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Hella has renewed its push into the ignition leads aftermarket with a range extension and new catalogue

Caterham has teamed up with the Rizla-Suzuki British Superbike team as part of its launch programme for the new flagship Seven Superlight R500 evolution

Mitsubishi Motors UK will be fielding a brand new Shogun Warrior 3.2 D-ID three-door model in this year's Goodyear British Off Road Championship

Bill Ford, chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Co., earned $14.7m (£8.19m) in 2003, in stock options, despite forgoing a salary for a second full year

BMW has teamed up with Manheim Auctions to roll out a series of online auctions to its 150-strong franchise network, enabling dealers to purchase used cars online

MG ROVER has launched the revised MG ZS with new styling, new interior and new body kit on ZS 180 models.

Harley-Davidson has announced record revenue and earnings for its first quarter ended March 28, 2004.

Peugeot has decided to expand its model identification system by doubling the central 0 in its car names.

Official SsangYong importer SYUK Cars has reached an agreement with the Korean manufacturer for its expanding dealer network to carry out aftersales service and warranty repairs on vehicles manufactured by SYMC and sold here through Daewoo Cars.

Hella is inviting members of its service partner network to an F1 test day at Silverstone in June. The invitations will be awarded to the nine members who return most Hella product box tops as part of a sales promotion which runs to the middle of May.

The speaker line-up for the Automotive Research Unit/ims Aftermarket Conference at the Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon on April 27 has been confirmed.

Ford reports that its European sales rose 5.5% in March compared with the same month last year.

A European manufacturer has developed a new range of performance brake discs to increase stopping power and help reduce accidents.

Kia, Europe's fastest growing carmaker, has started work on its first European car plant to help meet rocketing demand. The £690m plant in the Slovak Republic will have the capacity to build up to 300,000 cars a year.

Mazda is doubling the number of UK fleet specialist dealers in a bid to boost corporate sales. The Japanese carmaker currently has seven fleet dealers in its 140-strong network.

A joint venture that promises to deliver efficient estimating processes, volume access to matching quality non-OE parts and improved profitability to bodyshops is being launched by SSVG, part of Unipart Automotive's Crash Repair Division.

Manufacturing union Amicus has named Duncan Simpson's successor as national officer for the automotive industry as Tony Murphy, formerly Amicus' national officer for automotive components. Murphy took over from retiring National Officer Duncan Simpson on Thursday, 8 April.

As if to confirm the warnings from the Motorcycle Action Group on the effects of “excessive” insurance premiums(AM, April 9), March registrations for powered two wheelers were substantially down year on year.

As the first spade was turned to launch the construction of Kia's first European plant at Zilina in in Slovakia, the company's vice president in Europe Jean-Charles Lievens confirmed his company's European volume objective: 500,000 units by 2008, after 300,000 next year.

Fiat-GM Powertrain joint venture engine plant alongside the Vauxhall assembly plant at Ellesmere Port is to close in early July, it was confirmed to unions on 7 April.

Smart is claiming to be the first car manufacturer to offer an integrated Apple iPod play-back and charging station into its limited edition Fortwo i–move.

Employees of Dennis, the vehicle chassis-maker owned by Mayflower, stand to bear the brunt of a deficit in the company's pension scheme

Ford further strengthened its vehicle sales in Europe during March, and has announced that it took a 9.8% share of the overall European vehicle market for the month and completed the first quarter of 2004 with a total share of 9.2%, ahead of the previous year

TRW Automotive Aftermarket has launched an extension to its friction programme. This addition, which is the first in a series of range extensions planned for 2004, will add a further 81 UK specific part numbers across a range of products and applications

Goodyear Tire & Rubber, the world's largest tyremaker, on Monday said it would cut $65m from its net income reported between 1997 and 2003 as a result of a four-month internal inquiry into the company's accounts in Europe and the US

March saw record new car registrations despite fears that a fire, which damaged BT phone lines across much of the west country and the north-west, would affect the final figures

MasterFit is to become the sole service franchise for the Vauxhall brand, the manufacturer has announced – a plan hatched a while ago but now coming to fruition with the growth of outlets from a current 250 to 400 by the year-end.

Vauxhall has assembled a new aftersales management team under aftersales director Paul Daly, following its announcement that MasterFit is to be the brand's sole aftersales franchise.

Hyundai says it is the UK's first distributor to give dealers and their customers the facility to compare its cars against the opposition at the touch of a button, with fully independent data including price, performance, equipment, warranty, specification, etc.

Having just made deep price cuts of up to 56% on 200 part numbers, Subaru has now launched a three years' free servicing offer, along with 0% finance on the Impreza 2.0 GX.