There has been a dramatic fall in European residual values in the second half of the year as the positive effect of new model introductions declines.
The Chancellor’s pre-Budget statement has sent a positive message to small businesses in the motor industry.
Donalds Motor Group, a Mazda dealer for 25 years in Peterborough, has relaunched two former Garneys and Hill Mazda dealerships in Bury St Edmunds and Ipswich.
JD Power and Associates, the US marketing information services company which conducts an annual study of the UK’s automotive customer service levels, says it is looking for outside investment to support global expansion.
Dealers are being warned to be wary of any approaches made by a company calling itself Budget Fleet Remarketing.
Sewells Information & Research, a sister organisation to AM, has just published the New Car Finance House Survey 2004.
Toyota’s new Yaris range, due in showrooms by the end of next year, will not include a Verso MPV/estate car version.
Rover dealers have welcomed the news of the planned tie-up with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation – on which, according to MG Rover boss John Towers, “the future of the company rests”.
MG Rover has won its appeal against a ‘Jobs for Life’ ruling which would have protected its workers against compulsory redundancies.
Pendragon chief executive Trevor Finn tells Stephen Briers why he’s putting his money on Cadillac/Corvette to succeed in the UK
A night for celebration and socialising with peers, but have you booked your place at the AM Awards 2005 yet?
Prestige and charm – at a modest price
Tim Rose, David Ross and Andrew Peace report on the AM Financial Management conference, November 17
The Automotive Academy has welcomed the Chancellor's pre-Budget announcement of a national roll-out of employee training programmes and increased benefits for young people in unwaged training.
Suzuki has announced it will close two domestic factories for a total of three days this month due to a shortage of steel parts.
Chancellor Gordon Brown has today announced the restoration from April 2006 of the company car tax diesel supplement on new diesel cars registered from January 2006.
Honda is piloting an interactive ad that enables prospective car buyers to speak directly to dealerships via their television.
Kia has passed the 30,000 car sales in the UK due to the recently launched Picanto and Cerato, the company says.
Woman now have a greater say in car purchasing decisions than men according to research. Volvo says 80% of car purchase decisions are now influenced by women.
The ongoing steel crisis at Nissan Motors may force the company to reduce production by a further 15,000 vehicles in March on top of the 25,000 that have been lost from the closure of most of its Japanese plants for five days, Carlos Ghosn, president and CEO, warned today.
Car workers union Amicus claims to have halted “excessive overtime” at Honda in an “industrial relations breakthrough” for 4,000 workers at the Swindon plant which builds Civic and CR-V models for UK and export markets.
Skoda has published an interview with its chairman Detlef Wittig.
Volkswagen will today reveal its new Golf Plus model at the Bologna Show in Italy.
Britain's businesses are losing billions of pounds every year in congestion and the Highways Agency has been too slow to introduce measures to speed up traffic, a report by the Government’s spending watchdog has claimed.
Citroen has set a record at British Car Auctions (BCA) after recording the highest number of vehicles sold through BCA’s online auction.
An MP is demanding Government grants to persuade drivers to buy cleaner, greener and safer cars - and taxes to penalise those who choose gas guzzlers.
UK car production for October slowed according to data from the Office for National Statistics.
Four-wheel drive vehicle manufacturers have hit back at claims that SUVs are disproportionately responsible for pollution and will cause more deaths than wars in the years ahead.
New car buyers in 2005 look set to face an unprecedented new model offensive.
Two thirds of new cars are driven by just half of the population. It’s no surprise that it’s the better off half of the population that are more likely to be driving a new car.
