Motability Operations has announced sweeping changes to its pricing policy.
Proton has announced its prices, offers and model line-up for 2005.
Kent property specialist, Kitewood has been granted detailed planning permission for phase one of a major automotive dealership park development next to the M40 at Banbury, Oxfordshire.
Sir John Egan has retired as chairman of automotive services group Inchcape.
Kia says ‘overwhelming’ demand for it new Rio diesel has forced it to revise its sales forecasts for 2006 and change its original plan to offer diesel at the same price as petrol.
Pendragon was forced yesterday to extend the deadline of its £450 million takeover bid for fellow car dealer Reg Vardy after failing to secure a significant level of shareholder acceptances.
Dozens of transport improvements promised by the Government when it first came to power have been quietly ditched, the Conservatives claim.
Caffyns’ shares have been the subject of intense activity recently, sparking speculation that another company is trying to build a shareholding before making an outright bid for the Eastbourne-based dealer group.
Reg Vardy has inched another step closer to its target of having 100 dealerships by the end of the financial year with the acquisition this week of an MG Rover dealership in Newcastle from the Priory Motor Group.
Audi has sold Cosworth Technology, the Northamptonshire-based engine-maker, to automotive German parts manufacturer Mahle for an undisclosed price.
Western Europe’s passenger car market grew in November by 6.92% over the same month last year, recording 1,145,479 units to leave it 1.44% up year-to-date, according to figures released today by analyst JATO Dynamics.
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced that it will be revising its TransportEnergy grant programmes designed to incentivise the development and market uptake of clean, low emission vehicles.
The Staffordshire-based automotive parts distributor Partsworld has been appointed an industrial distributor for GM engines, transmissions, injector pumps, trim and other components.
Skoda is introducing the Fabia to its sport line-up in the UK from January.
Trafficmaster has announced that from mid January 2005, all Rover 75 and MG ZT models, except entry level models, will be equipped with Smartnav as standard.
Honda says we can look forward to more ‘wacky and crazy’ adverts in 2005, with the first being “Together” - its promotion for the six-seater FR-V.
Vehicle remarketing company Cars Direct is holding an on-line auction of convertibles on January 10 to help dealers capitalise on UK motorists’ love of soft-tops.
Leslie Trainer, the founder of £35m turnover Trainer BMW in Swansea, has died. Trainer, who started the business in 1969 together with his wife Ellen and son Martin, was a fellow of the IMI and had served on various committees of the Motor Agents’ Association.
Staff from the hire division at Richmond Motors Group have raised £172.00 for the Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
Some staff in the retail motor sector should see a pay increase in the New Year according to the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI).
Biofuels Corporation - one of Europe's largest producers of biodiesel, a vegetable oil based version of diesel - has appointed Sean Sutcliffe as its new chief executive.
Northwest-based body repair group Howard Basford says it is still in favour of solus and labour-only repair schemes, despite not going forward with Royal and Sun Alliance’s dedicated repair centre initiative, in which Nationwide Accident Repair Centres and Gemini have agreed solus contracts for a number of their sites.
Balmer Lane Garages has completed phase two of its expansion programme on the South Coast, by strengthening its Honda offering to three sites with the multi-million pound acquisition of Salisbury Honda from August Motors.
Automotive Advantage, the aftermarket sector training specialist, has signed a sponsorship deal for 2005 with the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI).
VW has said its plans to build cars in the Russian market have been put on hold after government leaders of Russia and Germany failed to close an agreement on the project.
A Renault Modus supplied by the manufacturer-owned Renault Retail Group to two national property management companies is set to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
Christmas is taking its toll on used car dealer confidence as retail customers stayed off the forecourt during the approach to the festive season.
Automotive retailers are being warned that a tax loophole allowing them to charge employees £1 for the use of a 'company car' has been blocked.
Nissan's Azeal Coupe, the first concept car created at the new Nissan Design America, Inc. studios in Farmington Hills, Michigan, is set to debut at the 2005 Detroit Motor Show in early January.
The RAC Foundation has welcomed new police powers to tackle drug driving.
