AM100 dealer group Lifestyle Europe marked its 10th birthday last month.
Automotive industry charity BEN has appointed Peter Cottle has its head of business development.
Harratts Group has received planning to build a £3 million Honda showroom and headquarters in Wakefield.
Caffyns saw its revenues rise by 6.4% to £201.5 million and its adjusted profit before tax increase by 68% to £1.44m for its preliminary results for the year ended March 31, 2011.
A franchised dealer whose business was targeted by thieves has hit out after the Crown Prosecution Service refused to prosecute.
Vertu Motors Group has injected £2 million into a new used car assessment and preparation centre in Darlington which is now operational.
Volvo Cars East London (VCEL) in Chigwell has undergone a £250,000 refurbishment and process overhaul culminating in the renaming of the business and the launch of a new website.
Ford will launch a new accident management programme in July to help steer customers towards its own accident repair centres.
Jardine Motors Group has acquired three Toyota dealerships in Ipswich, Colchester and Frinton-on-Sea and a Lexus dealership in Ipswich from Thorndale Investments for an undisclosed sum.
The tail-off in showroom property demand experienced over the last quarter of 2010 has continued into the first quarter of 2011.
In line with the Government’s drive to improve customer service through professional standards, the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has opened its professional register for applications.
Mazda is launching a new ‘Business Line’ model of its Mazda6 in an attempt to broaden its appeal to the corporate market.
Nissan is now offering a three year servicing plan for £499 including three years RAC cover for the 2011 model year GT-R if the supercar is bought on a personal contract plan (PCP).
Skoda has created a Fabia vRS 2000 roadster concept to display at this year’s GTI-Treffen in Reifnitz Austria for the annual Volkswagen Group tuning meet.
Vauxhall has added three new factory-built derivatives to its Movano range with the addition of a 17-seater minibus and six and nine-seater Combis.
Honda UK is backing a series of 'Saturday Night at the Drive-In' events at its dealerships this summer.
Liberty Electric Cars has been able to secure the entire engineering team formerly employed at Modec – the Coventry based electric commercial vehicle manufacturer which entered administration in March of this year.
Simon Hetherington, currently Kia Motors (UK)’s marketing director, has been appointed to the newly created role of dealer development director and will take up the new position at the start of July.
IMI Awards, the specialist automotive awarding body, has launched a rolling initiative to sponsor two candidates per year at Loughborough University School of Business and Economics on its BSc (Hons) automotive dealership management programme.
Skoda has awarded a Fabia vRS and Fabia Greenline II to the winners of its Facebook marketing campaign competition which set out to find the meanest and loveliest people in the UK.
Straiton-based Alex F Noble Nissan has sold a Leaf to a customer in the Shetland Isles that is charging the car with sustainable electricity generated by a 2.5kw wind turbine.
The European Commission has agreed to meet with vehicle manufacturers and the RMI’s National Franchise Dealers Association (NFDA) to discuss a code of conduct for carmakers to adhere to.
Franchised dealers are being invited to a free AM Round Table discussion at the Hilton Coventry Hotel on June 8 for the chance to discuss major issues within the industry among their peers.
Glass’s will be revamping its valuations system in a rolling programme over the next 12 months which will move from having one trade value for any vehicle to a three condition-based values.
Mercedes-Benz will launch its new SLS AMG roadster in the UK in November and it is likely to be priced above £170,000.
Saab has restarted production at its Trollhattan plant in Sweden after securing short term funding from China’s Pang Da Automobile.
Commercial vehicle finance is leading the recovery as small and medium sized businesses seek alternative forms of financing.
DMS provider Avonbrook Limited has appointed Jim McQuade as sales director for the UK.
The process is under way to appoint a new managing director of Porsche GB.
Dealers are being offered a new car care upsell opportunity exploiting space technology.
