Inchcape said a higher mix of vehicle sales and price pressures were behind a decline in its first-half results.
Car clubs are to get £500,000 in government funds, says Transport Minister Baroness Kramer.
The explosion in new cars financed on PCP will not lead to oversupply in the used market, says CAP.
Xavier Chardon has been appointed head of marketing at Volkswagen Passenger Cars, succeeding Simon Thomas who is leaving the company.
TL Darby is relocating its Volkswagen car dealership in preparation for growth.
A new seminar-style event designed to appoint more dealers to the RAC Approved Network is being held in Scotland.
The continuing strength of the sub-£5K used car market shows that value-for-money motoring is likely to persist well into the economic recovery, says The Warranty Group.
The RMI has announced new roles for highly respected motor retail leaders Peter Jones and Peter Johnson.
Group 1 Automotive, the US dealer group, says its UK division generated gross profits up 35.7% to £34.2m or $58.2m on turnover up 31.8% to $499m in the six months to June 20.
North gate Volkswagen in Bury St Edmunds has been thanked by a soldier for coming to his aid when his pregnant wife was in labour.
The sale of a faulty Mercedes-Benz has landed a Christchurch car dealer with a £7,000 fine.
Lexus has been ranked Britain’s number one car manufacturer again, this time in the nation’s biggest survey of car reliability, the 2014 Which? Car Survey.
The Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC) has selected the University of Warwick as the site for its hub location, supporting the ten year, £1 billion industry and government commitment to the development of low carbon propulsion systems.
Tesla has opened a new store and service centre in the UK.
The IMI’s automotive themed Headlight competition for secondary school students studying business and enterprise, has been won by an all girl team from Tavistock College.
Auto Vivendi has acquired CLUBGT, a fellow supercar club which specialises in the provision of ‘modern classic’ supercars.
Sophisticated analysis reveals that the initial contact experience after a consumer has identified their top prospective used car to be the most crucial point in the car-buyer’s journey, according to RAC Cars managing director Peter McCullough.
UK parts suppliers have revealed there will be job opportunities ahead suited to workers from collapsed parts giant Unipart Automotive.
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Dealer finance for new cars may be at an all time high level, but dealers can benefit further in finance and vehicle sales by adding greater focus, or seeking help to support the SME fleet sales market.
Aston Martin has announced a bespoke product programme for a new saloon that will see the revival of the historic Lagonda nameplate in a strictly limited series.
Oxfordshire Vauxhall dealer MM Bellinger & Sons has acquired land to build a new showroom and service centre.
Santander Consumer Finance has signed a five year extension to its partnership with Volvo Car UK, through which SCF is the provider of both retail and wholesale funding.
Hyundai has launched ‘Made for Trade', a new programme supplying the UK's 35,000 independent motor traders with genuine Hyundai parts.
Unipart Automotive is expected to go into administration this morning after attempts to find a buyer for the whole business failed.
Vertu Motors says its new car sales are outperforming the national market but margins and gross profit per unit have suffered due to the strive to hit manufacturer targets.
Imperial Car Supermarkets is expanding by opening a fourth site, its first in the East Midlands.
Vertu Motors is set to open a Fiat brand centre in Newcastle.
South of England dealer group Caffyns is holding its AGM today where chairman Richard Wright will state the company has made "an encouraging start" to the current financial year.
Former Lookers CEO Peter Jones is to join the Vertu Motors board as non-executive chairman.
