Figures released by the Office for National Statistics shows that car production was up 1.2 per cent in the highest September since 1999.
Seven out of 10 UK regions enjoyed an increase in used car retail sales in September compared to August, CAP reports.
Toyota sold a record 715,438 units in the period from January to September 2004, an increase of 11% over the first nine months of 2003.
Volkswagen has rejected a German trade union offer to limit workers' pay rises, saying it does not go far enough.
Nissan is seeking planning permission to build a wind farm in the middle of its Sunderland plant, according to the BBC.
We have previously written about the CAP Used Car Performance Index – a monthly national survey of used car dealers in the franchise and non-franchise sectors.
The 307 had a tough reputation to live up to when it was launched in June 2001. The 306 had been one of the most popular small family cars on the market.
The DVLA plans to offer motorists the option of using credit cards when paying for vehicle excise duty (VED) from spring 2005.
Alfa Romeo is planning a new ownership package that covers all servicing costs and pan-European breakdown assistance for up to five years or 100,000 miles.
The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association has become the second automotive body to be granted full approval of its Consumer Code of Practice by the Office of Fair Trading.
ATS Euromaster has this month rolled out an online authorisation service that will enable its 530 service centres to get instant approval on car maintenance from fleet customers, after successfully completing a pilot scheme.
Bad press concerning the car repair industry continues with the jailing of a cowboy mechanic from Surrey who charged a customer almost £300 for repairs not carried out.
Nationwide Accident Repairs Services has paid a £30,000 settlement for copyright infringement after the company was unable to produce licences for computer software it was using.
Administrators for collapsed bodyshop group Motor Repair Management are struggling to find buyers for a number of its 19 sites.
A vehicle repairs pressure group is claiming that insurers are obliging authorised repairers to breach data protection laws by failing to provide their engineers with adequate laptop computer equipment.
BMW (GB) has achieved government recognition for the high standard of the technician training programmes at its Centre for Development in Bracknell, Berkshire.
MG Rover has signed a binding agreement to hand over technology and know-how to the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC).
We have talked before about how the ‘ups and downs’ of the market for mechanical servicing and repair can favour market players. In AM last February, we called this the ‘do nothing scenario’.
The AA is to completely withdraw from service and repair after selling 50 of its loss-making centres to Nationwide Autocentres.
Subaru is hoping a pilot scheme launched this month for Impreza servicing will be rolled out to encompass its other model ranges early next year.
Angry backers of the AutoExcel show have criticised the indecisive attitude of the aftermarket industry for causing the event’s demise this week.
Mixing the big presence of the Phaeton, Golf components and the bold new grille of recent VW concept cars, the all-new Passat is on its way.
Automotive retailers are facing a meltdown in finance business unless they wake up to the threat posed by the direct lenders.
Rolls-Royce has taken action to reassure its dealers worldwide following the sudden resignation of its chairman and chief executive Karl-Heinz Kalbfell on Monday.
Buyers are being sought for South Cleveland Garages group’s 10 businesses, after the automotive retailer went into receivership last week with unspecified debts.
Pendragon has paid Hartwell around £4.5m for the freehold of a Cardiff dealership with the Citroen and Chrysler Jeep franchises.
Southampton-based Volkswagen and Audi dealer Testwood Motor Group has been split up and sold off after two of its three directors – Melvyn Hobson and David Henley – decided to retire.
The demise of AutoExcel should not be interpreted by organisers of the UK’s other aftermarket shows as a signal that they are meeting the needs of the industry.
European Motor Holdings has ridden the crest of strong premium brand sales by posting its best ever first half results, which contrast with recent figures published by some retail groups.
More than 250 workers at Middlesborough-based South Cleveland Garages were sent home without pay at the end of last week after the seven-outlet group’s bankers put it into administration under PricewaterhouseCoopers on 14 October.
