Buyers may be shifting down a car segment, but the desire for more power continues to grow.
Toyota has paid $10m (£6.47m) to the family of four people killed in a runaway Lexus car in the US in 2009.
Van network has 24 dealerships on board and promises further expansion by end of 2011.
Dealer profits have been hit hard by this year’s heavy snowfall.
Dealer group takes on Delmore Cars of Inverness as owner retires after 27 years.
Dealers need focus on customer retention particularly in the current economically difficult times. However, keeping them coming back is becoming more challenging due to the changing nature of the consumer.
Sandicliffe Group, a £170 million turnover franchised dealer in the east Midlands, has gained Kitemark certification for its three bodyshops within six months.
An alliance with Fiat Group will allow the UK’s largest independent bodyshop chain to offer customers the chance to buy their courtesy car at a preferential rate.
New car demand is expected to weaken over the next two years according to a new white paper published today which predicts sales of 1.95 million in 2011 and 2.15 million in 2012.
Carmaker plan will bring in benchmarking of network sales conversion rates by mid-2011.
After a year in which Volkswagen’s van sales increased by 23%, the manufacturer’s dealers have been told: “Fasten your seatbelts for action in 2011.”
Bespoke car demand is likely to increase lead times from the current three to four months.
Major car manufacturers are confident of hitting a two million unit new car market next year in the UK after finding the first half of 2010 was more robust than expected.
Sytner Group is taking over Pendragon’s Maidenhead BMW/Mini business.
If European rules are adopted up to 40,000 aftersales jobs will be lost.
For only the second time in three decades the Highlands is about to welcome a new Saab main dealer.
Mercedes-Benz has revealed details for its next generation C-Class which will go on sale in the UK in March 2011.
Regulations introduced on February 1 will provide consumers with better protection.
Motors.co.uk has become one of the UK’s first online car advertising sites to offer a used car search app on the iPad.
Used car sales increased by 4% in Q3 this year with 1,801,258 vehicles sold making it the first quarter to see a sales increase both annually and quarterly since Q1 2006.
Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to pay the US government a record $32.4 million (£20.9m) in additional fines to settle an investigation into its handling of two recalls at the heart of its safety crisis.
Ford Retail has become the first UK motor retailer to win an award at the National Customer Service Awards, the ‘Oscars’ of the customer service industry.
A need to keep workshops busy has franchised dealers looking outside their brands for work
Chrysler Financial has been bought from private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management by Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank for $6.3 billion (£4.1bn).
Chinese cars are on their way and will be in two groups of UK showrooms next year. Shanghai Automotive will build three cars here. Great Wall will import three.
Matt Harrison will return to Toyota GB as its commercial director from January 1.
Lifestyle Europe has added a Renault authorised repairer franchise alongside its Ford and Mazda dealership in Horsham.
Westover Group has relaunched its new website, designed to be more user friendly.
Automotive research company Sewells, a sister brand of AM, has slashed the price of its dealership best practice guides by 50% for Christmas.
It is just over a year since Mazda UK introduced its free accident aftercare service, Call Mazda First, and dealers are reporting a significant jump in bodyshop work and spin-off benefits in new vehicle sales.
