Lotus and police across East Anglia are joining together this Christmas to present a united front against drink driving.
Manheim’s latest Market Analysis highlights that the average selling price of ex-fleet vehicles adjusted slightly from the record high achieved in October, with values falling by £131 during November.
Andrew Hooker is the future vehicles engineer at Thatcham Research, the motor insurers’ automotive safety, security and repair research centre. He believes this increase in vehicle complexity carries a danger that repair technicians will not be able to keep up with the skills required to return vehicles to OEM safety and appearance levels. He writes here exclusively for AM:
Police have begun an investigation after a worker at a Ford and Hyundai dealership was killed at work at the weekend.
Meridian Motor Group has bought its first two Citroen dealerships.
Hartwell has completed its £1.5m refurbishment of a former Vauxhall showroom into a multi-franchise car dealership at Kidlington Motor Park near Oxford.
Motorists will no longer need motor insurance policies to be checked when getting their vehicle tax.
Average values continued to surge to record levels in the used car market according to BCA’s latest Pulse report.
The Alfa Romeo 4C and Skoda Octavia vRS have won awards from lifestyle men’s magazine FHM.
Suzuki GB has presented a number of awards to the dealer network in recognition of various achievements over the past twelve months.
The Independent Garage Association (IGA), the trade association representing the independence garage sector across the UK, is to launch its own ‘Car Repair Plan’ to help consumers spread the cost of repair work their vehicles need.
Ford has revealed a quartet of new models, three of which take the company into new sectors of the European market, which it intends to roll out between now and 2015.
Ford has upscaled its new model plans and is now planning 25 additions or replacements in the next five years instead of the 15 it announced just over a year ago.
MoT tests for diesel cars and lorries are to be tightened up to ensure vehicles have a critical exhaust filter if one had originally been fitted as standard, Roads Minister Robert Goodwill has announced.
Motor industry and associated bodies have responded to the news of yesterday's Autumn Statement, including its plans to drop the VED disc.
General Motors' stated commitment to an orderly end to its Chevrolet as a retail brand in the UK and Europe will mean "little impact" on residual values.
The paper VED disc is to be abolished, removing an administrative inconvenience for franchised dealers and millions of motorists.
Classified advertising website Gumtree has appointed Andrew Hooks as director of motors to support its ‘significant expansion’ in the sector.
Chevrolet will cease to exist as a brand in the UK by the end of 2015, General Motors has announced.
New car registrations rose 7% in November to 159,581 units, the month’s best performance since 2004.
Two of the UK’s largest dealer groups, Marshall Motor Group and the Ridgeway Group, have entered into new three-year agreements with Castrol Professional.
Mazda has added a fifth engine to its Skyactiv range with the arrival of a 1.5-litre petrol unit, the smallest in the series so far.
The Office of Fair Trading is investigating the acquisition by Ridgeway Group of Parkview Skoda on the grounds it may be anti-competitive.
Bridgestone is developing puncture proof air free tyres.
Nissan is planning a growth offensive across Europe to establish itself as the number one Japanese car manufacturer for sales.
New car finance volumes grew by 4% and used car finance increased by 16% in October, according to the latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA).
Lamborghini held a special customer and media event in the Middle East to display its new £2.7 million Veneno roadster on Italian naval aircraft carrier Nave Cavour.
Marshall Motor Group has acquired high profile solus car dealership Grants Seat in Braintree for an undisclosed sum.
Dealer groups need to stop recruitment costs coming off the bottom line at a local level if they are to improve overall staff quality, says Jobco-op Automotive.
Audi will start building its new Q1 small SUV in Ingolstadt, Germany from 2016.
