At Automotive Management's black-tie night at the London Hilton on Park Lane, a capacity attendance in the Grand Ballroom honoured the finest in UK motor retailing.
Internet automotive car seller OneSwoop wants a partnership with one of its rivals, believing the strongest new entrants must unite following UK price cuts.
Edward McCabe is stepping down as Hartwell plc's group managing director to head up its parent company, the Jameel Group's software and e-business operation, Ebbon-Dacs.
UK retail buyers seeking bargains may have unwittingly bought grey imports missed during the Mitsubishi recall in Japan.
Subaru UK has gone against the trend in the motor industry by telling its dealers not to handle grey imports.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has cut its forecast for new car registrations this year by 40,000 units after October figures revealed the continuing downward trend in the market.
Since the furore over new car prices really blew up, the market has almost ground to a halt. As if the market isn't already in enough turmoil it's against this background that concern is growing over the tide of grey and parallel imports.
Peugeot is leading carmaker pressure on the Government to drop planned penalties on diesel cars. Rupert Saunders reports on the battle over particulate emissions.
Dealer anger at the decision to allow internet-based retailers to exhibit at the Birmingham motor show continued last week despite SMMT chief executive Christopher Macgowan's plea for unity.
Chrysler Jeep, notching a record UK market share this year, wants to boost dealer profitability by adopting a market area concept.
Carmakers have had a difficult few weeks as they put together their finance marketing plans for the final quarter.
A period of relative stability in bank base rates has allowed the high street and direct lenders a short breathing space in the fight for market share.
Ford of Britain is to slash the number of new cars in its distribution pipeline and reward its best dealers at the expense of poor performers.
DaimlerChrysler expects to sell a large proportion of Smart City coupes over the internet in the UK, using the experience as a test-bed for a full blown online sales strategy.
Major motor retail group Hartwell has teamed up with online motoring channel 4car.co.uk to provide the latest automotive news direct to its dealer network.
Jim Tyrrell, after six months as managing director of Mitsubishi Motors UK, is forthright about one issue: “People will not buy that many cars over the internet. Dotcoms will never be able to replace traditional dealers.”
Reliant - most famous for the recently dropped Robin three-wheeler - is switching its attention to the light commercial market.
Mark Bignell, business manager at Hooleys of Worksop, Notts, and Andy Shuter, business manager at Renault Leeds, are the latest Award for Financial Excellence 2000 entrants to make the final.
Only one in four professional people feel sufficiently attached to their organisation to turn down another job if offered higher pay.
An all-party meeting of Members of Parliament and the RMI has been arranged for December 5 to look at claims of anti-competitive activity in the body repair industry.
Audi is setting up a specialist bodyshop network to carry out major accident repair work on the new aluminium A2.
Renault believes its move to extend warranties to three years combined with a two-year/18,000-mile servicing interval will arm dealers with the necessary tools to raise sales volumes.
MG Rover Group has signed a 10-year global parts supply deal with Cat Logistics, starting in March 2002, which will help develop parts sales as a “key revenue stream”.
Jim Tyrrell, boss of Mitsubishi Motors UK, said Britain would be “insane” not to join the euro to help stabilise pricing.
Volvo is to launch an integrated live diagnostics system next year that will allow a car to call for help from a roadside breakdown and eventually book its own servicing.
Non-fault accident assistance provider 3 Arrows is launching a new programme for working more closely with bodyshops, under the Elite Repairer Scheme.
Helphire has conceded defeat in its battle with insurers over millions of pounds of outstanding credit hire bills.
The debate over Britain and the euro was about jobs, “not heads on coins,” Ford of Europe chairman Nick Scheele (right) said at the SMMT Industry Forum Showcase 2000. But this was not the moment for the UK to join.
Ian McAllister wants to drive dotcom specialists out of car sales. At the Birmingham motor show he made clear his intention to “reach out directly to our customers”, offering quick deliveries and a saving.
Hyundai will in early 2001 offer diesel engines across its range for the first time, starting with the new Elantra.
