Thieves have stolen “a number of vehicles” from Sytner’s Guy Salmon Land Rover dealership in Sheffield, police have reported.
A car sales executive has been spared jail after he admitted diverting more than £11,000 of dealership sales proceeds into his personal bank account.
Three raiders targeted desirable Ford Focus ST performance cars when they broke into the Formula One Car Supermarket in Falkirk.
A motorist crashed his car twice at high speed in "an astounding and incredible course of criminal conduct" which culminated in the theft of a £40,000 Jaguar from a Parks Motor Group forecourt, a court heard.
A man, registered disabled, who broke into Preston Car Sales trying to steal a car later ram raided a nearby garage with a stolen Volvo.
A fast-thinking TrustFord employee chased and apprehended a car thief who pushed aside a sales executive before speeding from the AM100 retail group’s Castleford forecourt in an £8,000 Audi A1.
An opportunistic car test driver was apprehended by Derbyshire police after allegedly attempting to flee JCT600’s Mercedes-Benz dealership in Chesterfield in a Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG.
A car thief has been jailed for 20 months for his part in a raid on an Inchcape car dealership in which £21,000 of parts were stripped from a rare Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport hot hatch.
Car retailers have been warned to be on their guard after a fraudster attempted to scam the James Glen Car Sales out of £41,000 and a Porsche Cayman sports car by exploiting the Government’s Bounce Back Loans (BBL) scheme.
Cyber attacks on connected cars have increased by 99% in the last year, according to a new study by Uswitch.
Independent used car retailer Tones Garage suffered a COVID-19 lockdown blow when 11 of its vehicles were stolen in an overnight raid.
Listers Group's Toyota dealership in Nuneaton was targeted by thieves who stole the catalytic converters from five Prius hybrids and an Auris hatchback over the weekend.
Nine vehicles were targeted in a £30,000 vandalism spree at Thurlow Nunn’s Great Yarmouth Vauxhall dealership described as “really severe” by the business’ general manager.
Car salesman Christopher Michael was caught after he pinched £2,200 from the Cardiff Ford dealership where he worked.
A trader who handled stolen luxury cars and keys pinched from Jaguar Land Rover's plant in Solihull has been ordered to repay £1.3 million in proceeds of crime or face an extra 10 years in jail.
A Pendragon accounts assistant whose £250,000 fraud was discovered while she was on maternity leave has been jailed.
Criminals are using WhatsApp groups to plan and execute car thefts, according to vehicle protection specialists at AX.
An accounts assistant ripped off the Evans Halshaw Ford car dealership she worked for and was only caught after she went on maternity leave.
There’s a saying in the cyber security industry about cyber attacks: “It’s not personal’’.
Toyota has highlighted the extra protection hybrid car owners can take to combat a rapid rise in catalytic converter thefts.
