Prices for the majority of mass market three-year-old cars have been falling at an above average rate in recent months, according to EurotaxGlass's.
A new website aimed at providing small garages and automotive engineering firms with a range of high quality safety footwear has been launched.
Caffyns has issued an interim management statement declaring the ongoing progress of the group since publishing its end of year results.
Dealers pursuing a ‘class action’ against HM Revenue & Customs could stand to win four times the amount of VAT compound interest owed to them on demonstrator vehicles, sums that could run into millions of pounds.
Honda UK has appointed Harvey Hughes to lead its corporate sales department.
UK passenger car production saw a 1.3% drop to 137,502 units in June.
In the words of author W.L.Bateman, “if you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll keep on getting what you’ve always got”.
Honda’s Civic Hybrid and Skoda’s new Fabia have received their ratings from the latest Euro NCAP safety tests.
The National Franchised Dealers Association has asked the new Minister for Competitiveness, Stephen Timms, to reduce red tape to help small businesses.
Dealers can now register for Specialist Automotive Finance (SAF), the Finance & Leasing Association’s initiative to stem the decline in point-of-sale finance.
Carlyle Finance chief executive officer Mark Standish has praised dealers for their support at the start of a series of changes aimed at boosting motor finance point-of-sale business.
Paymentcare.co.uk is set to sign agreements soon with dealer groups so they can sell payment protection insurance (PPI) in competition with direct and high-street lenders.
Fiat is claming an industry first with Future Value Finance (FVF), introduced to coincide with the launch of the Bravo, which offers a hire purchase scheme with a PCP-style guaranteed residual value.
The Warranty Group has appointed Ian Cooper as sales director of its Motorplan division.
The RAC has spent much of the past decade wedged between the establishment AA and the upstart Green Flag, but is now trying to lift its image.
The Lifestyle Group has started work on a new Mazda dealership in Horsham.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has appointed Stephen Bateson as head of aftersales and customer services.
CAP has appointed Clive Wilson as its new national sales manager for SMEs.
The UK’s recent floods have created havoc at hundreds of MoT premises.
Ever wondered how cheap a really simple, back-to-basics new car could be? The eponymous boss of Asian manufacturer Tata has.
Ford has introduced new premium standards to its 170 Accident Repair Centres.
Indian carmakers Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra have submitted preliminary bids for Ford’s Jaguar and Land Rover brands.
A concept for a “virtual vehicle passport” has been put to the bodyshop industry, as a means of reassuring consumers of vehicle repair quality and accident history.
A new version of the Glassmatix estimating system for accident repairs is being launched in the fourth quarter of 2007.
Dealers that offer service plans to customers who buy new or used cars are seeing improvements in customer retention and profitability, according to a recent study.
In May, dealer confidence hit a new high after a strong first quarter for new and used car sales.
Hodgson Toyota Gateshead has appointed Neil Metcalf as its new service manager.
Bristol Street Motors has officially opened its new £5 million Ford dealership in Stoke-on-Trent.
Another month, another national survey slating the automotive industry. This time it’s Which?, previously known as the Consumers’ Association, whose survey looks at car safety issues.
