A used car dealer faced threats from the driver during an accompanied test drive before an accomplice dragged him out of the car.
A sales manager from Grimsby who made sexual comments to a female junior and exposed himself has been jailed after trying to defend a culture of banter.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) and Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) have teamed-up to publish assets and advice to help car retailers re-open safely after COVID-19 ‘Lockdown 3’.
The Austrian Supreme Cartel Court has banned Peugeot from tying dealers payments to customer satisfaction surveys and from subsidising vehicle prices sold at its manufacturer-owned sales outlets.
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has launched a series of operational guides to address the main issues affecting franchised car retailers in 2020.
The car retail sector has paid tribute to Lawgistics founder David Combes following his death this week at the age of 72.
Credit card firms could face significant damages claims after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Visa and Mastercard, ruling that fees the companies were charging retailers restrict competition.
A legal action filed in the UK against five major shipping companies hopes to win back small "overpayments" for new car buyers.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) has opened consultation on a new set of revised and updated consumer law guidance for car dealers.
The UK government plans a law change which will hold vehicle importers and dealer-distributors to account if vehicles are sold with emissions defeat devices.
Stacey Turner, a specialist in motor trade law, has been recognised at the Lancashire Women in Business Awards.
Former Pendragon director James Brearley branded a statement issued by his former employer in relation to legal proceedings against him as “staggering” as a costs settlement was heard in court today.
Dealers hopes for another VAT windfall have been dashed. The Supreme Court yesterday overturned earlier positive court decisions in relation to Littlewoods’ claim for compound interest on overpaid VAT.
A salesman at Marsh Wall’s BMW dealership in Chiswick who helped steal cars worth more than £200,000 has been jailed for five years.
Seven expert witnesses who fabricated evidence about the cost of replacement hire cars – leading to millions in losses and hundreds of redundancies at Accident Exchange - have been jailed.
A dealer has avoided jail after admitting at crown court selling dangerous vehicles, including a Mini Cooper welded together from four different models .
A car dealer says a BMW that crashed into the side of a store in Swindon on Saturday was taken without permission by a drunk driver.
A used car dealer has criticised Trading Standards after being fined in a fraud case.
A car mechanic who bludgeoned former bomb disposal expert to death because he owed him £17,000 has been jailed.
A 25-year-old who stole a Saudi prince’s Rolls-Royce and sold it to a Huddersfield dealership has been jailed.
