Subaru is offering a Prodrive performance pack on its Forester 2.5 XT model, boosting power to 253bhp.
Co-operative Insurance Society Limited (CIS) has appointed RAC Auto Windscreens as its preferred supplier for automotive glass repair and replacement.
Honda has announced that its FR-V model will now be available with i-CTDi engine technology.
Dealers at Mazda have been tailoring their services towards fleets as the importance of corporate customers grows, but there is still plenty of work to be done, according to Pumfrey.
Skoda is ready to launch an expanded network of business centres as part of a major drive to win more British fleet customers.<P>
The growth in diesel registrations since 2000/01 has left many automotive businesses exposed to the future prospects of diesel in the used car market.
Toyota has revealed that diesel is a major part of its mid-term growth strategy.
Rover used car prices have fallen by up to £313, an average reduction of 7% off the normal asking price, after the last British mass carmaker closed down.
Dealers are being warned by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) to ensure they are complying with new regulations governing the sale of motor insurance products.
FAI Automotive has expanded its UK sales team with the appointments of Rod Edwards and Steve Jarnet.
Stadco is to close its Coventry plant, which supplies the body shell for the MG TF sports car and other pressings, with the loss of 200 engineering jobs.
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has refused an application for a consumer credit licence from a motor dealer in Hereford.
Robert Forrester has been promoted at Reg Vardy plc with a brief to drive the expansion of products and services outside its core business of retail vehicle sales though its dealerships.
MG Rover dealers are considering a £25m-plus offer from Capital Bank Motor to speed the sale of 15,000 cars held in the retail network or at compounds.
Production at Land Rover’s Solihull plant has been disrupted this morning, after 35 Greenpeace protesters breached security.
The Retail Motor Industry Federation has urged MoT computerisation to stop “until it can be proved the system can cope”.
BMW has announced it will be investing more than £100m at its Mini Oxford plant up to the year 2007, due to the “success of the Mini brand”.
Potential bidders for MG Rover have until the end of the day to submit their offers.
Ricardo plc, the engineering technology provider, has signed a contract with Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC), to provide a number of engineering development programmes.
Dealer group Lookers has appointed a new non-executive director to replace Graham J Morris who has retired.
Ford Motor chairman and CEO William Clay Ford announced at yesterday’s annual meeting that he will not accept a salary, bonus or stock compensation until the company restores the profitability of its automotive business.
Chapman Automotive Limited is in the final stages of putting together a bid to purchase MG assets from PricewaterhouseCoopers, the administrators of MG Rover Group Limited and Powertrain Limited.
Car parts manufacturer Sogefi is creating 125 jobs in south Wales with an £8m expansion programme.
Trafficmaster has won a contract with Honda to provide live traffic information to its UK vehicles equipped with satellite navigation systems with a TMC (traffic message channel) receiver.
Retail branding is one of the major issues that will be addressed at autoretailing 05.
Top 10 AM100 dealer Lookers <I>(9)</I> has announced ahead of its annual meeting today the acquisition of Ian Shepton Cars (IS Cars), a used car supermarket in Burton-on-Trent.
Reg Vardy, AM100 top 10 dealer <I>(3)</I>, has announced two new appointments.
Inchcape, AM100 <i>(8)</i>, has said in a trading statement released ahead of its annual meeting today, that despite the forecast dip in the UK car market, its own UK retail operations have made a positive start to the year.
John Leigh, senior vice president of Vanguard Car Rental, has accepted the position of chairman of the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association.
Porsche has announced the latest additions to join the 911 model family, the Carrera 4 and the Carrera 4S all-wheel drive coupe.
