Nissan’s latest model, the Qashqai, began rolling off the production line last week at its Sunderland assembly plant.
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.
Ford has confirmed Stuart Dyble’s resignation from his role as vice president of communications and public affairs for the Premier Automotive Group (PAG) and Ford of Europe.
BEN, now the 'automotive industry charity', has launched a new logo to represent the company in the new year.
GM has announced that its Vauxhall Ellesmere Port factory is now competitive with its other plants around Europe.
Toyota GB is the national organisation winner of the Edge Employer Awards 2006, receiving £50,000 to invest in training.
Mazda will unveil a new concept car, the Mazda Ryuga, and its Tribute hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) at the Detroit Motor Show on January 8.
Rolls-Royce has delivered 14 of its extended wheel base Phantom models to Peninsula Hong Kong.
The Institute of the Motor Industry’s Top Technician 2007 competition is still open for entries.
There are only a limited amount of tables left for February’s AM Awards 2007.
The inaugural AM Index gives an overview of three-year/ 30,000-mile used car values across every sector. Each month AM, in conjunction with CAP, will put the spotlight on one sector, starting with superminis in the January 12 issue.
Motorpoint has been told to change two national press adverts by the Advertising Standards Agency after complaints that the campaigns were misleading.
Nationwide Accident Repair Services has bought Aquilo Motor Services Ltd, a subsidiary of Aquilo plc, for £1.275m. The sum comprises £750,000 in cash and £750,000 of net assets, adjusted for creditors and a rent free period.
Proton is openly looking for strategic partners for its manufacturing operations and Volkswagen is seen as a front runner.
Skoda has revealed the first picture of its new Fabia mode, which will go on sale in the UK in May.
Motor retail finance directors and senior managers packed into the Ricoh Arena, Coventry, in November for the AM Financial Management conference, sponsored by Grant Thornton.
CAP has appointed Frank Etchells to head customer account management in the company’s used and new vehicle retail sector.
Aston Martin has launched its first Russian dealership in its 94-year history.
Toyota has produced its one millionth Yaris at its French assembly line.
Garages affected by the MoT computer failures this year will only receive ex-gratia payments from the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency for any costs incurred by the outages.
Vauxhall is offering to pay the first year’s finance on selected models in its range.
Masterlease has dramatically changed its method of fleet disposal by turning largely to auctions.
Is the lustre starting to rub off the Lexus badge? Rumblings of discontent have been surfacing from the retail network in recent weeks due to the huge growth in new car sales this year, which has seen their profits dip.
BMW UK is putting its field staff through secondments in its franchised network in order to give them a better understanding of retail practices and pressures.
There’s only one reason for owning or managing a business – to make money. Yes, you have to look after staff and customers, perhaps satisfy shareholders or act with a social conscience.
Clive Sutton, who represented ChryslerJeep, Jaguar, Cadillac and MG Rover as a franchised dealer in London, has launched Autobay, which he calls an “online matchmaker” for retailers and new car buyers.
The Renault Rent programme continues to grow, with two more dealers signed up, bringing the total number of sites offering the service to 11.
John Martin Group has closed a BMW/Mini dealership opened in 2003 because it did not make enough profit to justify the investment.
A new Renault dealership in Kendal has imported a full complement of Renault staff from another dealership in the area that closed down.
Caffyns has completed the strategic restructuring that immediately followed the collapse of MG Rover, says chairman Brian Carte.
