Ten volume carmakers, several of the top AM100 dealer networks, fast-fit leaders and more than 4700 service outlets have signed up to what is flagged up as Britain's first workable service and maintenance e-trading standard
The AM Awards 2003 is set to be the biggest automotive business event of the year. More than 70 companies have been shortlisted for the 14 categories – and the winners will be revealed at a glittering ceremony staged at Birmingham International Convention Centre on February 27.
Skoda is set to make an entrance into the world of affordable hot hatches with a vRS version of its popular Fabia supermini.
aguar will unveil its much-needed, 2.0-litre, diesel-engined X-type and an estate car counterpart for the company's highest-selling model at the Frankfurt motor show in September.
Vauxhall has reduced the list of standard equipment on its new Vectra without changing the car's list price.
A firm of Yorkshire architects specialising in car retail showroom design has landed a contract to carry out a $20m (£12.6m) refurbishment of a New York landmark.
Property, despite often being the second largest cost facing businesses after salaries, is the Cinderella of the boardroom – not invited, left in the corner and rarely considered. This has been brought sharply into focus by a major study carried out by Capital Economics and commissioned by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS).
The Garage Equipment Association is collaborating with the Health and Safety Executive to help garages and workshops avoid breaches of requirements.
American giant Clorox Car Care is poised to unleash a £1.25m advertising and promotional campaign to help push its Armor All Wipes range to market leadership in the UK.
The Government's bid to make the UK a centre of excellence for car design and production techniques will be outlined in March with the first concrete steps taken before the end of the year.
Hyundai has unveiled a conservative New Year strategy based on “consolidation, consolidation, consolidation”.
Proposals announced by the European Commission could force all bodyshops to meet the same stringent controls on low VOC paints, spelling the end for many smaller businesses.
Floods of new acquisitions are set to shake up the automotive retail sector with major expansion plans unveiled for dealers including Lookers, Wellington Motors, John R. Weir and Robinsons.
Attempts by insurance giant CGNU to cut overheads by setting up a central procurement scheme for parts supply have been lambasted as unworkable by repairers. They fear the concept may cause delays and impact on profits.
AM and Sewells Information & Research will put the potential for growth in the UK's lucrative aftermarket sector under the spotlight at a key conference in the spring.
Mike Sarsfield has been appointed operations director at Howard Basford.
Cheshire based Group Tyre (UK) is to launch a new wholesaling business in the former WS Tyremaster stronghold of East Anglia.
Hundreds of Motability dealers are being informed this week of the biggest shake-up in the history of the national charity, which was established in 1977.
DaimlerChrysler UK intends to open more brand experience centres – provided its M25 site in Weybridge, Surrey, scheduled to be launched in 2005, proves successful.
Toyota has released prices for the new Avensis, which goes on sale on March 1. The entry-level D-sector model, available in estate, hatchback and saloon with five different trim levels, starts at £13,995, rising to £20,995.
A fall in the number of European imports has led to a surge of dealers sourcing nearly-new UK stock instead, according to a leading vehicle remarketing firm.
Alperton Ford, a solus retailer based near Wembley, has closed its operations, making more than 150 employees redundant.
A conservative New Year strategy based on “consolidation, consolidation, consolidation” has been unveiled by Hyundai. David Walker, Hyundai UK managing director, tells AM that 2003 will be a year of incremental growth and stability for its dealers.
Struggling pressings producer Cardale Engineering has been placed into administrative receivership, handing the UK engineering sector a fresh crisis.
