Dealerships that ignore finance packages are making a costly error
Vince Cable, the coalition government's business secretary, visited Bentley Motors in Crewe yesterday.
A BCA auction next month of sports and performance cars will feature the world's fastest road car, a Bugatti Veyron.
The number of fraudulent applications for motor finance in Q1 dropped by 3% against the same period in 2009.
The declining trend in automotive retail servicing and repair demand has been confirmed in the latest Trend Tracker report.
An all-new website incorporating multimedia technologies has been launched by Subaru.
Saab has signed a new contract with JATO Dynamics ahead of the launch of the new 9-5.
BMW Group stepped up its efforts during the first quarter to grow point of sale finance through dealers holding franchises other than its own.
Alexanders Saab York has won Saab Great Britain Regional Dealer of the Year Award following its achievement of highest year on year improvement of any Saab dealership across the UK.
ACF Car Finance expects continuing growth in its provision of sub-prime loans because of a new two-year agreement between its main lender, The Funding Corporation, and Barclays Capital.
Peugeot has set its network the challenge of being amongst the best performing brands for customer service.
Following the theft of over 700 of its tyres, Michelin is asking dealers to be on the lookout for any of its products being offered outside of normal distribution channels.
Toyota is to recall some Lexus LS 600h and LS 460 models equipped with the Variable Gear Ratio Steering (VGRS) following customer feedback.
HPI has launched a short-term insurance solution and fleet management diary for dealer loan vehicles
After more than 10 years on sale in the UK - and with over 270,000 examples sold - Citroën UK has stopped importing the Xsara Picasso.
Automotive insolvencies fell to 0.08% in April compared to 0.12% in 2009 according to the latest Insolvency and Late Payment indices from Experian, the global information services company.
Motors.co.uk, the online used car retailer, has relaunched its website with plans to overtake Auto Trader as the most visited used car website.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has started to develop an industry-wide electric vehicle (EV) training programme which it intends to act as best practice for the automotive sector.
Demand for trade cars in the used market remains high despite negative factors impacting the sector.
Father and son business has eyes on expansion after successful first year of trading
Consumer Credit Directive should enable dealership staff to increase their F&I sales
Dealers arranging loans for people to buy cars will face much tougher regulations by the autumn.
Skoda is in one of the strongest positions in its history, after it confirmed it is working to fulfil its largest UK order bank ever.
Volvo has appointed Mondial Assistance in the UK as roadside assistance provider for its new and used cars.
Payment protection insurance (PPI) has topped the list of complaints submitted to the financial ombudsman service, taking up 49,196 cases in the last financial year.
Land Rover will introduce a two-wheel drive version of its new compact Range Rover LRX which will emit less than 130g/km of carbon dioxide when it goes on sale in 2011.
Nick Mason and Tony Smith have resigned from the board of HR Owen as its strategic review continues.
Skoda has revealed prices for its Fabia vRS hatchback and estate models which will go on sale in the UK on July 29 priced at £15,700 and £16,495 respectively.
Peter Vardy, chief executive of the family-owned dealer group by the same name, has been named as Scotland’s best young businessman at this year’s Scottish Business Achievement Awards Trusts (SBAAT), winning the Young Achiever award for 2010.
The headline speaker at the 2010 AM100 Dinner has been named as colonel Timothy Collins OBE.
