Better parts availability is key to Alfa Romeo’s turnaround in UK, according to UK managing director Christopher Nicoll.
Parts and accessory distributor Maccess has its sights set on expanding its network of branches this year.
Macquarie Goodman, the Australian property developer, has bought Jaguar's Browns Lane Coventry site for an undisclosed sum from Ford.
The first Chinese-built MGs have rolled off the production line at Nanjing Automobile’s factory in eastern China.
Infiniti, Nissan’s luxury brand, will reveal its new G37 Coupe for the first time on April 6 at the New York International Auto Show.
Auction group BCA is claiming a new record UK auction value for a current production model, selling a Rolls-Royce Phantom at its Nottingham Top Car Sale for £208,000 earlier this month.
The Office of Fair Trading has given a motor finance company a public warning over credit advertising, and reminded dealers to ensure their marketing is legal.
Kings Volvo has appointed Ivan Harris as group corporate sales manager, after boosted fleet interest from the launch of the new C30.
New car prices in the UK increased by 0.3% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2006.
With its newest ad, BMW is trying to appeal to a target audience that is outside its core customer range of social climbers.
Over 6,000 former MG Rover employees have had their pensions saved by the Pension Protection Fund (PPF).
BSI has become the first and only product certification body to achieve the Royal Crown and Tick accreditation from UKAS for its Thatcham BSI Kitemark scheme, aimed at raising quality and safety standards in crash repair.
GMAP, the UK supplier of market intelligence to the automotive industry has launched MOTORVISION for dealers, a combined territory, customer and prospect management service.
The European Commission is investigating commitments proposed by four carmakers to give independent repair shops adequate access to technical information.
Tony Bramall, former boss of the now Pendragon owned CD Bramall, has sold 10,000,000 of his Lookers shares at 208 pence each, representing 5.5% of the existing issued share capital of the company.
Volkswagen will feed new information to potential customers on its new small-SUV, the Tiguan, through a new microsite.
Bosses at American brand Dodge have revealed there will be three more new models on sale in the UK within the next 18 months.
Citroen has enhanced its 125bhp C2 1.6i 16V VTS supermini with extra equipment.
The Office of Fair Trading is not referring Inchcape to the Competition Commission, following its acquisition of European Motor Holdings in February.
Porsche will increase its share in Volkswagen to 30.9% on Wednesday in order to ‘stop hedge funds dismantling company’.
Gilbran has launched a shared equity property scheme, designed to help dealer groups and individuals gain an equity stake in property without having to provide up-front funding.
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Colt Cars Mid-West has begun work on its £4m Cheltenham and Gloucester dealership, which will bring the group’s total number of sites to 10.
Paul Philpott, managing director of Kia Motors (UK), has won an ‘Achiever’ award from Motor Industry Magazine, published by the Institute of the Motor Industry.
Dealers are being offered new detection technology to protect their sites while at the same time minimizing false alarms.
Perrys Citroën and Vauxhall is expanding with the addition of a £1m Mazda showroom and PDI centre at its Barugh Green site.
Businessman Phillip Carter, chief executive of Nottingham-based firm Carter & Carter Group, has been awarded the title of Entrepreneur of Year for 2006 at the PLC Awards.
Automaster, the dealer management systems provider, has added several of Experian’s service programmes into its own DMS system.
