovery with the RAC.
