Dealerships could save on time, money and inconvenience by using temporary structures
Appointments in the automotive industry.
AM has just edited its best practice guide on dealership management. I pulled these tips on avoiding queues in your service reception I thought might prompt some useful thought.
Supercar dealer HR Owen has returned to profitable trading in the first half of 2010, with both sales and aftersales performing better than forecast.
Just 8.7% of attempted motor finance frauds succeed and of those that do succeed, 44% of the cars involved are recovered by lenders, according to the Finance and Leasing Association.
Sutton Park will be the new name for Renault in Stourbridge when it opens its new showroom on September 6.
The number of people planning to buy a car in the six months to February next year is at a three-year high, according to latest figures from the Sainsbury's Finance Car Buying Index.
Citroen has revealed the first details of its new model in the DS range, the DS4.
Customers of a Cambridgeshire MoT testing centre have been advised to get their cars retested after its owner was convicted of MoT fraud.
Owners of three-year-old Renault Meganes have a one-in-four chance of having for pay for repairs to get their car through its first MoT test.
Mitsubishi will reveal the European specification of its electric i-Miev which will be shown at the Paris Motor Show on September 30.
RoadSafe is urging transport minister Mike Penning, to maintain the MoT test as an annual check up for vehicles.
Chris Crow has been appointed chief editor at CAP. Crow will focus on developing CAP’s operational processes.
Automotive salaries also slipped by 10%, according to latest job index
There are encouraging signs in the used car market reports Manheim. After three months of declines, retail used car sales were up quite significantly in July by 2.3 units to 14.3.
BCA’s latest Pulse report shows that July’s overall volumes, model mix and demand levels were similar to those in June.
Spyker, the new owner of Saab, said it lost €139m after tax in the first half in its first set of results since acquiring the Swedish car brand from General Motors.
The domestic economy grew at its fastest pace for nine years in the second quarter as boosted by the construction sector and strong household spending.
Toyota has announced a further recall involving more than one million cars in the US and Canada with potentially faulty engine control systems.
Proton is offering a number of finance deals to coincide with the September plate change and available until the end of the month.
The IS range has undergone its most significant changes since launch says Lexus.
The Audi A3 is proving to hold more of its value than any other car sold last year according to residual value tracking by Auto Trader.
The BMW 3 Series is the most desirable used car, according to customers of online used car retailer Autoquake.com.
A group of women have taken part in an initiative designed to tackle the gender bias in the automotive industry.
Dealers have submitted their burning questions to consumers about the used car market to help form the basis of Auto Trader’s session at the Used Car Market Conference 2010 on September 29.
An iPad application has been developed for Lexus.
Nissan has started production of its new Juke compact crossover in Sunderland which will go on sale next month.
Ford has updated its Mondeo with a tweaked exterior and restyled interior ready for the September plate change.
Infiniti will be adding “moving object detection” to its 360 degree parking display system on its models.
Mercedes-Benz will show its next generation CLS four-door coupe at September's Paris Motor Show.
