A new supervisory level has been put in place between AA Tyre Fit's two regional managers and its team of 170 tyre fitters.
Average retail prices for new cars in the UK rose 5.1% during the 12 months to May 2004.
NGK Spark Plugs has announced the appointment of Martin Pring to a new position as UK national accounts manager.
Mazda has achieved its highest monthly market share ever in the UK at almost 2%.
Manheim Auctions is working in partnership with Hendy Group to develop a vehicle reconditioning programme.
A new AA survey shows that most British drivers don’t know about the most basic aspects of car maintenance.
CBI boss Digby Jones is calling on the Government to commit at least £250bn of public and private investment to UK transport over the next ten years, as business patience and public tolerance is becoming exhausted by the slow pace of improvements.
A team of executives from Vauxhall’s aftersales division in Luton is following in the footsteps of Yorkshire’s now famous Calendar Girls to publicise its attempt at next month’s Four Peaks Challenge.
Mazda’s sales expectations in the UK have mushroomed after two strong years since taking distribution in-house. The company, whose cars were previously imported by MCL, now expects to hit 60,000 units within two to three years – way ahead of the original five-year challenge set in 2001 to achieve 40,000 sales.
An ‘Italian Job’-themed sale has been staged at BCA Bridgewater by BCA and Motability.
The Rolls-Royce Phantom may be one of the world’s most exclusive cars but, according to Glass’s, used examples are depreciating at a similar rate to readily available prestige-brand luxury saloons.
Volkswagen is considering moving the production of some components to the Gulf state of Abu Dhabi, which the German car company hopes will buy up to 10% of its shares.
Katsuhiko Kawasoe, the 69-year old former head of Mitsubishi Motors Corp in Japan, was arrested by Japanese police today.
Ford’s Asia Pacific region stole the thunder of the company’s European division by revealing the next Focus three months earlier than had been planned.
Sewells Information and Research, the leading publisher of automotive research and industry reports, are in the final stages of completing the Dealer Attitude Survey.
Seat has revealed that the design of the Altea Multi Sport Vehicle will be used for the new generation Toledo and Leon models.
Fluence, Renault's latest concept car, is an upmarket, four-seater sports coupé.
The £16m turnover Car Crash Line Group has announced a name change to CCL UK Group.
Car dealers may need to change the way they advertise finance packages due to consumer credit reforms, according to the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI).
Ford yesterday defended the pace of its expansion in China, where it lags its global rivals, saying the mainland market was still at an early stage of its growth and development of brand loyalties.
Residual values for some mainstream diesel fleet cars could drop below their petrol equivalents, according to predictions by GE Capital Fleet Services.
The appointment of Colin Parlett as the Retail Motor Industry Federation's president – replacing Lookers' Fred Maguire whose two-year term of office ended last month – sends out a clear signal that the trade association is not just run by the biggest, most powerful dealer groups.
The Financial Services Authority has fined Universal Salvage £90,000 for a breach of its Listing Rules. Martin Hynes, the former CEO of Universal, was personally fined £10,000 as well. He has since resigned from the company.
Consumers are being urged to think twice before disregarding high mileage cars as a bad buy.
Nissan dealers are being trained to cope with a new type of customer – one who is attracted to the brand by niche products like the 350Z sportscar and the Murano sports utility vehicle, due next year.
Emma Stanley joins the Honda UK public relations team this week as new PR operations manager for cars
Fiat has introduced its new Multipla, which it first showed at this year's Geneva Motor Show.
Flying the flag for England could cost motorists a £2,500 fine or three penalty points on their licence.
Jaguar sales in Britain and Europe further strengthened during May, driven by wider availability of the new Jaguar diesels and X-Type Estate, to record a 31% improvement over May 2003 and to maintain the overall growth trend seen through the year so far.
The largest ever gathering of Longbridge-built motor vehicles will take place for a weekend of celebrations beginning on July 8, 2004 to celebrate the founding of the Austin Motor Company and 100 years of continuous motor vehicle production at the plant.
