Manufacturers and dealers are costing the fleet millions of pounds a year by delivering about 30,000 new fleet cars every year with the wrong specification, often because of basic administrative errors.
Ford of Britain's marketing director John Mendel has been appointed executive vice president, sales and marketing, customer service and parts for Mazda's north American operations.
"Does management learn from the errors we identify, or do they just hide in the back office? In January 1996 we visited Cambridge and this month we revisited those same dealers to see how they have progressed." Our mystery shopper gets a dose of Cambridge blues in our latest survey of franchised dealers in the UK.
Consumers are paying almost the same for new cars now as they were a year ago, prompting warnings of a year-on-year increase in prices.
Manheim has appointed a new corporate sales director, Martin Potter, former sales director of NCA and centre manager of Manheim's Colchester centre.
The latest results from auctions by BCA, Manheim, Premier Motorauctions Leeds and Motor Auctions Leeds
Nissan is to begin production of the new Primera at Sunderland on December 17. The new car, which marks an important step forward in Nissan's product-led revival in Europe, will go on sale from the beginning of March next year.
One in four motor parts companies are using debt to finance growth, according to a survey.
The AA is to begin selling new and used cars in a joint venture with Inchcape, it was announced this morning.
An independent study into the future of car retailing in the UK and the European Union, recommends that the current system of exclusive distribution should be abolished, and that while selective distribution should remain, it should be in a reduced form.
The Department of Trade and Industry has said that the End of Life Vehicles Directive will be implemented in the UK at the same time as in the rest of Europe.
Price pressures in the used car market caused by oversupply are threatening to force fleets into low-mileage, two-year replacement cycles to protect residual values.
Motability Finance Ltd, the contract hire arm of Motability, has unveiled 'do-or-die' measures to take increased control of its used car stock in an effort to boost residual values.
The Halliwell Jones BMW Group, based in Warrington, Chester and Southport, has appointed Rob Andrew as group corporate sales manager.
Jardine Motors Group is severing its links with Equinox Business Partners, established in 2000 as a joint venture with a management consultancy and later wholly-owned by the group.
Martin Ward, Cap Network's national research manager, comments on the battle being fought in the auctions halls between leasing companies and dealer groups.
The premium convertible, premium upper medium and large MPV sectors top a league table of best performing used cars in the last three years produced by Glass's Information Services.
All Suzuki dealers in the UK have been provided a website as part of a revamp of the company's internet offering.
Reading Audi, the new £3.5m Audi Centre, is open for business. It has been developed and funded by the Aston Green Group as a replacement for its previous Audi franchise in Reading.
The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions has confirmed that Ian McAllister, chairman and chief executive of Ford of Britain, will be heading up the team bidding to take over Railtrack plc's role as operator of the railway network.
A nationwide programme to 'attract, develop and value our people' has cut employee turnover at Lookers plc in half over the past four years.
Ian McAllister, Ford of Britain chairman and chief executive, will lead the team seeking a successor to Railtrack.
The Peugeot 307, last week voted Car of the Year 2002, has been awarded a four-out-of-five star rating in the latest Euro NCAP tests on front and side impact tests. Full marks were achieved in the side impact test and it performed well in the frontal impact assessment.
Pendragon Ford chief executive and joint operations director of Pendragon plc, Stephen Hopewell has resigned.
New research has shown that motor dealers are becoming increasingly confident in buying vehicles without seeing them first.
The Government is expected to announce later today the appointment of Ian McAllister, Ford of Britain chairman, to lead the effort to revitalise Railtrack as a not-for-profit organisation.
General Motors has toady announced it would make further job cuts throughout its European operation, cutting 1,500 salaried workers next year in an attempt to return it to profitability.
Dealer margins are being cut in the drive to remain competitive in the new car market.
Chancellor Gordon Brown this afternoon delivered an optimistic pre-Budget statement which, while acknowledging the global economic downturn, highlighted an opportunity for growth if world economic recovery was accompanied by increased productivity in the UK.
Mitsubishi's network expansion continues with the opening on Saturday of a new dealership in Sheffield, Gordon Lamb Mitsubishi.
