Car manufacturers must make progress to allow independent repairers and other operators to get access to technical information on their vehicles, according to a study carried out by the University of Aachen (IKA) and published on the website of the European Commission's Competition Directorate-General.
New laws coming into force on October 31 will change the way motor retailers promote credit in their adverts and on the forecourt.
The Retail Motor Industry (RMI) has given its support to calls for a ban on the latest television ad campaign from Egg, the online financial services provider.
General Motors’ workers in Bochum, Germany, halted production for a fifth day to protest the company's plans to slash a fifth of the workforce in Europe.
Vehicle Remarketing Solutions is calling for the motor industry to target the recruitment of women into the industry. The company recently advertised a senior sales position and received over 50 applications – not one of which was a woman.
Prices on 17 Ford Transit models have been reduced with savings from £100 to £1,450 effective immediately.
Sam Burton, managing director of Subaru UK and Isuzu UK import/distribution at International Motors, is leaving the company at the end of November to become automotive director of Mondial Assistance UK.
Jaguar workers have voted to accept a pay offer, recommended by trade union Amicus.
Karl-Heinz Kalbfell (54), chairman and chief executive of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, has asked the BMW Group to accept his resignation.
Ford has provided details of a new inflatable safety belt technology which may offer the potential to reduce head and neck injuries
A gang which conspired to steal luxury cars worth more than £600,000 from showrooms across the Midlands, London and the South was jailed yesterday.
Jaguar bucked a slight downward trend to increase sales of its luxury saloons and sports cars in western Europe by 3.8 per cent in September to 7,968 units compared with 7,675 in the same month last year.
General Motors (GM) has posted disappointing quarterly earnings and cut its 2004 profit forecast due to mounting losses in Europe and slowing growth in China.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI) is to launch its bodyshop forum, on October 28 in London, to enhance relations between RMI members and sector partners on major issues affecting the industry.
Independent research commissioned by the Energy Saving Trust (EST), has revealed that 80% of British drivers would buy a car that was less damaging to the environment if they knew they could get financial assistance towards the cost.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has achieved its best ever quarterly result, breaking the 10,000 sales barrier for the first time in the history of the company.
Murray Mazda – the new name for Mazda in Edinburgh – has opened for business with showrooms at two newly-renovated locations in Sighthill and Seafield.
A final edition, with standard equipment specification, will mark the final production run of the A6 Avant as it makes way for its all-new successor, due in mid-2005.
Cotswold Motor Group, the BMW/Mini dealer with sites in Cheltenham and Hereford, has appointed Andrew Kirk as group corporate specialist to spearhead growth in the business sector as it prepares for the opening of its third site in Gloucester in February.
Buyers of Citroën’s new C5 could save over £4,000 thanks to a 0% finance offer on the model, which has just gone on sale.
General Motors will cut up to 12,000 jobs over the next two years to reduce annual costs at its European operations by 500 million euros (£341 million) by 2006, it said today.
The car insurance market is stabilising according to new research by the AA.
BMW’s 3 Series has emerged as the number one seller in a private car market that generated £1.81bn worth of sales during the third quarter of 2004, according to used car database, Cardata.co.uk.
Commercial vehicle hire firm Burnt Tree has placed one of the largest single fleet orders for Vauxhall commercial vehicles.
Euro Car Parts has been voted the best independent parts supplier for the second year running.
Graham Wheeler has been appointed joint managing director of Volkswagen Financial Services (VWFS) UK with immediate effect.
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Total west European passenger car registrations amounted to 1,353,817 units in September 2004, representing a decrease of –0.6% (-0.7% in the EU-15) compared to the same month last year.
The backlog of roadworks in England is so large that it would take 10 years to clear even if engineers were given all the funding needed to carry out the repairs, a survey has claimed.
The Vehicle Builders and Repairers Association (VBRA) has secured approval for its consumer code of practice from the Office of Fair Trading.
