John Granby, a former senior executive at MG Rover, is launching a new UK-wide company into the daily rental market in January
MG Rover is exploiting its British heritage in order to increase sales across Europe.
Proton has announced that its customers will be offered 3 years free servicing and warranty on its GEN-2.
Peugeot’s parts training centre in Coventry has become an approved Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) assessment centre.
Kia has teamed up with the Mirror Group Newspapers to give away a car a day from January 1.
More than 200 staff at Group Lotus are to lose their jobs as part of a major restructuring.
Eighty Peugeot retailers have now invested in its Blue Box showroom design, with 60 more in the stages of developing the contentious project.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe and Pininfarina have reached an agreement to build a third Colt variant, the convertible.
Six European carmakers have launched a joint campaign to develop wireless technology which will warn surrounding motorists of hazardous situations.
Competition Minister Gerry Sutcliffe is seeking views on plans to revoke a piece of competition law that place restrictions on the sale of car parts.
Former CD Bramall chairman Tony Bramall is back on the motor retail acquisition trail less than a year after selling his company to Pendragon for £230m.
Prices for the new BMW 3-series have been announced.
A 35-year-old, low mileage Mini once owned by a criminal associate of the Kray twins, was sold at BCA’s Christmas classic and historic sale for £11,775.
The new Seat Toledo will go on sale for January 7, with prices starting at £13,350 for the 1.6 Reference.
Kia Motors UK is contacting Sorento owners concerning two safety related issues affecting 4,650 cars.
MG Rover’s new director of worldwide sales and marketing has said he expects an agreement with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation to be announced within a month at a formal signing ceremony at Longbridge.
PSA Peugeot Citroen is launching a three-year plan to improve the quality of the components it buys from its 700-strong supply chain.
The Advertising Standards Authority has backed two manufacturers in a complaint about separate national press campaigns.
Reg Vardy has reported a mild growth in half-year profit before tax in an upbeat statement from the group.
Development of Mazda’s dealer network is set to continue with the objective of filling 25 open points within the next two years.
Kia Motors’ eventual replacement for the Rio will make its first appearance in four-door sedan form at the North American International Motor Show in Detroit in January.
MG Rover is planning a new year sales blitz in a bid to turn around its poor performance.
An off-roader for the family
A new body repair centre has been opened by Chartwell at the cost of £2.5 million.
Kia dealers have been ordered by UK bosses to manipulate registration figures for the majority of the brand’s products this month to save the importer from exceeding European carbon dioxide targets.
It’s a Mini – but not as you know it. Look closely, don’t be fooled by the black paint and black tape, and you’ll realise that tinkering with this Mini’s ticker is not via the typical clamshell.
SYUK, the UK importer of Korea’s SsangYong cars, is looking to recruit up to 80 dealers as it prepares for the launch of several key new models in the next two years.
The Office of Fair Trading has revoked the consumer credit licence held by a Shropshire motor retailer after he was convicted of crimes related to handling stolen goods.
PSA Peugeot-Citroen has hit back at fresh claims that its Ryton plant is set to close when production of the popular Peugeot 206 ends in 2008.
Pendragon is hunting for small dealer group acquisitions across the Atlantic to create a US operation equal in size to its UK business by the end of the decade.
