Commercial Clutch Services (CCS) has been saved from administration and sold to HGV Direct Limited, saving all eight employees from redundancy.
Chester-based motor finance group The Funding Corporation has won Responsible Lender of the Year at the Credit Today Awards, beating names like Barclays and the Co-operative Bank to the title.
Saab Automobile has signed an agreement with China’s Pang Da Automobile, an operator of a large network of car dealerships, that will cover distribution of the Swedish brand's cars in China.
Kia Motors (UK) is restructuring some parts of its internal teams to create a new stand-alone dealer development department to be headed by a board director.
Mitsubishi UK says its dealers are achieving the better profits than last year.
Chevrolet has launched a robot into space aboard the spaceship Endeavor which features the future technology likely to be included on its cars of the future.
Staff at Newton Honda in south Croydon are collectively rowing a million metres to raise money for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity and the Roy Castle Fund for Cancer Research.
Jardine Motor Group has bought Wayside Group, a deal which will push its turnover above £1.2 billion.
HR Owen has launched a new RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feed to its website, allowing users to receive news on incoming stock.
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Used car dealers are turning to complementary sales such as warranties, asset protection and paint protection as unit price margins come under pressure.
Dealers’ share of loans advanced for retail purchases has edged up slightly again.
High Street lenders are expected to fight back to recoup business lost to showroom finance
The credit crunch and following recession hasn’t been an easy ride for the automotive industry, and with consumer confidence continuing to plummet it is up to dealerships to ensure everything is in place to close a sale.
All new Mazda models from March 2012 will come with the company's new efficiency measures it calls Skyactiv.
Saab's plans to resume production may be stalled by the collapse of its funding deal with China's auto maker Hawtai.
Hyundai has unveiled the latest version of the D-segment i40 at the 2011 Barcelona Motor Show.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has launched a ‘Knowledge is Power’ marketing campaign for the launch of its Amarok pick-up featuring outdoor, press, online and retail activity along with social media, mobile and nationwide outdoor campaigns.
Global automotive group Inchcape saw its UK businesses outperform its expectations in the first quarter of 2011, as demand for premium new cars continues to lead the market.
Inchcape non-executive director Michael Wemms is standing down at the group's AGM today after seven years on its board.
Lookers has seen its new car retail sales drop by 10.5% in the first quarter of 2011 compared to Q1 2010.
Alphera Financial Services has launched a training programme for dealers to help them boost customer retention because “this year it is going to be tough to find new ones”, said UK director Spencer Halil.
Harratts Renault Wakefield has been made an approved Renaultsport specialist dealer after selling the most models in the UK.
Jardine Motors Group has launched its redeveloped used car locator website. It features 1,700 vehicles at any one time, being sold across 54 retail outlets.
Sir Trevor Chinn, chairman of Tesco Cars, said he doesn’t want to start a price war with dealers but the website will be “comparative and competitive”.
North west dealer RRG Group has launched two iPhone apps; UsedCarApp and mileage and expenses tracking tool, iClaimIt.
Toyota has revealed a fourth-quarter profit fall of 77 per cent to the lowest point in a 18 months, blamed on the Japan earthquake and tsunami that continues to disrupt production and sales.
Vertu Motors grew by 22% in the 12 months to March and boosted adjusted operating profit by 15.8%, according to its preliminary financial results, published this morning.
Motorexpo, the free motor show at London’s Canary Wharf, will hold a Drive the Future event to de-mystify electric, hybrid and ultra-economical cars and to showcase these vehicles as realistic options for today’s new car buyers.
Retail group accounts for almost one in four new Mercedes sales in UK
