The Bank of England yesterday decided to continue the three-year low level of interest rates.
Renault has launched its new Fluence Z.E electric vehicle saloon to dealers that will be selling the car at an event in the north east.
Automotive charity BEN has been awarded a two-star rating in the Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2012.
Dealer group Hartwell has given away a trip to New York as part of prize draw it introduced at the end of last year.
Proton has announced a new partnership with The WMS Group which will see its dealers offering used vehicles under the Safe And Sound banner.
The March 2012 issue of AMe is now live and free to read.
The Romanian Dacia brand will return to the UK early next year and is trialling a combination of dealer and internet sales.
Nationwide Accident Repair Services has announced David Pugh as its new finance director.
Plans to develop new Lotus models could be delayed following the Malaysian government’s decision to sell its 42.7% stake in Proton to automotive manufacturer DRB-Hicom for £261 million.
Renault has announced the 10 shortlisted entries from a student design competition to tie in with the launch of the Twizy electric vehicle.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has appointed Rawlinson Mitsubishi as its new dealer for Bury St Edmunds.J
AM100 car dealer group Lookers turned in a stable performance in 2011, its financial results announced this morning reveal.
Four months into his new job as UK managing director of Jaguar Land Rover, Jeremy Hicks - the former head of Audi in the UK - must be experiencing feelings of deja vu.
The Ford Fiesta has been the UK’s favourite used car for two consecutive years, according to new analysis from Experian, the global information services company.
Jeep is to expand its model offering with new small and large SUVs. This will see a new small, B-segment model which will take to the road in 2013 or 2014 while the premium segment will see the return of the Grand Wagoneer name.
Ford Retail has started work on a new multi-million pound dealership in Runcorn which is due for completion in the summer.
New car registrations fell by 2.5% to 61,868 units in February, but the drop was in line with industry expectations ahead of the plate-change in March.
VW says its new Polo BlueGT, unveiled today at the Geneva Motor Show, combines dynamic performance with extreme fuel efficiency.
A production version of the Nissan Invitation, a hatchback concept unveiled today at the Geneva Motor Show, is to be built at the company’s Sunderland plant from next year.
Benfield Motor Group will build a new £5 million Ford dealership in Sunderland following its acquisition of the present Jennings Ford passenger car franchise.
For the third year running Sytner Group has finished in bronze medal position in the prestigious Sunday Times ‘Top 25 Best Big Companies To Work For’ list.
Mercedes has revealed the first details and images of the production ready A-Class which will go on sale in the UK in November 2012.
Kia Motors UK has opened a dedicated training academy in Ruddington, south Nottingham.
Skurrays has bought the Hartwell Vauxhall dealership in Oxford.
Hildenborough Group has acquired Squire Furneaux in a deal that makes it the largest Volvo dealer in the UK.
The Finance & Leasing Association has renewed its commitment to strive to ensure that the new Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) leads to credit becoming more readily available.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has sold its 11 site owned retail group Colt Car Retail Group (CCR) to Japanese automotive retail company VT Holdings for an undisclosed sum.
Volkswagen has revealed more details about its Cross Coupe concept which will be shown at the Geneva Motor Show this week.
Honda (UK) has appointed Leon Brannan as head of its customer & aftersales operation.
Dealer attitudes towards the value of the brands they represent have fallen slightly on average from 6.7 to 6.5 out of 10 according to the latest NFDA dealer attitude survey.
