The latest Audi A4 models will hold their value more than other prestige German rivals over 3 years/ 60,000 miles, according to the latest issue of CAP Monitor.
Nissan has paid the Inland Revenue more than £37m after the carmaker was accused of shifting profits from its UK factory to countries with lower tax rates.
Donalds Garage Mazda dealership has signed up to the Motability Scheme.
A Lancashire car body repair centre is working with a local school on a new type of apprenticeship scheme designed to benefit both students and employers.
Motor insurers are being urged to play a greater role in reducing the number of road accident casualties.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has today confirmed a new model is to be built at the company’s manufacturing plant at Goodwood. The new car, a two-door, four-seat convertible, is expected to be unveiled in 2007.
TRW has issued new licenses for its Lucas branded rotating electrical products less than one month after the collapse of Lucas SRE, with the head licence going to Elta Lighting, an existing bulb supplier based at Colehill, West Midlands.
The future regulation of the bodyshop sector should come from within the industry, not rely on legislation or licensing, according to Thatcham.
Bodyshops with Royal and Sun Alliance repair contracts might have to seek repair authorisation from India when the insurer expands its administration and customer service operation.
GM Daewoo is sending out a brochure to 20,000 independent workshops reminding them it has cut the price of its parts by an average of 34%.
“We are not BRIC and we are not BALLS.” Chairman David Cresswell’s opening words at the inaugural meeting of the Auto Body Professionals Club were designed to clarify the new organisation’s position as an industry arbitrator rather than a pressure group, trade association or repairer council.
The VBRA and RMI are continuing to lobby for a block on a controversial TV advert by internet bank Egg, which they claim denigrates motor repairers
The problems of bodyshop courtesy cars never go away. Optimising utilisation of courtesy cars is at the centre of it all – against a background of rising costs.
Japanese supplier Denso will use its range of spark plugs to strengthen its foothold in the UK after- market, according to the comp-any’s senior personnel.
The Motor Vehicle Repairers Association (MVRA) and accident management specialist Auto Indemnity are to go their separate ways, just seven months after starting an agreement.
The Modul-System Group, manufacturer of racking systems for commercial vehicles, has filed for a High Court injunction in the UK against its former distributor H-Modul Ltd.
Motoring organisation the RAC is stepping in to fill the vehicle inspections vacuum left by rival concern the AA.
MG Rover is blaming the rise in dual-brand showrooms and network restructuring for its sales slump in the UK. Year-to-date sales are down 19.5% at 63,599 units.
New car sales figures for Western Europe released by JATO Dynamics, the automotive intelligence provider, show that year-to-date (YTD) sales are up on 2003.
A recently established Scottish consumer helpline funded by the Department of Trade and Industry has revealed that used cars generate the largest number of complaints by the public north of the border.
DaimlerChrysler has denied rumours that it may drop its Smart range despite the quirky city car brand failing to make a profit since the 1998 launch.
Industry charity BEN is looking to boost income by an additional £3m next year – its centenary – to enable it to upgrade each of its four residential homes.
Rumours that repairers have begun quitting the Retail Motor Industry Federation because of its failure to gain OFT approval for CarWise have been flatly denied by chief executive Matthew Carrington.
The future is with Mazda, according to the Milcars Group, which is about to begin construction of its second outlet for the Japanese brand in a prime location in Hertfordshire.
Porsche dealers are preparing to receive 2005 model year Boxsters, which go on sale on November 27.
Lookers has acquired its fifth VW dealership with the purchase of Darlington Volkswagen from Mill garages for £800,000.
Union leaders are meeting Jaguar executives over the planned ending of car assembly at Coventry’s Browns Lane plant and job cuts as MPs began questioning both sides in the dispute.
A small group of Kia retailers is acting as a pathfinder for the importer’s new dealership training programme which is aimed at overhauling the franchise’s standards of customer service.
European Motor Holdings has ended an experimental two-year retail car wash agreement with Asda because it did not produce high enough profits.
BMW is to further cut the number of jobs at its Swindon car body plant by 400 as it scales down production of parts for MG Rover and Land Rover.
