GB corporate sales director is promoted after building Nissan UK's commercial vehicle sales
Medium sector felt the squeeze in 2010 as premium and value brands pushed ahead
Just over half, 52.1%, of new cars bought last year were bought using dealer motor finance.
China has overtaken Japan to become the world’s second-biggest economy next to the US, with figures showing an economy worth $5.8 trillion (£3.62 trillion) in 2010.
One hundred master technicians have now graduated through Suzuki's master technician programme.
According to CAP, the break-even point for an electric van is likely to be six to seven years
Vauxhall dealers saw a record year for service plan sales in 2010 with an 86.5% rise.
Pentagon has added Fiat and Nissan to its brand portfolio, adding two new dealerships in Yorkshire.
BCA’s latest Pulse report shows that average values rose in December in a short month for trading that was also very short of stock.
Manheim’s Dealer Dashboard showed that December used car sales figures were pretty dire, undoubtedly affected by the bad weather.
Twenty per cent of all UK car sales will be conducted online within five years. That’s according to Britain’s leading web management company for the automotive sector, GForces.
Pentagon Group has appointed Dave Gordon as general manager of its Vauxhall and Chevrolet site in Rochdale, Lancashire.
CD Auction Group is launching a regular monthly sale focused on high quality, late-plate cars.
Group's driving down the cost of motoring' initiative sees labour rates cut by a quarter
Dealers and manufacturers unite to promote their servicing benefits
Dealers have an opportunity to profit from the Government's plans to move the UK's radio industry to DAB digital broadcasting by 2015
The Retail Motor Industry (RMI) has appointed Stuart James as the new head of its independent garages division with immediate effect.
Kia Motors has revealed the first photos of its next generation Rio, to be unveiled at Geneva Motor Show on March 1 alongside the new Picanto.
Scottish dealer group Peter Vardy has measured a 40% increase in online sales inquiries since it introduced a round-the-clock live chat facility to its website last October.
Carmaker defies economic concerns as it pushes towards achieving 1% market share
Cliff Dickenson and Son Ford has won the Ford Chairman's Award for 'outstanding customer satisfaction' for the fourth consecutive year.
Fiat Group is encouraging customers to test drive the Doblò Cargo van in return for £50 worth of fuel and a bacon roll.
Essex Auto Group has opened its new Seat dealership in Southend.
Nissan is offering customers of its Juke, Qashqai and Qashqai +2 a free loan car due to new car delivery lead times of more than three months.
Dealers welcome Network Q scheme that extends warranty to secondhand vehicles
The family-owned Marshall Motor Group is celebrating the news that its Volvo dealership in Grantham has been named as the top Volvo dealership in the UK, ahead of 121 other dealers.
Chris Kidd, managing director of Gateway Motor Company, Crewe, has been appointed national chairman of Peugeot UK’s dealer council.
Mazda has come top of the ranks for the automotive sector in the latest UK Customer Satisfaction Index.
Dealers are urged to beware of ‘fronting’, a rising fraud threat where someone with a good credit rating applies for finance for a car to be used by someone refused a loan.
Point-of-sale loans for new cars to retail buyers remain above 50% as a gradual recovery over many months continues, according to data from the Finance & Leasing Association.
