A conference will be staged by Automotive Management and Sewells Research & Development on July 26 to brief dealers on important new rules for general insurance and data protection.
CD Bramall has relaunched its consumer website offering buyers the chance to search dealer group's nationwide network of cars.
Smart, the two-seater city car from DaimlerChrysler, has received three prestigious accolades from leading motor industry experts, in the first year of official UK sales.
Vauxhall boss Nick Reilly, promoted to head sales, marketing and aftersales for General Motors throughout Europe, will lead a wide-ranging review of strategies.
Toyota took the pre-registration crown in May, with a total of 24 cars pre-registered.
An industry body is calling for a clampdown on cowboy motor traders. The Trading Standards Institute is calling for fleets to be protected from incompetent servicing, misleading advice on repair needs, sale of unroadworthy vehicles and poor information.
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders is backing a Trading Standards report calling for higher levels of protection for internet shoppers.
A single table showing the 12-month valuation history of a vehicle is one of the new features of Glass's Information Services' enhanced Evaluator system.
The Motor Industry Training Council (MITC) has relaunched its www.mitc.co.uk website to offer members additional online interactivity and user-friendliness. One of the new sections is a discussion forum to generate swift feedback on industry topics.
Vauxhall Motors boss Nick Reilly has been promoted to one of the top jobs in General Motors. He is to take up his new role as vice-president sales, marketing and aftersales for GM Europe on August 1 but will remain chairman of Vauxhall.
The Finance & Leasing Association (FLA), the voice of the asset finance and consumer credit sectors, is to lobby to cap the cost of public borrowing.
New car registrations are booming in Britain, driven by a surge in demand from private buyers through franchised dealers as average prices continue to fall.
Cap Network – the parent company of AM-Online - is offering 20 free places at the Automotive Industry Yachting Challenge at Port Solent next month.
Swedish car maker Volvo is to launch a new model development campaign costing £5.6 billion over the next five years. The Ford Premier Automotive Group member plans to increase annual global sales from about 200,000 to 600,000 units in that period while renewing the entire product range.
Two new insurance products, aimed at Chrysler and Jeep drivers, have been launched by debis, DaimlerChrysler's financial services arm.
Alexanders Saab has won the Saab National Dealer of the Year award for outstanding all-round business performance. The family owned dealership at Thornaby-on-Tees has represented the Swedish marque for 27 years.
Vauxhall is to offer full-size curtain airbags as optional equipment in Corsa, Astra and Zafira from the autumn. Similar safety upgrades will become available in other models later in the year.
Motor auctions group Manheim Europe has established a dedicated logistics department at its new offices in Rotherham.
Peugeot managing director Tod Evans is to officially open Warners of Gloucester's new £1.2 million dealership in Blaisdon Way, Cheltenham on July 10.
Spot and stop a Ford Explorer decorated in Mardi Gras decals between now and Saturday, June 30 and you could win a pair of free tickets to Europe's largest gay and lesbian pride event.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has called for a closer relationship with Trading Standards offices to help stamp out rogue dealers.
Demand for ex-fleet diesel-engined cars is set to rocket in the next few years, Glass's Information Services predicts.
Surging demand for diesels has doubled waiting lists for some popular models, according to dealers, leading to accusations that carmakers failed to recognise the expected boom.
French tyremaker Michelin has been fined E19.76 million (£11.93m) by the European Commission for alleged anti-competitive practices in its home market.
Japanese car maker Nissan is expecting to cut more than half a million pounds off the manufacturing costs of each future model built at Sunderland.
European car manufacturers won nine out of 12 categories of the International Engine of the Year Awards 2001.
Online sellers Virgin Cars and OneSwoop are battling to become vehicle providers to retail motor industry new entrants.
Ford of Europe boss Nick Scheele, knighted in the Queen's birthday honours, is being tipped to become global chief executive Jac Nasser's deputy in Detroit.
Former Lancia styling chief Mike Robinson has been appointed as the new head of Fiat Centro Stile in Turin.
Carmakers and European dealers lobbying in favour of the current Block Exemption regulations have made their first political breakthrough.
