The word about the place is profitability has returned to dealer networks. Trading is good, helped by the scrappage scheme for some and despite the broader gloom in the economy, the retail motor trade isn’t a bad place to be.
Lotus chief executive Mike Kimberley will stand down at the end of the week because of ill-health.
Is it just me that sees the re-emergence of the MG Rover crisis into the headlines a twisting of a knife that’s pain had been a little dulled over time?
The European new car market is down by 10.3% at the mid-point of 2009, according to figures from JATO Dynamics.
The role of UK banks in the credit crisis is expected to come under scrutiny in a report due out later today.
Former General Motors (GM) boss Rick Wagoner will officially retire in August with a pension worth $8.6m (£5.3m) over the first five years.
Nissan has been awarded a multi-million pound grant to produce electric cars at its Sunderland plant.
A management buyout has seen one time Mazda importer MCL Group shed its motor retail operations.
Seat is launching a new radio and print campaign to promote its brand and the Altea XL to the UK.
Lookers’ motor division managing director, Peter Jones, will become the group’s chief executive on September 30.
Used car website Motors.co.uk has signed an exclusive contract to become a sole supplier of used cars for sale on AM sister-brand Parker’s.
Renault UK has appointed Phil York as its new marketing director.
Used Car Market – The Next Two Years to be held on October 14 in Birmingham
Vauxhall dealers will begin changing their totems and signs to the new Griffin design next year.
Dealers are missing out on profits by not taking care of their customers involved in accidents
The European car market has made a strong shift towards smaller cars, according to the latest research by JATO Dynamics.
Independent garages are being urged to diversify to help drive their business through the recession.
Toyota is considering building a hybrid version of its Auris hatchback model in the UK.
John Thomson has been appointed as marketing director for Toyota (GB) and takes over from Mark Hall who left to take up a position in Toyota Motor Europe.
Bob Lutz, GM's vice chairman who had planned to retire later this year, is to stay with the restructured manufacturer and lead its brand rebuild.
Jaguar is to axe 300 jobs at its Halewood plant as the company looks to end production of its X-Type.
A new nationwide advertisement for ChipsAway is due to be screened next month.
Unite, the UK’s largest union, has arranged for a convoy of Vauxhall cars and vans to drive by Parliament today in order to showcase the best of British manufacturing.
Fiat has confirmed it will make a non-binding offer to buy struggling Italian coachbuilder Bertone.
Pendragon and Volvo have parted ways at its dealerships in Cardiff and Stafford.
ACF Car Finance has introduced a staff training and development programme with West Cheshire College.
Car output in Europe is likely to fall by a quarter this year as government handouts to car buyers fail to halt a major slump, EU car makers said Tuesday.
Continued improvements in profitability are a focus for GMUK across its core Vauxhall, Chevrolet and Saab networks.
