An employment tribunal has ruled that a franchised dealership unfairly dismissed a 64-year-old employee due to his age.
Parts supplier Groupauto has launched a Motor Codes backed approved scheme for independent garages which has ambitions for 500 members by this spring.
Pendragon, the UK's largest car dealer group, has announced a new non-executive director will join its board on January 28.
Nissan has cut the price of its Leaf EV as part of a strategy to boost sales in key markets.
Vauxhall is offering a free £40 MasterFit voucher for any Vauxhall owner who signs up to its MasterFit Service Club before March 31.
A former boss at a Bradford motor dealership has been warned he could face jail for letting an employee take the blame when he was caught speeding.
A focus on dealer websites and the network’s embracement of digital practices helped Kia Motors (UK) Limited achieve its 2012 record new car sales success.
About 4 per cent of all new cars sold in future, equalling about 4.5 million units, could be sold completely online by 2020, which compares to approximately 5,000 new cars sold solely on-line in 2011.
Euro NCAP is announcing the top choices for safety and the recommended vehicles in their class.
A record year of sales has seen privately owned and run Luscombe Suzuki Leeds become the most successful dealer for the brand in the UK.
Ford dealers are making January 24th Fiesta day as orders open for the new Fiesta ST hot hatch.
Outsourced car valeting provider Autoclenz Holdings has undergone a successful £4m management buyout.
Former UK franchised dealer and car collector Tom Mautner has been named as one of the members of an advisory board for reborn car brand Alpine.
Renault Retail Group (RRG) has appointed Len Curran as its new managing director.
The latest research by Van Trader shows that the most searched van in 2012 was the Ford Transit, just ahead of the Volkswagen Transporter.
HPI has appointed a new management team.
Luxury car dealer HR Owen has today told the stock market it expects its 2012 results to be ahead of market expectations.
Galashiels-based dealer John Cleland’s project to improve road safety looks set to be rolled our across Scotland.
Car buyers generated around one million online motor finance quotes on each of the key days of the Christmas and New Year holidays.
Allianz Global Assistance has signed a new agreement with Mazda Motors UK to provide European roadside assistance for three years on all new Mazda cars sales from March 1, 2013.
Average profit for franchised dealers in November was just £351, a small amount but a significant improvement of the loss of nearly £5,000 in the same month in 2011. It continues a positive trend in the second half of 2012 as the trade consistently came ahead in year-on-year comparisons.
Pendragon’s Glasgow operation has scooped two major Mercedes-Benz awards: Retailer of the Year 2012 and Service and Parts Team of the Year 2012.
Now Motor Retailing has acquired the assets of Monorep, a dealership and authorised repairer of Vauxhall and Chevrolet cars, which went into administration in November.
This weekend Driving.co.uk, the News International used car site, launches an online guide to buying a used car in 2013.
Rolls-Royce Motor Cars today confirmed the launch of its next model, Rolls-Royce Wraith.
The boards of Mazda and Alfa Romeo have announced they will proceed with their project to build a new sports car together.
BCA’s latest Pulse data shows average LCV values rose sharply in December in a short month for trading that was also very short of stock.
A new, more efficient 1.6-litre diesel will be launched by Vauxhall in 2013, promising a 10% improvement in fuel economy compared with larger engines.
No-one disputes the point that the UK’s network of franchised car and LCV dealerships has shrunk in the past decade.
The RAC has launched an enhanced, bundled warranty package designed to give independent used car dealers a competitive edge in a market place where lack of good quality low age stock is seeing franchised dealers increasingly compete against them in selling cars beyond three years old.
