Steve Hood has been appointed director of marketing at Ford of Britain, succeeding Peter Fleet, while Morten Hannesbo becomes director of sales, replacing Paul Van der Burgh.
Land Rover has made a fresh offer to the unions after their second 24-hour strike on Monday; they will present it without recommendation to shop stewards on Friday.
The MOT test will continue to lose credibility unless the onset of computerisation is used to raise its status, claims the RMI.
Pinewood is now an approved DMS supplier to Suzuki's network, and sees the approval as a major step in its aim to move from third to second place in the UK DMS market.
The European Parliament has voted to call on the European Commission to end the UK's individual opt-out from the 48-hour average limit on the working week.
Court hearings have ended in the US lawsuit brought by Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp. alleging that Daimler-Benz's merger with Chrysler was in effect a take-over that deprived Chrysler shareholders of a fair offer.
PSA Peugeot Citroën's 2003 results “demonstrated firm resilience in a difficult environment shaped by lower demand in Europe, particularly in France, and by the highly negative impact of the stronger euro,” says the group's financial results announcement today.
The SMMT is urging government to allocate the 24GHz ultra-wide short wave radio frequency for use by manufacturers as soon as possible, to use with collision warning sensors.
Daewoo Cars, the former sales and distribution operation for Daewoo vehicles in the UK, has finally gone into liquidation.
Renault grew revenues by 3.8% to €37,525 million last year, and its operating margin rose sharply in the second half-year. The group also benefited from an improvement in Nissan's earnings and finance revenue growth.
Taking no action on reductions in parts discounts is not an option, says the VBRA.
Ford has launched a new series of sales incentives across its model ranges, including low finance rates, additional free features and free insurance on selected models - and cash discounts over £1,400 on selected models.
In its second consecutive year of growth, the RMI has increased its membership beyond 10,000 businesses.
Derek Cook, the former chairman of the failed DC Cook motor group, is set to take over the loss-making Virgin Cars operation for an undisclosed sum.
Land Rover dealers were left counting the cost of strike action this week after the company's workforce downed tools on Monday.
TRW Automotive is closing the doors to its steering and suspension plant at Luton in a bid to cut costs and boost efficiency.
The entire CD Bramall management board, including chief executive Peter Jones and chairman Tony Bramall, will step down once the group's acquisition by Pendragon is complete.
With the final version of new regulations governing the sale of general insurance products due out this week, the Financial Services Authority has said that, even though the legislation does not take effect until January 15 2005, it could take them up to six months to process an application.
Franchised dealer prices for warranties can cost nearly three times as much as an independent insurer, according to new research.
Vauxhall is launching a major bid to almost double the size of its fast-fit operation, making it second in size to aftermarket giant Kwik-Fit.
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Pendragon, the UK's largest retail group, has tabled a £230m recommended offer for its closest rival, CD Bramall.
Land Rover's Solihull plant has been hit by a second 24-hour stoppage today, 9 February, involving T&G, Amicus and GMB members.
Mitsubishi Motors Europe (MME) President & CEO Stefan Jacoby is leaving the company to “pursue other opportunities”. MME says a replacement will be announced soon.
The annualised rate of sales in Western Europe dropped to 13.6m units last month, says forecaster Pete Kelly of J.D. Power-LMC.
Virgin Cars has now merged with Motor Solutions Ltd., Derek Cook's vehicle for new car sales to Makro cash and carry cardholders.
New car registrations were 5.8% and almost 11,000 units up year on year in January at 197,591 units. Fleet registrations were up 9.0% and other business registrations up by 7.2% while private new car purchases climbed for the eight successive month, by 2.5%.
A vote in support of the block exemption's September 2005 end to dealer territory restrictions by a meeting of the German ZDK dealers federation this month followed lobbying to delay the change both from ACEA and the European motor trade trade federation CECRA.
Following this week's 0.25% rise in the Bank of England's base interest rate, Glass's Market Intelligence Service has calculated a rise to 5% would cost only £2.69 a month more on a three-year £6,000 car loan
