A number of pieces in the media recently have asked: “The British car industry: where did it all go right?”
Toyota Corolla’s built between 2001 and 2007 are the UK’s most dependable family car, according to new research from Warranty Direct.
Events services provider Grass Roots Live has been retained by Jaguar to run its experiential programme for the next three years.
Two-thirds of car buyers (66%) read owner reviews prior to making their purchase decision before visiting a dealership.
A new pay-per-view online video channel for car dealership staff has now gone live in the UK.
Group Lotus chief executive Dany Bahar has been temporarily suspended pending an investigation into his conduct made by Lotus’ penultimate parent company, DRB-HICOM Berhad.
The new Ford Focus ST will be priced from £21,995 when it goes on sale in the UK on June 1 in both hatch and estate model styles.
Autoglass technician Steve Marelli has beaten thousands of applicants from across the world to be recognised as the world’s best vehicle glass replacement technician at the prestigious Best of Belron competition.
Peugeot is simplifying its naming strategy with all models now ending in either a 1 or 8 for future products.
Volkswagen Group and Volkswagen Financial Services have been recognised as among the UK’s best employers in the 2012 Great Place To Work survey.
Mercedes-Benz UK has started its marketing campaign for its new A-Class with a non-branded advert.
National aftermarket parts supplier GSF has launched a new division focused on supplying bodyshops.
Vauxhall Commercial Vehicles has widened its new Combo offering to include models powered by a fuel-efficient 1.4 petrol engine.
Car dealer group Cambria Automobiles has sold a Midlands dealership which it said did not fit with its strategy.
Car dealer group Caffyns has raised £1.28m in the sale of a property in West Sussex.
Volvo has appointed a contract for tyre supplies for its new cars.
In a bid to help make motor insurance more affordable the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) has signed an exclusive agreement which will enable insurance premiums to be based on an accurate level of individual risk, rather than traditional proxies such as age, gender and postcode.
MG Motor UK is launching a special scheme for employees of its local industry, councils and other organisations.
The UK economy shrank by 0.3% in the first three months of the year, more than previously thought, revised figures have shown.
The new Mazda CX-5 has received five-stars - the highest possible safety rating - from Euro NCAP.
London's EcoVelocity show this month attracted almost 60,000 visitors during the nine-day event.
Hitachi Capital is to enter the UK motor finance market.
Fiat Group has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Mazda to develop and manufacture a new roadster based on the MX-5 for Alfa Romeo and the Japanese brand.
The owner of used car dealer Carcraft has been fined £91,000 by the Financial Services Authority over its failure to properly monitor staff selling £3m of payment protection insurance.
The world's first pedestrian airbag fitted as standard on the all-new Volvo V40 is being hailed as the next step in the manufacturer's aim that no-one should be killed or injured in a new Volvo by 2020.
Paints, coatings and chemicals specialist AkzoNobel has been retained as ‘preferred supplier’ to the Honda (UK) network for a further two years.
Three in four Britons don't know how to check the oil in their car, leaving an opportunity for dealers' aftersales marketing teams.
Motorexpo, now the UK's biggest motoring event following the closure of the British Motor Show, is hoping to attract 425,000 visitors this year.
The Financial Ombudsman Service has revealed that of its 157,716 complaints against being mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), 5,667 of them were unfounded.
Fiat’s Abarth 695 Maserati Edition will cost £32,000 when it goes on sale in the UK at the end of this year.
