Volkswagen Group has announced a global operating profit of €464m (£317.7m) in the first quarter compared to €329m (£225.3m) last year.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK has won a 2005 Queen’s Award for International Trade.
Cadillac & Corvette Europe has established a UK sales and marketing office at Bracknell, Berkshire, under the leadership of managing director Malcolm Wade.
Demand for used small and car-derived vans at auction is out-stripping that for new models, according to the latest research from Glass’s.
Roger Penske, chairman and CEO of United Auto Group, is to speak at autoretailing 05, the new dealer convention organised by AM and the Retail Motor Industry Federation, at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on June 22 and 23.
Day 2 autoretailing 05 speakers will address the skills and knowledge that today’s professional industry managers need to take their careers and their businesses to the next level of performance.
Comedian and writer Dominic Holland will entertain at the AM100 Dinner at the ICC complex in Birmingham after the first day of autoretailing 05 on June 22.
Opti-rent, Global Self Drive and Autotravel have placed orders with vanmaker LDV for its new Maxus.
Ford Motor Company has announced a 38% fall in profits for the first quarter of 2005.
EU offers MG Rover training funds: Funds extended to Ryton plant: £7m alleged payout for Phoenix Four: Eight sales subsidiaries go into administration
Saab has introduced a new addition to its 9-3 1.9 TiD turbo diesel range.
Honda is preparing for a Used Car Weekend from April 23-24, where it will sell own-brand cars part exchanged in March.
Mazda has announced 9,356 vehicle sales in March compared to 9,100 last year, which has given it an all-time record quarterly sales figure of 14,591 units sold.
Renrod has officially unveiled three of its new dealerships, which all opened this month, at their purpose built motor park in Trowbridge.
Michael Wynn-Willams from Cardiff Business School tells us why UK expertise will prevail, despite the fall of the last British mass carmaker.
Retail Motor Industry Federation franchised dealer director Alan Pulham is to be the opening speaker at the Automotive Retailing and Distribution Summit, taking place on June 7-8.
MG and Rover branded cars could drop by 10% in value, Glass’s says, in a reaction to MG Rover going into administration last week.
General Motors has today reported a worldwide $1.10bn (£0.57bn) loss in the first quarter, its worst results since the company came close to bankruptcy in 1992.
MG Rover's closure will bring more casualties in the UK's manufacturing heartlands, with one Coventry-based supplier Stadco Ltd announcing plans to shed half its 450 strong work force.
MG Rover customers have been offered 20% off any new warranty policy purchased for a model under 5 years old, after the collapse of the car firm left an 150,000 estimated customers without cover.
Companies in Wales are being hard hit by the collapse of MG Rover, with up to 700 jobs possibly being affected, according to a senior motor industry executive.
Seat has released the first official pictures of the new Leon, which will make its public debut at the Barcelona International Motor Show from May 7-15.
Aston Martin Works Service has extended its body & accident repair centre, based in Newport Pagnell, creating the largest specialist Aston Martin repair facility in the world.
BMW has announced specifications for the new 3-series Touring range, which goes on sale on September 17.
Vauxhall has announced prices for the new Zafira.
Ford Motor Company and General Motors are in a precarious bond market position, both rating only one notch above so-called junk status and suffering further share price falls.
The Phoenix Four have issued a statement claiming that the rapid disposal of MG Rover's assets is the best solution for those affected by the company’s closure.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has today been appointed joint administrators of Phoenix Venture Motors Limited.
The Government has ordered an investigation into the accounts of collapsed carmaker MG Rover, amid claims directors stripped money from the company.
Vauxhall has announced that its new Astra VXR will be priced at £18,995 OTR, with deliveries beginning in September.
