The Consumers' Association has caused new resentment in the motor industry by selling Carbusters.com, its 'not for profit' internet car import operation, for £1.3m. The purchaser is Bizzbuild.com
MG Rover, without the obsolete Mini or Metro-based 100 as an entry model, has forced the 25 down to £7,995 for a 3dr 1.1-litre version. It is also available in E-level trim, and as a 5dr (a £500 premium).
Individual dealerships within several of the top 20 UK motor retail groups are among hundreds of traders bypassing official channels to buy new cars direct from mainland Europe.
The Mercedes-Benz C-class coupe will cost from £20,290 when it goes on sale next week, with the range topping C230 Kompressor priced £23,250.
Hartwell has acquired Vauxhall dealership City Motors in Oxford for an undisclosed sum.
Ilkeston Co-operative Society is to drop the 'Ilkeston' title from its motor group subsidiary next month to better reflect the group's regional growth.
Former Finelist boss Chris Swan has bought back Autela and Edmunds Walker for an undisclosed sum, thought to be around £2m, making his Bulldog Express parts distribution business the third largest in the UK.
<b>Richard Feast's Globalwatch</b><br> Honda is one of the great little global automotive companies even though it may have a blind spot when it comes to modern diesel technology and petrol engines that develop high torque at low revs.
##ATP(2)--right## Automotive Training Partners, comprising seven leading specialists, solved a dealer's problems the day it was announced.
Former Capital Bank executives on Tuesday launched the Funding Corporation with £115m of investment, including £25m from Subaru, Isuzu and Daihatsu importer IM Group.
European Motor Holdings has questioned the legality of the 12-month Mercedes termination notices issued by DaimlerChrysler UK.
Ford, as expected, has stepped in to influence the purchase of collapsed HMG Holdings dealerships through Polar Motor Group, its joint venture with Jardine Motors.
Dealers interested in taking the Daewoo franchise will not be allowed to water down the company's approach to aftersales, said Patrick Farrell, UK director of sales and marketing operations.
Online Finance, the used car finance subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), has launched a web-based auction programme called On exchange, enabling UK dealers to purchase and sell used vehicles online.
Inchcape yesterday defeated calls from its largest stakeholder for the group to be broken up.
Daewoo is restructuring its fleet department, decentralising operations in favour of showroom-based corporate sales specialists.
BMW says it has drawn a line under its financial involvement with Rover, which cost it £2.5 billion and involved losses of £471m.
Kia is celebrating the success of its seven seat Sedona MPV, sales of which have increased by 155% year-on-year to the end of April.
Internal disagreements about the marketing strategy at the BSkyB's business-to-business Automotive Channel have been blamed for it being shut down today.
Honda today opens a training centre for its dealership staff in Colnbrook, near Heathrow.
The seven senior members of the LSUK management team, backed by NBGI Private Equity, have carried out a management buy-out of the automotive parts and service business formerly owned by the Finelist Group.
A weak European market contributed to Fiat Auto making an operating loss in the first quarter of 2001, which offset attempts to streamline the company within the GM family.
General Motors is to encourage the greater sharing of Vauxhall and Saab retail sites.
Real-time traffic information provider Trafficmaster and Motorola announced today their plan to jointly produce the first remote navigation system for the mass market that incorporates real-time, traffic data.
Specialist motor finance provider Singer & Friedlander has opened a sales centre in the south east.
The UK became the third largest market in the world for Ferrari and second largest for Maserati during 2000.
The latest auction prices from BCA, Manheim, Cars Direct and Premier Motorauctions Leeds.
DaimlerChrysler UK is facing compensation claims running into millions of pounds from its Mercedes-Benz dealers who are facing contract termination at the end of this year.
Rolls-Royce and Bentley Motors is recalling 480 of its top-of-the-range models after leaking fuel vapours caused one of the vehicles to explode at a US dealership.
A report issued today by automotive pricing analyst, eurocarprice.com (http://www.eurocarprice.com), reveals that new cars are becoming cheaper in most European markets because nominal price increases by manufacturers are outweighed by specification improvements.
