The facelifted Toyota Yaris will be priced between £10,995 for the three-door and £17,695 for the five-door when it goes on sale in August.
Lexus is launching a fleet focussed IS 300h Executive Edition to help boost sales from company car drivers.
Lings in Lowestoft has taken on the Mitsubishi franchise at its Lings Wharf site.
A finance software provider has urged dealers to use simple website devices such as calculators to encourage car buyers to develop personal packages that persuade them to extend their visits.
Marshall Motor Group has acquired a Volvo business in Bishops Stortford from Regent Automotive Group.
Online tyre fitter Blackcircles.com has opened its first fitting centre in Scotland under a tie-up with supermarket group Tesco.
Marshall Motor Group, the privately-owned top 10 car dealer group, has announced the appointment of Michael Hunt as head of aftersales development.
The NFDA (National Franchised Dealers Association) has launched a new set of standards designed to champion the high levels of service and care associated with the franchised dealer used car offering.
Hexham car dealership Tyne Mills Motor Company has received letters of sympathy from customers after losing its Mazda franchise.
Dundee used car dealership Glencross Motors is getting back to work after its licence suspension was overturned.
The new chairman of Malaysian carmaker Proton has said he wants the brand to change from being a maker of cheap cars to being a world-standard car manufacturer.
Every employee now has the right to request flexible working hours after the government extended the right previously reserved for carers and those looking after children.
Used car wholesale values rose 5.2% in May, the first increase in three months, according to the National Association of Motor Auctions (NAMA). The average value of all cars was £5,420, a rise of £267 compared with April’s average.
The July issue of AM is out now - the 'people issue' looks at staff recruitment, evaluation, training and retention
Advice and case studies from the AM & IMI People Conference on creating a people culture, measuring the return on your training investment and attracting young people and graduates to a professionalised motor retail sector.
Thousands of young people in the UK have a passion for motoring, but struggle to find a way into the sector. GoThinkBig aims to change that, says Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa
Dealers can achieve a high return on investment (ROI) from targeted training, but non-targeted training that’s merely a box-ticking exercise will not give good results, according to IMI return on investment manager Dr Paul Spear
Vauxhall retail network development director Chris Roberts on the changes he made at the manufacturer to develop line management at dealer level and attract talented young people.
An increasingly professional independent sector will help raise the perception of automotive retail as a whole, Independent Garage Association director Stuart James told the AM & IMI People Conference.
In its drive to create the ‘best place to work’, Scottish dealer group Peter Vardy is confident the company will become ‘the John Lewis of automotive retail’.
Steve Nash, chief executive of the IMI, makes the case for putting the motor retail industry on a more professional footing
Transforming a regional business into a national company can only succeed if its people are genuinely at its heart, according to Daksh Gupta, chief executive of Marshall Motor Group.
Many franchised dealer bosses now talk about hiring for attitude. Whether that will work against former Vauxhall salesman Gary Brown after he called a customer a "moaning little c***" on Facebook will remain to be seen.
Ford’s 999cc three-cylinder turbo Ecoboost has won International Engine of the Year 2014, becoming the first engine in the award’s 16-year history to successively win the title three years in a row.
Bradford-based dealer group JCT600 has appointed a national broker and corporate accounts manager to bolster its growing fleet operation.
By 2050 the number of cars worldwide will have risen from 1.2bn to 2.6bn, yet in developed regions such as Europe and the USA car usage is already in decline.
The broad range of vehicle remarketing services provided by VRA members are in need of better integration. That was the message delivered at the end of the Vehicle Remarketing Association's second technology showcase this week.
Motor Codes, the Trading Standards-approved garage scheme, has appointed the AA to carry out inspections of its 8,000-strong garage members.
Cian O’Brien is to join Audi UK as its new head of sales operations on September 1.
Jaguar will launch its fastest ever production vehicle with a new F-Type Project 7 model which will be the first car from its new Special Operations division.
