Three Chorley Group Nissan dealerships were attacked in overnight raids in which the windows of 40 vehicles were smashed by satnav targeting thieves.
More than 40 vehicles have been deliberately damaged at an Arnold Clark dealership.
A crackdown on vehicle clocking is being called for by the National Franchised Dealers Association and the National Association of Motor Auctions.
Moments after a second hand car dealer was sentenced to five months at Birmingham Crown Court his phone started to play the theme to the Great Escape.
A second-hand car dealer from who traded millions of pounds worth of cars for at least 14 years but kept no records and paid no tax has been jailed.
Newbury car dealer Daniel Stokesberry was fined more than £20,000 after selling five unroadworthy vehicles.
A £100,000 supercar stolen on a dealer test drive in Derbyshire has been found in Birmingham.
An independent motor trader in Hull conned a pensioner out of his life savings when he asked him to become a ‘sleeping partner’ in Clough Road Car Sales.
A thief spent four hours moving other cars so he could steal two Ferrari GTO 250 replicas from a Yorkshire car dealership.
The UK's car industry, led by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders, has called on the police to improve how it tracks car thefts.
