Dealer group Squire Furneaux has placed two of its showrooms into administration which both held the Saab franchise.
AM is running its quarterly High Performance Indicators survey, in association with HPI, to gauge your views on the dealer market, the challenges and the opportunities, and provide a benchmark for your business.
Vertu Motors has acquired a Vauxhall dealership in Northampton from W Grose for £2 million.
Support packages have been issued to help Suzuki dealers survive Britain's economic downturn.
Vauxhall has revealed its new Mokka B-segment SUV which will go on sale in the UK towards the end of this year.
Kia will launch its Optima saloon in the UK on February 1 and it will be priced between £19,595 and £25,995.
Auctions and remarketing group Aston Barclay has bought a site in Leeds which will become the fourth location in its network.
Consumer interest continued to decline in November with sales falling a further 3.9 units to 8.8 units per month on average.
Bentley has unveiled its first V8-powered Continental models, which will complement the 6.2-litre W12-engined Continentals already on sale.
An independent motor auction house has opened near Cambridge.
Ford has revealed its new Mondeo which will go on sale in the UK in the first quarter of 2013.
Leeds-based dealership believes keeping everything in-house is good for profits.
Ratan Tata will step down as chief executive of Jaguar Land Rover owner Tata Motors at the end of this year.
Jaguar will be looking to compete against Porsche with its new C-X16 coupe which looks set to be given the production green light for 2013.
Volvo Car UK has launched a new servicing programme for customers called the Volvo Service Promise which provides certain guarantees customers should expect when visiting a showroom.
Fortunes of the car industry have reflected the frailties of the eurozone.
IM Group has appointed 30 dealers to represent Chinese franchise Great Wall ready for the March plate change.
New car demand fell by 4.4% in 2011 to 1.94 million units but was ahead of the forecast 1.92m thanks to support from the fleet market.
Channel 4 is looking for car dealerships to take part in a new television series presented by retail adviser Mary Portas.
With buyers understandably avoiding the big-ticket pur-chase of a new car, franchised dealer profitability is under threat.
The automotive and advertising industries have worked together to improve the marketing of greener vehicles.
Specialist motor finance providers are gearing up to make crucial progress with the Finance & Leasing Association’s SAF (specialist automotive finance) initiative in 2012.
Toyota and Lexus have signed up to use the 1link Service Network e-commerce platform to enable increased levels of menu pricing across their franchise networks as part of their new fleet strategy.
NIIB & Northridge Finance, the Bank of Ireland’s Motor Finance Division, carried out a survey of its intermediary base in August of this year. It's good to see in this age of price, price and more price, customer service is still on their agenda.
Caffyns has seen its half-year turnover and profit drop following closures and disposals as it fights to stabilise profits for the longer term.
A blitz of new product launches is set to almost double the size of Seat in the UK market over the next five years.
Volvo is the latest manufacturer to report strong growth in personal leasing, which has been an important industry trend during 2011.
Chief executive sets sights on car servicing as a new, strong, revenue stream.
Honda has created a new sales offer package for its Jazz, CR-V and Insight called ‘Your Honda, Your Way’, which allows customers to choose three incentives when buying a new model.
Mitsubishi’s 110-strong UK dealer network will become electric vehicle (EV) centres before the end of this year.
