The Toyota Yaris is to be sold with a turn-by-turn satellite navigation with Electronic Traffic Avoidance (ETA).
Saab is developing an alcohol-sensing device which will encourage drivers to observe drink-driving laws in a bid to reduce road accident deaths.
Austria is the most expensive country in Europe to have a vehicle breakdown.
The Factoring Services Group, (FSG) has produced its most complete accessories catalogue ever, as part of the company’s Auto Centre of Excellence (ACE) retail programme.
Motorists will continue to depend on fossil fuels for at least another 30 years because the alternatives are either impractical or prohibitively expensive, according to an oil industry study.
Centrica, the UK’s biggest electricity and gas supplier, is seeking a buyer for the AA vehicle breakdown services business, which it bought for £1.1bn in 1999.
The UK’s largest newspaper publishing group, Trinity Mirror plc, has awarded a new vehicle supply contract to Vauxhall Motors for its fleet of over 2,100 essential user cars in a deal worth £27m at showroom prices.
The MOT test in Northern Ireland should be privatised to bring it in line with Great Britain, according to the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI).
General Motors has removed key functions from its Opel, Vauxhall and Saab units in an attempt to develop a new unity across the brands.
A Christian car dealer is to close his Mitsubishi franchise rather than open on Sundays.
Mercedes-Benz is launching its new A-Class in spring 2005.
Researching values in the used car market requires a wide range of activity measures to gain a comprehensive picture of the factors driving them.
Citroen’s new car cashback promotion works. It’s got buyers into showrooms, signatures on order forms and increased C5’s sales figures. Currently, Citroen is offering buyers £3,000 back on any C5.
How much do you love your customers? There’s only one answer – lots and lots.
In a service or body repair workshop, the main product is time.
Car Parts Direct reports a more than doubling of radar detector sales so far this year.
The launch of a business partnership agreement between Honda (UK) and Castrol was announced at the Birmingham moor show.
Total UK, part of the French oils and lubes supplier TotalFinaElf, is re-jigging its strategy to reduce focus on French manufacturers and increase sales with other businesses.
PPG’s Original Finish colour-styling team has made its predictions for the colours motor manufacturers will be using in the year 2007 and beyond.
For the first time since 2001, the RAC has overtaken the AA at the top of the annual JD Power UK Roadside Assistance Customer Satisfaction Study.
The Vehicle Body Repairers Association is advertising for a director-general designate, as the current DG Ron Nicholson is to retire at the start of next year, after almost 50 years in the industry, including 21 with the VBRA.
Euro Car Parts has launched a new air conditioning programme for the independent aftermarket.
A five-year free service and maintenance package is now available on all 2004 model year Range Rovers bought from Land Rover dealers this summer
Renault London City has embarked on a major recruitment and training drive to increase its aftersales capacity and improve its customer satisfaction ratings.
Repairer network ABS is to redraw the boundaries of the regional business areas into which its 240 repair centres are divided.
New research from Arval PHH has identified the five parts of a vehicle most likely to suffer minor damage during its lifetime.
The automotive aftermarket was noticeable by its absence at the Sunday Times Motor Show Live 2004
Progress Software Solutions has launched an internet-based database of customer, vehicle and job information shown on a computer screen in T-card format.
The Office of Fair Trading has outlined its determination to enforce “rigorously” the revised block exemption regulations in the UK. But it stresses the need for feedback from the market.
Alfa Romeo’s 156 Sportwagon is to get the same facelift as the sedan – and an Audi Allroad-style all-wheel drive crossover version called, somewhat unimaginatively, the Crosswagon.
