MSX International, the global automotive services provider, has acquired the Japanese training operations of Carter and Carter Group for an undosclosed sum.
Goodyear Dunlop has shelved its original plan for a management buyout of its fast-fit arm HiQ after being inundated with expressions of interest from people who want to take on a franchise.
Mitsubishi is considering whether to bring its i-MiEV electric city car to the UK.
Lubricants company Exxon-Mobil has launched a service aimed at helping its dealer and repairer customers get more from their aftersales operations.
Total Lubricants is hoping for a bigger foothold in the automotive aftermarket, forming a new partnership with Fleet Assist.
Manufacturers consider an array of tactics as they look to fill gaps in their networks.
Parts distributor FPS has quit the ATR European aftermarket buying group after it was joined by fellow UK supplier Euro Car Parts.
Scottish motor retailer John Clark Motor Group has bought Aberdeen-based van dealer Clark Commercials.
Scunthorpe used car dealer Jason Large has been jailed for 12 months for clocking cars.
Used cars more profitable than Vauxhall franchise.
Pulman Volkswagen has acquired former Inchcape-owned Mill Garages in Sunderland.
Men are more emotionally involved with the purchase of a car, in comparison to women which are more likely to carefully calculate the overall costs involved.
Peter Clist, help for BEN, BMW and Fiat joint plan, Chevrolet's Aveo campaign and Pendragon share price correction.
Ruville partnership, MAM update, world rally prize and Kwik-fit's £10m investment.
New car registrations took a 13% dive in July to 153,420 units and were also 3% down year-to-date.
The proportion of prestige credit hire rentals by Accident Exchange has increased in the first quarter of the financial year leading to improved margins, the company told shareholders at its AGM this morning.
Volkswagen has revealed the first pictures of the sixth generation of its Golf which goes on sale in January.
Used car values will fall by at least 12% between now and Christmas according to EurotaxGlass’s.
Manheim is not just a car auction company. We're a global phenomenon. Last year alone, we sold five-and-a-half million vehicles across five continents
Dealers can use initiatives to ensure customers see them as an ally in the battle to keep costs down, while also protecting the environment.
Morelli Group has secured an approval to supply paint to bodyshops in Peugeot’s repair network. The distributor is now the carmaker’s preferred distribution partner.
Sapphire Bodyshop boss is vocal in feedback over BSI Kitemark’s gaps in methods.
Improved products and a wider range of repairs have helped increase market to £70m.
The creditors report for Leslie Reeson Assessors, one of the UK’s largest independent assessing engineers firms, shows the Nottinghamshire-based business had £728,000 of outstanding debts when it went into liquidation in January.
DWS Bodyworks has bought a Stratstone Jaguar workshop in Weybridge for an undisclosed sum. It will be split into two and named DWS Weybridge and DWS Brooklands.
Administrators have been called in to bodyshop Tigwell & Williams Coachworks.
Bodyshop network to use automated procurement.
The organisers of this summer’s British International Motor Show have announced that 472,300 people visited the ExCeL-based event, 14% up on 2006’s 415,000 attendance.
Group aims to expand to 15 dealerships, achieving 30% of all Citroën sales in the UK.
The industry is milking the environmental question for all its worth.
