Nissan is to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide following a sharp fall in sales.
Kia is marketing its new Soul by commissioning six pieces of street art in six UK cities.
Fiat 500 has introduced a start and stop model based on its 1.2 Lounge.
Hyundai will unveil its new SUV concept at the Geneva Motor Show on March 3.
Stoke-On-Trent dealer Ken Jervis has won Kia’s UK Dealer of the Year and has also achieved Platinum Kia dealer status in just 12 months.
A South Korean court has granted ‘court receivership’ status to SsangYong Motor (SYMC), paving the way for radical restructuring.
During the usual bombastic opening ceremony at last week’s NADA show in America, outcoming chair Annette Sykora played a short film detailing the association’s successes during 2008.
Crown has bagged its second Honda site with its acquisition of a north London dealership from Alan Day Group.
Mazda Motors UK is to adopt a new tool designed to generate additional repair revenue across 32 of its franchise dealerships by next March.
Pressure is building on the Government to introduce a scrappage scheme for older vehicles to reignite sales of new cars.
Citroen has revamped its brand in reaction to a difficult economic climate and changing relationships between customers and brands.
Marshall Motor Group has taken over three of the Honda dealerships of collapsed motor retailer De Vries, while Benfield Motor Group has bought the fourth.
Subaru is boosting dealer morale by sending franchise employees on a two-day course to become a brand specialist.
Online car retailer Autoquake has opened its distribution and handover site in Leeds.
Peugeot has guaranteed bonuses in the first quarter for all its dealers.
Auction house Manheim reported a significant increase in the sale of used cars for January.
The credit squeeze helped the Finance & Leasing Association and franchised dealers to raise the point-of-sale share of motor loans on new cars to 53.3% in November.
PNG Enfield, which represented Vauxhall and Chevrolet at Enfield and Waltham Cross, has been wound down by administrators from KPMG.
Auto-electrical business Wood Auto has become sole distributor for MonarkDiesel, a German diesel injection company.
The internet has partially severed the link between dealership and customer.
The Bank of England has reduced interest rates to 1% from 1.5% in an attempt to kickstart the economy.
New car registrations fell by 30.9% in January to 112,087 units.
Mike Monaghan is stepping down as chief executive of the MVRA.
Ford is offering 850 of its workers voluntary redundancy packages.
Norwich dealer Duff Morgan is fighting the downturn with a big success in used car sales.
Mapfre Abraxas and Mapfre Assistance have relaunched a new united website for UK customers to use as their first point of contact.
Staff at Vauxhall's car plants in Ellesmere Port and Luton are taking a cut in pay after agreement was reached to reduce their working hours, reported BBC News.
A service level agreement for MOT testing is being drafted so MOT stations know what to expect when Vehicles and Operator Services Agency (VOSA) carry out enforcement and inspections at their premises.
Although 2009 is only a few weeks old, the seasonal festivities of last year already seem like a distant memory.
According to the NetRegs websites, oil accounts for more than one-quarter of all pollution incidents.
