Kwik-Fit will be supporting Bridgestone’s “Think Before You Drive” campaign next week, by providing free tyre checks to all UK motorists.
A Bill that could simplify the process of buying and keeping a cherished number plate for a vehicle could soon move to the House of Lords, bringing it closer to becoming law.
Northern Accident Repair has bought Rochdale Body Repairers for an undisclosed sum.
European new car sales have fallen by 1.6% (28,987) during March, when compared to the same month in 2006.
Monday is the best day for selling a car according to new data from e-GoodManners, the sales led management company.
Sterling Insurance Group has been selected by Fiat Auto Financial Services as the sole provider of their payment protection and Guaranteed Asset Protection (GAP) products across the Fiat and Alfa Romeo dealer network.
Fiat has renamed its Fiat Light Commercial Vehicles division as Fiat Professional as of today.
A mobile phone that simply makes and receives calls is all many of us want. That is the philosophy behind Renault’s expanding Logan range, according to product and strategy chief Patrick Pélata.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has told the Government that the ‘logistical implications of enacting a national road pricing scheme need to be fully considered before any action is taken’.
Franchised dealers start losing service and repair customers from the moment they sell the car.
Nissan will start production of a 2.0-litre diesel version of its Qashqai SUV at its Sunderland factory this week.
Think back a decade or so and the Bentley marque was the sporting choice of few luxury car buyers, except ageing captains of industry, life peers and middle-aged showbiz stars.
Wicliffe Motor Company has sold its Gloucester Nissan and Fiat business in order to concentrate investment in its Stroud home.
Citroën is on the verge of completing a network of 50 business centres.
A UK retailer has successfully challenged a fine issued by police to a technician who was test driving a customer’s car that had illegally tinted windows.
Motorworld, the dealer group of Midcounties Co-operative Society, is rebranding its outlets as Co-operative Motors.
The head of Honda UK’s car marketing, Jeff Dodds, has quit after one year in the role.
Skoda recorded its highest ever sales record in March with 60,665 units sold, 14.8% than the same month last year.
Springfield Motor Group has pulled back from a deal to sell its seven franchised dealerships to Peter Vardy.
Mutterings in the corridors of power are starting to turn to the imminent review of Block Exemption.
A car that runs on compressed air could be available in the UK within two years.
The American dealer management system (DMS) Arkona will be brought to the UK by MCL Group, it has been announced.
Disgruntled retailers have accused the AA’s roadside recovery agents of carrying out inaccurate assessments on their customers’ cars.
A number of Far East and Middle East automotive retail businesses are looking to enter the UK car retail market, while others from the region are looking to expand their existing presence.
Mitsubishi UK has won a commitment from 11 non-franchised dealers to stop selling new and nearly-new cars imported from outside official European channels.
Chris Blue has left Volkswagen Fleet Services where he has worked for the past three years as national fleet sales manager to take up a new role as national fleet manager in Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles.
Alex Smith and Daniel Entwistle, both apprentices at Colin Appleyard, have successfully completed the Suzuki Advanced Apprenticeship Programme.
An extra 450 jobs will be created by BMW to meet demand for Mini as production is stepped up to 240,000 cars a year from 2008.
Dealers are being warned about a change in consumer credit laws which are in effect now.
European carmakers might reach an agreement on how to share the burden of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new vehicles by July, the head of ACEA said this week.
