Hundreds of thousands of car buyers have switched to purchasing cars with lower carbon dioxide emissions.
Renault’s new Twingo will be priced from £8,375 when it goes on sale in the UK in September.
Busy day yesterday. Went to Company Car In Action (www.companycarinaction.co.uk), a fleet managers’ driving day put on by our sister magazine Fleet News. I am keen to see if there’s a way AM can get involved by bringing along our own readers to drive the cars.
Dealers are being urged by the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) and the Government to sign up to the Skills Pledge, a voluntary commitment to develop basic skills.
Nissan Motor GB has appointed Vincent Wijnen, its former sales director, as its new marketing director.
The Automotive Distribution Federation (ADF) is calling on UK government representatives to campaign for the inclusion of the Repairs Clause in the European Commission’s proposal for EU design rights legislation.
Varta Automotive Batteries has relaunched its product range in a three tier structure to make it easier for the trade to specify the correct battery for a vehicle’s age and complexity.
Honda has been at the forefront of moves by manufacturers to reduce the burden on their networks caused by an over-zealous approach to franchise standards following the Block Exemption revisions in 2002.
Kia Motors UK has completed the restructuring of its senior team with the appointment of its new director of sales and its new marketing director.
Norwich mechanic Clive Atthowe has been named the UK’s best mechanic after winning the Top Technician 2007 competition.
CV questions to industry highflyers.
The latest industry appointments.
Most female job seekers still see the motor industry as an elusive area of employment – a stereotype that Jo Cameron, director of UR Hired, is looking to change.
Aubrey Deeks, parts manager at Marriott Motor Group’s VW franchise in Ipswich, is in charge of keeping a key part of the aftersales business working.
General Motors’ Astra production plant at Ellesmere Port, Cheshire has halved the amount of energy its uses needed to manufacturer each vehicle.
Premium manufacturers are set to take centre stage at Motorexpo in London’s Canary Wharf, which runs from the 11-17 June.
Vauxhall is to take a pollution-beating initiative that has been Government-funded in France but not in the UK.
Roger Putnam, the former chairman of Ford of Britain and ex-president of the SMMT has been recognised in HM The Queen's birthday honours list this year.
The European market for new car sales fell by 3.1% to 44,178 units in May.
Frontline Solutions, a UK technology provider, has linked up with Experian, the global information solutions company, to offer motor finance brokers a new application processing system.
FSA officials are visiting motor retailers and other small businesses until the end of this month as part of their monitoring of payment protection insurance (PPI).
Instead of recruiting dealers on a piecemeal basis, Nanjing Automobile Corporation (NAC) has stated its intention of making a batch signing.
The Office of Fair trading has revised its guidelines regarding mergers and referrals to the Competition Commission (CC).
Rolls-Royce has opened its second showroom in Russia.
BEN, the automotive charity, is urging dealers for support during its BEN Week birthday celebrations next month.
A group of six trade bodies has joined forces to create the Vehicle Safe Trade Advisory Group (VSTAG), a new industry forum aimed at combating vehicle related fraud.
Sytner Group has appointed Concept to project manage the development of a £4m Audi showroom in Bradford.
Dealers looking to dispose of classic cars taken in part-exchange can now use Autotrade-mail, the online used car trading network.
The 2007 AM100 was revealed this week at a special dinner at the ICC in Birmingham.
Almost all of Britons admit to judging a car salesperson on their trustworthiness by the clothes they wear, how smelly their breath is and even the strength of their handshake.
