David Cameron, leader of the Conservative party, has likened Gordon Brown to a second hand car dealer, with his attempts to save struggling bank, Northern Rock.
A House of Lords ruling will allow dealers to resubmit claims for overpaid VAT on demonstrators.
Koelliker UK, the new importer and distributor of SsangYong vehicles, has appointed Nigel Unwin as its marketing director to help raise the brands profile in the UK.
The Government and the European Union should not have pursued targets to increase the use of first generation biofuels, a committee of MPs has said.
The Bank of England voted in favour of keeping interest rates unchanged in January at 5.5% due to fears of over inflation.
Ebay Motors has partnered with insurancewide.com, an insurance comparison site, to provide its visitors with a choice of different insurance options.
The motor trade could be seriously affected if new legislation on temporary workers, which is being considered by the European Union, is implemented.
Dealer principals hold the success of dealerships in their hands.
Mazda will offer its supermini Mazda2 as a three-door for the first time this year.
Corgi, the British toy manufacturer, has “beaten Detroit to the punch” by signing with a fuel cell manufacturer to develop eco-friendly toys that run on water.
A Kia you can boast about is how the South Korean car company would like people to see the new three-door Pro_Cee’d.
Caledonia Motors has put all of its dealerships into receivership.
BMW may launch an environmentally focussed brand separate to its BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce marques.
The similarities between the UK and South African new car markets and what the two industries can learn from each other were the main topics of discussion when the RMI’s National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) received a visit from South African dealers this week.
Remember the Volkswagen Scirocco and Corrado? Fans of compact coupés talk fondly of Volkswagen’s affordable sports cars from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, ruing the day Wolfsburg pulled them from its brochures back in 1995.
While Toyota and GM slug it out to be number one worldwide, there is another company claiming that it will surpass both by 2018 – Volkswagen.
Fiat launched the new Fiat 500 in the UK last night with a flight in one of the London Eye capsules.
Ford Retail’s dealers in the north of England have signed up to ResponseTrack from Experian to make sure dealer staff don't miss any customer calls.
Vertu Motors has completed a lease for a new Motor Nation used car centre in Doncaster.
MoT testing stations are being left out of pocket after having to pay for a connection test between a vehicle emissions analysis device and an MoT computer which has now been scrapped.
Is Lotus the Good Samaritan of the motor industry?
Unite, the UK’s largest trade union, wants the Government to give more support to the automotive industry, which contributes £9 billion to the economy annually.
Seat has spotted the shift in popularity towards white as a colour option and added it to its Leon range.
BMW’s M3 convertible will reach the UK in April.
Daihatsu UK is testing a five-year warranty on two models, hoping the ‘peace of mind’ approach initiated by Kia and Hyundai will help to continue the 24% sales growth achieved in 2007.
An Inchcape Retail Mercedes-Benz dealership, part of the group that wants to be the world’s “most customer-centric business”, has been accused of quoting £4,376 for a service job that cost £36.25.
Finance deals are expected to play an important role in sales of new cars this year.
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is cutting back on detailed insurance-selling rules but tightening up where customers are not being treated fairly.
Perrys Motor Sales finance and insurance manager David Johnson is urging more dealers to rise to the challenge of winning back finance business.
The Finance & Leasing Association wants to raise point-of-sale finance sales above the 45% achieved in 2007.
