Jardine Motors Group UK (JMG) has confirmed plans to build a £7 million Audi dealership in Milton Keynes.
Progress Automotive, the dealer technology company, has launched the digital arm of its business under the new brand name of Responsive Digital.
Dealers with less than 1,000 employees can still access a £1,500 incentive to take on an apprentice following the extension of a Government scheme.
Peugeot is adding a special edition called the Intuitive to its 208 range this month which will add more equipment.
Dealers should develop their websites with Responsive Web Design (RWD) which will allow them to automatically reconfigure itself for the best design for any device, according to motor industry technology provider iVendi.
Kia Motors (UK) is focusing part of its 2013 marketing campaign on what its customers think about its cars in a bid to further enhance the public perception of the brand.
Hyundai only plans to sell 700 more cars in 2013 than it did last year in the UK as president and chief executive officer Tony Whitehorn is faced with a shortage of supply.
Steve Catlin, formerly Vauxhall’s national retail sales manager has been promoted to retail sales director, reporting directly to chairman and managing director, Duncan Aldred.
Plans to offer practical driving tests from branches of Halfords have been given the go ahead by Road Safety Minister Stephen Hammond.
The insurance industry has reacted strongly against accusations made in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme last night that suggested insurers "maximise profit at the expense of doing what's best for the consumer" - but it conceded the market is in need of reform.
Many dealer websites are still struggling to incorporate a strategy to maximise the full SEO potential, argues automotive digital marketing agency Razsor’s head of search marketing, Berian Reed.
Vertu Motors has acquired Dobies, which has a Vauxhall and Seat site in Carlisle, for an estimated consideration of £4.3 million.
Mercedes-Benz will launch its new Citan compact van later this month with prices starting from £13,095.
Subaru UK has taken the decision to offer a five year/100,000 mile warranty on all of its new cars to replace the three year/60,000.
CAP has appointed Adrian Rushmore as its new operations director following his departure from rival company Glass’s, as managing editor, at the end of December.
Architects working for Arnold Clark on plans for a Citroen dealership in Armadale have been told to go back and revise their proposal.
Peugeot has revealed the first details on its new B-segment crossover, the 2008, ahead of the Geneva Motor Show in March.
Dispatches, the Channel 4 investigative TV show, is looking into the car insurance industry in a new programme which looks to uncover the influence insurers and accident management companies have over bodyshops’ workflow and profit margins.
UK new car registrations rose by 5.3% in 2012 to 2.04 million units and according to figures from the Society of Motor Manufactures and Traders it was boosted by genuine consumer demand.
A Citroen dealership has ceased trading after hitting financial diffulties at the end of 2012.
Former F1 world champion Nigel Mansell has set up a car dealership in Jersey.
Autorola has launched a new online remarketing service aimed to help dealers speed up the sale of unwanted stock that hasn’t sold first time at physical auction.
Jaguar Land Rover is expecting to reduce its approved accident repair centre network as new standards come into force.
Planners have given the go-ahead to a showroom development for Underwoods Motor Group.
Bentley will use the Detroit Auto Show later this month to unveil its new Continental GT Speed Convertible, which it describes as ‘the world’s fastest four-seat convertible’.
Service plan provider RAC Warranty says independent used car dealers are upping their game in response to ‘being increasingly squeezed’ in the older car sales and aftersales markets.
New research by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) suggests that younger drivers are more likely to neglect basic vehicle maintenance.
The value of dealer part-exchange vehicles peaked again in December, resulting in an annual increase of 22.83%, according to Manheim’s latest barometer of the auction market.
The level of support being offered by manufacturers to tempt customers into buying a new car has been described as worrying in a new report.
More than two-thirds of motorists questioned by Continental said they were not aware of the new EU tyre labelling regulation.
