UK dealers have until the end of this month to use up 75,000 registrations that are left as part of the scrappage scheme.
Workers at Toyota’s factories in Burnaston, Derbyshire and Deeside, north Wales will returned to full time shifts from April 1.
Carmakers have rejected claims that they will focus on tempting fleet buyers - who typically take more than 50% of the new car market - to pick up the fall in sales when scrappage ends.
The average new car in 2009 emitted 149.5g/km of carbon dioxide, down 5.4% on 2008 levels.
Lookers has driven pre-tax profits up by £26.4 million in its annual results for the year ended December 31, to make £11.5 million following a loss of £14.9 million in 2008.
Volkswagen Insurance, the insurance arm of Volkswagen Financial Services, is partnering with Allianz Insurance for the provision of motor insurance to customers of Audi, Seat, Škoda, Volkswagen passenger cars and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles brands.
Honda (UK) has launched the Honda Accident Repair Programme (HARP), which manages the repair of customer cars after an accident.
Autoquake.com has secured £6 million in venture capital and venture debt financing.
Sales leads are being lost after a new survey found a significant number of test drive requests made through manufacturer websites are not followed up.
Skoda’s revised Fabia and Roomster are priced from £9,330 and £11,260 and the Czech manufacturer has included the April 1 showroom tax within the price of the new cars.
Hyundai Motor Company has today renewed its global supply agreement with Shell the preferred lubricants supplier for a further five years.
Honda’s new CR-Z hybrid coupe will be priced from £16,999 when it goes on sale in June.
February registrations up 26.4% year-on-year as scrappage impact continues
The March issue of AMe has now gone live.
Used car sales will recover at a faster rate than new car registrations over the next five years, according to predictions from Manheim.
Hodgson, the north-east based family owned dealer group, increased sales across its four franchises for the 2009 financial year.
Peugeot is looking to turn around its falling sales and 5.14% of the automotive retail market this year with a flood of new product.
Carmakers and their dealers are fighting to stop more fleet and lease companies – especially those with vehicles on extended contracts – moving to independent service and MoT providers.
Hyundai UK is advising its dealers to make the most out of the first six months of the year in preparation of what will be a difficult second half that will lead to the brand losing hard won market share.
The scrappage scheme has been acknowledged as the key contributor to an improvement in dealer profitability and confidence in manufacturers' willingness and ability to collaborate during the economic downturn.
Ford is still expected to sign an agreement to sell Volvo to China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group by the end of this month according the Swedish brand’s British boss, Stephen Odell.
Ford has said that its global electric vehicle plan is extending to Europe with five full electric or hybrid vehicles across its C, CD and light commercial vehicle ranges coming for European customers by 2013.
The new car market in February rose 26.4% to 68,686 units paving the way for the March plate-change this month.
PSA Peugeot Citroën and Mitsubishi Motors have abandoned plans to form a partnership that would have seen them acquire stakes in each other, reports the Financial Times.
Following its recent launch, the Independent Automotive Aftermarket Federation (IAAF) has appointed Mike Owen to manage its new Garage Section
Dealers should consider repercussions of maintenance-free electric cars.
Supplies of the next new car from Citroen are to be rationed as part of dramatic moves to widen the showroom appeal of the brand.
The rate of business insolvencies in the automotive industry fell by 44.15% in January, according to the latest Insolvency and Late Payment indices from Experian, the global information services company.
The new showroom taxes starting April 1, the probability of a new government and a rumoured hike in VAT could add up to one large post-scrappage hangover.
