Fluence, Renault's latest concept car, is an upmarket, four-seater sports coupé.
The £16m turnover Car Crash Line Group has announced a name change to CCL UK Group.
Car dealers may need to change the way they advertise finance packages due to consumer credit reforms, according to the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI).
Ford yesterday defended the pace of its expansion in China, where it lags its global rivals, saying the mainland market was still at an early stage of its growth and development of brand loyalties.
Residual values for some mainstream diesel fleet cars could drop below their petrol equivalents, according to predictions by GE Capital Fleet Services.
The appointment of Colin Parlett as the Retail Motor Industry Federation's president – replacing Lookers' Fred Maguire whose two-year term of office ended last month – sends out a clear signal that the trade association is not just run by the biggest, most powerful dealer groups.
The Financial Services Authority has fined Universal Salvage £90,000 for a breach of its Listing Rules. Martin Hynes, the former CEO of Universal, was personally fined £10,000 as well. He has since resigned from the company.
Consumers are being urged to think twice before disregarding high mileage cars as a bad buy.
Nissan dealers are being trained to cope with a new type of customer – one who is attracted to the brand by niche products like the 350Z sportscar and the Murano sports utility vehicle, due next year.
Emma Stanley joins the Honda UK public relations team this week as new PR operations manager for cars
Fiat has introduced its new Multipla, which it first showed at this year's Geneva Motor Show.
Flying the flag for England could cost motorists a £2,500 fine or three penalty points on their licence.
Jaguar sales in Britain and Europe further strengthened during May, driven by wider availability of the new Jaguar diesels and X-Type Estate, to record a 31% improvement over May 2003 and to maintain the overall growth trend seen through the year so far.
The largest ever gathering of Longbridge-built motor vehicles will take place for a weekend of celebrations beginning on July 8, 2004 to celebrate the founding of the Austin Motor Company and 100 years of continuous motor vehicle production at the plant.
General Motors yesterday announced its plans to continue the growth of its business in China. Pending government approval, the total amount of new investment is expected to exceed US$3 bn (£1.63bn) over the next three years.
Romans Motor Company, the MG Rover dealership in Wetherby Road, Harrogate has appointed Michael Harrison as its new dealer principal.
An RAC Warranty team is on the lookout for dealers who are displaying the RAC brand incorrectly.
Budget Rent a Car has added four new locations to its UK network following the appointment of Regal Vehicle Rentals as a franchise in the North West. The four new locations are Chester, Manchester South, Warrington and Workington. Budget now operates 80 locations in the UK and is actively seeking to expand its network further.
HM Customs has agreed to repay Lookers Group for VAT overpaid on demonstrator vehicles between 1997 and 1996. The total amount receivable, net of expenses, will be at least £15m.
Mitsubishi Motors has negotiated a $4bn (£2.17bn) rescue package with Japanese and US investors, following the decision by DaimlerChrysler not to invest more turnaround money.
Logistics, aftersales, marketing and sales specialist Andrew Lester has been appointed to the new post of country manager for Alfa Romeo in the UK. He replaces managing director Glyn Owen, who has left the company after two years in the job.
A new Freelander derivative, the 1.8 XEi Special Edition, is now on sale, available from £16,995 for the 3 door, and £18,995 for the 5 door.
Fiat Auto's Barchetta sportscar has become available again in the UK.
The headline will provoke a collective groan from proprietors of the UK’s 18,500 vehicle test stations, but it’s a fact: the national implementation of computerised MoT that should have happened in 2002, then 2003 and then earlier this year has been put back until at least November.
After lying dormant for decades, Maserati is being re-invented as a proper sports-luxury brand to compete with Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Jaguar.
Volkswagen retailer Gilders has reported a significant increase in the percentage of its service customers who say they would recommend its dealership at Banner Cross in Sheffield.
Jennings has taken on the Subaru franchise for Middlesbrough, spending £800,000 – including some TV advertising – on adding the marque to its existing Ford, Mazda and Seat dealerships there. It is also the first dealership in the country to get the new Subaru corporate ID.
Revisions to the Audi retail network have seen around 38 of the 120 outlets change hands over the past 12 months. The process is part of a strategy that will see the company cut the number of partners from 90 in 2000 to 40. At the end of this year it expects to have 50.
Gowrings is to quit the motor business to focus entirely on its chain of Burger King outlets. Having sold its Ford dealerships some 18 months ago, the comp-any is now selling its three bodyshop in Oxford, Swindon and Wokingham to Nationwide Accident Repair Services.
Whitehouse Group is battling to save 80 jobs after losing the Volks-wagen franchises in Tonbridge and Tunbridge Wells in Kent.
