XPart is aiming to develop its business further and reach as many independent auto traders as it can.
A new back support system weighing less than 8kg is being offered to mechanics.
The Automotive Distribution Federation (ADF) has sold its building on Coleshill Road in Birmingham.
Chevrolet is cutting up to £2,000 on selected models from Boxing Day until January 14.
Ford is launching some special editions of its Fiesta and Fusion models in the New Year.
Two motor retailers make the latest Sunday Times Fast Track 100 of quickest growing companies.
Cooper Tire is the tyre supplier to Lone Wolf Transglobal’s Land Rover Wolf Defender.
BMW Group and PSA Peugeot Citroen have agreed to extend their co-operation into the development of petrol four-cylinder engines.
Inchcape has made a £262.9 million offer for the entire share capital of European Motor Holdings.
An all-new version of the Think electric city car, once part of Ford’s motoring vision, is to be re-launched in the UK next year.
Hyundai is planning to relaunch its approved used car programme in the first quarter of next year with a new online retail system that includes a stock locator for the entire network.
Kia Motors UK is hopeful of appointing a new managing director before the end of the year, sooner than previously stated.
Bodyshops have been left angry and downbeat after the BSI announced substantial annual fees for the industry’s PAS 125 standard and Kitemark, to be officially launched next month.
A group of bodyshop professionals held an inaugural meeting last week with the aim of cutting bureaucracy in the repair industry.
Mitsubishi will unveil a new concept of its Evolution series at the Detroit Motor Show next month.
Mitsubishi’s fourth generation Shogun will reach the UK in March, priced from £22,949.
The Renault Nissan Group has appointed Valley Forge UK to train its staff, after five years with Carter & Carter.
Volvo will preview its new XC90 in concept form at the Detroit Motor Show next month.
Audatex UK has invested £2m in a business continuity programme designed to ensure that computer failure will not leave bodyshop customers in the lurch.
Experian is promising dealer groups a low-cost way to manage their own web marketing, following its partnership with internet development consultancy Box UK.
Goldman Sachs, the famously fierce US investment bank specialist in mergers and acquisitions, has flushed out prospective bidders for European Motor Holdings, the premium franchise UK car retail group.
Outspoken, self-confessed “crazy” entrepreneur Ling Valentine has scooped the Woman in Retail business award as part of the North East Entrepreneur of the year 2006.
A plan of action to oppose a proposed two-year test will be discussed at a meeting of the MoT Trade Forum on December 18.
Derby-based car supermarket Motorpoint has expanded into East Anglia with the acquisition of the Mega Car retail site in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
Sewells Information & Research has launched an online sales management system with Complete Automotive Solutions (CAS).
Robert Forrester, former managing director of Reg Vardy, should by Christmas have financial backing to start acquiring franchised groups in 2007.
AIM-listed Aquilo is in talks to sell its motor services subsidiary.
The consortium that’s buying the axed Roadster and Roadster Coupé from Smart has done a deal with a major UK dealer group to sell the two cars.
Nissan’s latest model, the Qashqai, began rolling off the production line last week at its Sunderland assembly plant.
Skoda has added a new engine to its 2007 model year Superb model range.
