A former professional footballer has grown his web-based used car sales company 25% in the last year.
Administrators have gone into the Sidlow Group, which has dealerships for Audi, Volkwagen, Seat, Peugeot, Citroen and Alfa Romeo.
Buxton Car Centre, which had a Ford sales franchise and repair franchises for Kia and Vauxhall, has entered administration.
Passat Bluemotion 2, Volkswagen’s D-segment green offering, goes on sale this week.
Nissan has reported a 41% fall in its half-year profits after it was affected by the high value of the Yen.
A dealer has been jailed for a year for stocking stolen cars.
Property developers have resorted to offering a free Aston Martin in order to boost the appeal of new luxury homes near Cardiff.
Renault Retail Group is reviewing the future of its dealerships in Dartford and London City as part of wider measures to ride out the recession.
Mazda’s global sales growth, up 6% year-on-year to 701,000 units, has been attributed to its relaunched Mazda2 and Mazda6.
Industry views on the performance of the Institute of the Motor Industry have been invited ahead of its application to renew its Sector Skills Council licence.
Turnbull's York has become the latest workshop to join the XPart AutoService network.
Half-year results show that Vertu Motors has bucked downward trend.
Manufacturers are budgeting for a sub two million-unit new car market next year, the first since 1995.
Dealer group to streamline business as it looks for savings of £55m.
Pendragon and Volvo’s joint decision to close six dealer-ships and two authorised repairers leaves the retailer with six Volvo outlets.
Independent Porsche repairer JZ Machtech has now secured funding for a £1.5 million showroom.
Audi UK will modify its training programmes for all retailers next year to enable them to better sell an environmental message.
Mitsubishi’s UK importer, Colt Car Company, has been bought by the Mitsubishi Corporation.
New Chrysler UK managing director Federico Goretti is certainly saying the right things.
French trader sets up European distribution network
Rob Whalley has left MSX International 17 months after being appointed managing director of its UK and Nordic operations
Skoda has opened a 10-car showroom in Reading as part of its sponsored retailer programme.
Skoda hopes to gain business from economic down-sizers with its new Superb.
The Hendy Group has developed a dedicated management training programme in conjunction with the Henry Ford College.
It’s time for the associations to really earn their membership fees by exploiting those close contacts with the Government.
Mercedes-Benz has been in talks with dealers over the past month about how it can help their businesses in the fourth quarter as recession looms and car sales slump.
Marshall Ford in Bury St Edmunds has taken on 26 staff following the closure of Lookers’ Land Rover outlet in the town.
Bentley is to cut about 200 jobs from its Crewe factory.
Newly filed accounts for Scottish franchised dealer John Martin Group show underlying losses were bolstered by exceptional profits from disposals.
The European Union has backed a plan in principle to give continental carmakers loans at attractive rates.
