Glass’s, the used car guide, has announced that the average three-year-old car (Y-plate with 36,000 miles) is now worth £6,634, according to its latest market index report.
GM has announced that it will be constructing components for fairground rides, ski lifts and pogo sticks in a new aftersales initiative.
Honda has announced that its Swindon plant will begin assembling the 2.2-litre four-cylinder, all-aluminium diesel engine launched earlier this year in the Accord before the end of 2005.
Workers at the Bochum factory of German car maker Opel voted to return to work after paraylsing assembly lines for six days in protest at plans by Opel's US parent, General Motors, to slash 12,000 jobs in Europe.
Ferrari Maserati UK Ltd is the new name for the importer of Ferrari and Maserati cars in the UK.
Ford Motor Company yesterday reported sharply higher third-quarter losses from its North American automotive and luxury car operations.
BMW has launched its first diesel convertible, the 320Cd.
Details have been announced for the 2005 Repairer Conference to be held by repair network ABS.
Volkswagen has expanded its TDI line-up with the arrival of the Phaeton and Touareg V6 TDI models, both using a new 3.0-litre six-cylinder engine.
Volvo is launching Water Repellent Glass (WRG) to improve visibility and help prevent accidents when driving in wet weather.
A year ago Nick Gregg took on a job that he admits will never be finished
MPs have been urged to hold an urgent inquiry into the decision by Ford to end car production at its Jaguar factory in Coventry.
A total of 340 jobs are to go at its Ellesmere Port facility on Merseyside, and a further 94 at its van-making factory in Luton.
AutoExCeL 2005, the aftermarket event due to take place at London Docklands next April, has been cancelled.
UK buying group United Aftermarket Network’s (UAN) distributor network has reached the 30 mark with two new motor factors joining the group.
A new Ford dealership will open in Crawley, West Sussex, next month after an absence of over a year since the closure of the previous dealer, Otters Ford.
Statistics just released by HPI, vehicle information specialists, confirm that 1 in 3 HPI checks continues to reveal facts which could threaten a car's title, value or safety.
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.
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.
