A three-year investigation into a car clocking scam which saw more than 7.5 million miles wiped off vehicle odometers has resulted in guilty verdicts against five men.
Nissan has been urged to carry out further safety checks to Qashqai SUVs after a pensioner was cleared of killing a pedestrian when lawyers argued that a malfunction had caused her car to accelerate “uncontrollably”.
Magistrates ordered a used car dealer to pay £5,000 in compensation and fines after after hearing how he sold unroadworthy vehicles and refused customer refunds.
Morecombe-based Ford dealer Pye Motors has been fined £120,000 for safety breaches after a technician was dragged under a van, suffering multiple injuries.
The manager of a Vauxhall dealership ended a “glowing” career with a suspended prison sentence after selling the franchise's part-ex stock for his own gain.
A car dealer from Bury has been handed a 22-month suspended jail sentence after failing to declare his true income or register his business for VAT.
A motorist was handed a six months suspended jail sentence and handed a £20,000 court bill after attacking a vehicle with a sledgehammer at his local Subaru dealership.
An Audi salesman smashed up a showroom’s printer before driving his company car at his boss in a rage over a disciplinary hearing, a court heard.
Not everyone has the same view of what’s attractive, particularly with second-hand cars. Beauty is in the eye of the seller and there can be a tendency to embellish.
Lawyers battling Volkswagen Group have shifted their sights towards Bosch, stating that the supplier was an active participant in the "decade-long illegal enterprise to defraud US consumers.”
A “devious” former service assistant found guilty of stealing £3,000 from John Clark Motor Group’s BMW Aberdeen dealership has been jailed for four months.
A conwoman preyed on the John Clark Motor Group dealership which briefly employed her and pocketed thousands of pounds as a result.
A Vauxhall and Kia dealership has been fined after failing to disclose that a used Insignia saloon was an ex-rental car.
A car dealer has been fined £2,000 after selling an unroadworthy Hyundai which he had described in an advertisement as “fabulous”.
A used car dealer whose payments for privately-bought stock cars repeatedly came up short has been ordered to pay £15,000 in compensation and issued with a six-month suspended jail sentence.
A conman stole the identities of innocent people, took out fake motor insurance policies and posed as a care assistant who was the victim of a number of car crashes.
Magistrates fined a used car dealer £9,700 after he offered vehicles for sale with an array of faults including illegal tyres and corroded components.
A showroom manager who pocketed £246,000 in cash swindled from the sale of his employers used car stock has been jailed for 30 months.
A car supermarket boss has been jailed for two years after channeling financial transactions related to 900 vehicles through a valet’s bank account to avoid paying tax.
A used car dealer who admitted selling five clockedcars – selling one of them twice – has escaped an immediate custodial sentence.
