The establishment of Chevrolet as an independent business unit from General Motors will see the brand grow its network with an emphasis on increased profitability.
Nissan’s electric Leaf will be priced at £23,350 including the battery after the £5,000 Government subsidy when it goes on sale in the UK in February 2011.
The emergency Budget will be held on Tuesday 22 June, the Chancellor has announced.
Manufacturer says move will help encourage more investment
Chancellor George Osborne will today launch a new fiscal watchdog to ensure the government is held to account on how it tackles the record budget deficit.
The Ford Focus has been named overall 'Used Car of the Decade' and the Ford Ka has been voted 'Small Car of the Decade' by CAP.
A new online legal and HR service has been launched by the RMI.
The RMI has called for the Government to clarify its position on fuel pricing, which could move to a “fuel stabiliser scheme”.
HR Owen's senior independent director, Ramon Pajares, has resigned from the dealer group's board.
Ford is to carry out a series of advertising campagns on parenting community Mumsnet through 2010 to promote new family cars.
Accident Exchange has launched a free online marketing support service to help its dealers and bodyshops maximise revenue from customers involved in non-fault accidents.
The former shadow treasury secretary and Conservative MP Philip Hammond has been appointed as the new transport secretary.
Inchcape has revealed that its revenues have increased by 13% in the first quarter according to the group’s interim management statement.
Pre-tax profits at Vertu Motors have risen from £70,000 in 2009 to £4.6 million according to the group’s preliminary results for the year ended February 28, 2010.
A range of new features designed to weed out customer duplication and solve other common database issues have been added by Pinewood to its Pinnacle dealer management system.
Average wholesale values have fallen in April by 2.3% (£172) to £7,281, which follows three consecutive monthly rises which had seen values increase by 8% since December 2009.
The SMMT has forecast that European automotive production will hit pre-recession highs by 2014
Kia Motors enjoyed a 36% increase in sales last month after it sold 174,505 vehicles across the globe.
The current shortage in daily rental provision is providing a window of opportunity for franchise dealers to move into short term hire, believes motor industry consultancy Network Automotive.
Citroen is offering three year/35,000 mile servicing or £200 towards the first annual insurance premium on retail sales of its C1 and C3 models.
Nissan Motor's financial results for the fiscal year 2009, which ended on March 31, 2010, are better than expected.
Dealers are being offered an opportunity to sell misfuelling insurance to fleet customers which covers the cost of draining and flushing the fuel tank, as well as replenishing it.
A total of 388,540 new cars and 6,959 new LCVs were registered through the scrappage incentive scheme (SIS) by the end of April.
Dealer group creates new brand – Macklin Motors - to operate north of the border
Details of the new Volkswagen Polo GTI have been anounced.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation is “on track” to be profitable in 2010, according to the chief executive in its annual report published today.
The trading performance of Lookers for the four months ended 30 April 2010 is ahead of budget.
Peugeot is launching a new advertising campaign through a competition on Facebook to promote its new RCZ sports coupe.
Arnold Clark has posted pre-tax profits of £73.9 million for the year ending December 31, 2009, an increase of £37.7m in comparison to 2008.
Southern Finance has become a division of the private bank Raphaels Bank.
