A global online survey on car ownership reveals that just less than a quarter of people in Europe will buy a car in the next 12 months.
Union leaders are meeting Department of Trade and Industry officials to try to secure the long-term future of Peugeot's site at Ryton, near Coventry.
Nissan has reported total sales of 60,644 units throughout Europe in March, a decrease of 0.2% over the same month last year.
Chester-based finance company The Funding Corporation Limited has acquired two credit and leasing businesses - adding £70 million to its motor finance book.
BMW Group has opened a new tool maintenance facility at its Swindon plant.
Chevrolet UK has turned to JATO Dynamics to provide competitor model comparison features to its consumer website www.chevrolet.co.uk.
A Government grant of £1.9m has been given to Vauxhall towards a £15m press shop installation to build body parts at its Ellesmere Port car plant.
MG Rover’s efforts to secure a £100m bridging loan from the Government to back a Chinese rescue deal have stalled after it failed to convince either side it could survive.
General Motors’ chairman and chief executive Rick Wagoner is taking personal charge of the giant carmaker’s troubled North American operations under a management shake-up announced yesterday.
Lexus has topped the 2005 Driver Power report released in this week’s Auto Express magazine.
Renault has launched two new special editions in the Megane range, called the Oasis and Scénic Maxim, in an attempt to compete against a swathe of new models in the lower-medium sector.
Smart has announced that ‘significant workforce reductions’ will be part of its new business model as well as the end of the Roadster and plans for an SUV.
The Government has given MG Rover the option of a bridging loan thought to be worth £100m.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders has issued February’s pre-registration figures. 566 new cars were pre-registered, worth a total of £4.97m.
Ford has announced that its Focus four-door saloon will officially go on sale in the UK on May 21 with prices starting from £14,970.
Two of the UK’s top motor industry bosses have been named as the most generous in terms of giving away earnings to charity.
Hyundai has announced its spring offers, which will include savings of up to £1,500 on selected models from now until the end of June.
Nissan’s plant in Sunderland has been named as the UK’s biggest car exporter for a fifth year running.
Toyota has chosen the UK as the location for a new £11.2 million production training centre.
Peugeot has announced that from today it will reduce the retail price on collision parts for its 106 (registered from 1996), 205, 306 (registered from 1997), 407 and 406 model ranges.
Some visits to franchised dealerships leave us in a state of despair over the service department.
Carmakers have starting issuing dealers with new instructions on their warranty terms following bad press in the national media.
Despite industrial action at its Stoke-on-Trent truck tyre re-treading plant, Michelin says tyre supplies will not be affected.
Half of UK dealers are not fully aware of new oil storage regulations, which are due to be implemented in September and could be forced to close their workshops until they comply.
The British Standards Institute is planning to launch a Kitemark for the vehicle repair sector this autumn aimed at boosting consumer confidence.
West Midlands clutch manufacturer Automotive Products Driveline Technology Ltd (APDT) went into administration in early March.
Unrest among Hyundai Cars UK’s dealers has led a number of retailers to accuse the manufacturer of fostering a “dog-eat-dog” atmosphere within its network.
Vauxhall’s all-new Corsa is due next year – and GM execs are bouncing off the rev limiter at the prospect of the stylish, sporty supermini.
Early indications of 05 registration sales since its introduction on March 1 show a smaller decline in the market than that predicted by the Society of Vehicle Manufacturers and Traders.
Sir Tom Farmer CBE is to give one of the keynote addresses at autoretailing 05, the joint AM/RMI retail motor conference to be held in Birmingham this June.
