4x4 tyre sales have increased by 151% in the last five years according to data from tyre manufacturer Cooper Tires.
The first course in Remy Automotive’s new Technical Expert initiative has taken place at the company’s UK headquarters at Fradley Heath, near Lichfield.
ATS Euromaster, Ripley, Derbyshire, has been praised for helping an organ transplant vehicle complete its journey and deliver its cargo in time.
Dealers will fail to invoice for £12m of work this year, according to research by Epyx, the company behind 1link Service Network e-commerce platform.
Workers at Kia Motors have downed tools in support of colleagues at Hyundai who are already on strike over pay and bonuses.
Seat UK has its sights set on attracting more young drivers to the brand.
Scrutiny of MG Rover’s collapse is a waste of money, claims dealer council chairman
Subaru is entering the daily rental sector in a partnership with National Car Rental.
Retailers are waiting to see what impact the appointment of Mercedes Car Group’s new chief executive, Dieter Zetsche, will have on the UK network when he assumes the role on September 1.
Cadillac’s new BLS will make its world debut at the Frankfurt Motor Show next month.
Bankruptcies will keep rising unless dealers use more sophisticated techniques to increase sales and profitability, says Rob Whalley, managing director of Experian’s automotive division.
Teletext Cars now has approximately 60 dealer groups on-board and has been enjoying call increases of around 20% month-on-month since launch, according to its partners in the venture, Data Media and Retail Ltd.
DaimlerChrysler UK says a one-day strike last week by 170 employees at its Milton Keynes parts warehouse will have a ‘minimal’ effect on customers.
Luffield Cars in Loughborough has gained a Citroën franchise for its former MG Rover dealership.
Dealers’ ambitions of growth should not come at the expense of return on investment.
John Banks Motor Group in Suffolk has added a Mitsubishi franchise to its Honda and Suzuki dealership in Bury St Edmunds.
More than a third of UK retailers have seen profit margins on used cars fall over the past 12 months.
TRW Automotive has confirmed that it plans to cut 156 of 638 jobs at its Pontypool brake disc and drum factory. The majority of the jobs will go at the end of this year and the remainder during 2006.
DaimlerChrysler and General Motors have finalised a deal to jointly develop new vehicle technology.
XPart, the CAT Logistics-owned MG Rover OE parts distributor, has secured the release of thousands of body panels that were locked in at the Longbridge plant after MG Rover went into administration in April.
Wagon plc, the European automotive engineering group, has sold its North American engineering consulting business, Hawtal Whiting, to Acro Service Corp. for £400,000 cash.
Jaguar has revealed the all-new XK.
Volkswagen boss Bernd Pischetsrieder came close to his own ‘Ratner moment’ this week when he dismissed cars made by Audi, the most profitable part of the VAG Group, as a "complete waste of money".
Renault has revised the Kangoo, improving specification, options and a range of new Euro IV-compliant engines to ensure the new Kangoo 2006 offers even more practicality and value for money than the model it replaces. The new range is on sale now with prices between £9,725 and £11,825.
Chevrolet UK has delivered its first big fleet order for its new Matiz city car to Europcar which has taken 200 of the new models for daily rental use.
Top honours in the second annual Lexus Skills Award competition has gone to Lee O’Doherty of Lexus Liverpool.
Developers have submitted a detailed planning application for the first phase of a £16 million technology park on part of the former MG Rover site at Longbridge.
Car production has fallen by 7.3% in July to 130,274 units compared to 140,497 units last year.
Delphi’s Stonehouse plant in Gloucestershire is looking to Poland to recruit 100 workers it cannot find locally.
Nissan has been collaborating in an project to develop bone-scanning technology which will maximise vehicle occupant crash protection.
