Internet auction provider eBay has revealed its customers spend an average of £1,093 on car customization and tuning products.
Aberdeen ChryslerJeep dealer Belmont has teamed up with Nortrak off-road centre to offer motorists the chance to put their driving skill to the test.
Customers looking for a used Ford or Vauxhall are currently facing an odd fluctuation in depreciation values.
Saab has scored top marks for protection against neck injury across its model range.
General Motors is to cut 30,000 jobs in North America in an attempt to revive the company.
Rumours have begun circulating that the proposed takeover of Reg Vardy plc by Pendragon plc has already been agreed.
The sale of inappropriate products and poor customer advice are among key problems identified by the FSA.
Vehicle re-marketing specialist Cars Direct, has opened a new storage and distribution facility in Oxfordshire.
A tool which allows franchised dealers to market their used cars directly to consumers interested in a particular model has been launched by the team behind Parker’s Price Guide.
Mercedes-Benz UK is urging its dealers to make a final push this year as it looks to pull back a 8% shortfall in new car registrations in the year to October.
Windrush Volkswagen’s £500,000 facelift of its Slough and Maidenhead showrooms is part of an ongoing transformation, according to group brand director Tim Attwood.
One of the oldest family-owned garages in the north-east of Scotland has signed a franchise deal with Honda.
Audi will put its ‘Le Mans quattro’ concept, now named the R8, into production.
Kerridge Automotive Systems’ Autoline dealer management system has been chosen by SAH, which has four Mercedes-Benz sites in Yorkshire.
Essex based dealer group Underwoods has chosen the Power dealer management system from Kalamazoo-UCS as it aims for further growth.
Milestone Motors has had its application for a credit licence refused by the OFT on the grounds that an associate of the company has convictions for grievous bodily harm, obstructing a police officer, road traffic offences and being drunk and disorderly.
There are now 400,000 Motability Contract Hire Scheme cars on the road in the UK, the largest fleet in Europe.
Chrysler has given its PT Cruiser a facelift for 2006.
Motor retailers and repairers will face costly remediation work when selling their property for redevelopment if they fail to ensure their land is kept free of contamination.
Peugeot main dealer Alan Milne in Moray, Scotland, has started work on a new £1.5 million showroom.
Penfolds Vauxhall is relocating to a larger premises and has put its former showroom in Croydon Road, south east London, for sale or lease through agents Humphreys Skitt & Co.
Teeside-based dealer RMB Automotive is planning to open two new Toyota and Lexus dealerships at Bowesfield Farm, a brand new mixed-use development on the banks of the River Tees in Stockton.
International property consultancy EC Harris is working with Lexus Europe on its network redevelopment programme.
Motorpoint, the car supermarket group, has been refurbishing its four sites, Derby, Glasgow, Burnley and Newport.
Hull-based Devries Honda is relocating the franchise to the former Welpton Motor Group site in Hessle.
Aedas Architects is to open a new office in Edinburgh in January 2006, following significant growth of the business in Scotland. The new office will be the practice’s second in Scotland.
Renault boss Talou-Derible warns he’ll lose patience with the “whingers”
Armoured versions of the E-class and S-class saloons are to be sold officially through Mercedes-Benz dealerships in Britain for the first time.
Kia is looking to make a play in the fleet market on the back of recent dealer appointments from AM100 leading groups.
Manheim is bringing a new auction concept to the UK within the next couple of years that will act as a “showcase of new technology”, according to senior executives.
