Large companies are increasing their grip on the retail motor industry, with one fifth of the country’s 5,135 dealerships now in the hands of the AM top 20 dealer groups.
HR Owen has officially opened its new £7.5m purpose-built BMW and Mini dealership on the A40 in West London.
Volvo dealerships in the UK are investing in new-look interiors as part of the carmaker’s global programme of corporate identity re-design, entitled Volvo Next Face (VNF).
For dealer group Norton Way Motors, one of its best business decisions was collaborating with Honda on the creation of the world’s first Honda Brand Centre in Chiswick, West London.
The £18.1m acquisition of the North-west based Robert Smith Group has seen Inchcape’s representation of Mercedes-Benz almost double this month.
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles has embarked on a new advertising campaign as the company looks for a fifth consecutive year of record sales.
MG Rover’s administrators has received more than 200 parties who are interested in buying MG Rover, 16 of which were from overseas.
New car demand has fallen by 3.34% across Europe in March and 2.12% in the first quarter.
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation is set to build Rover cars in China using British-made parts.
Volkswagen Group has announced a global operating profit of €464m (£317.7m) in the first quarter compared to €329m (£225.3m) last year.
Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK has won a 2005 Queen’s Award for International Trade.
Cadillac & Corvette Europe has established a UK sales and marketing office at Bracknell, Berkshire, under the leadership of managing director Malcolm Wade.
Demand for used small and car-derived vans at auction is out-stripping that for new models, according to the latest research from Glass’s.
Roger Penske, chairman and CEO of United Auto Group, is to speak at autoretailing 05, the new dealer convention organised by AM and the Retail Motor Industry Federation, at the International Convention Centre in Birmingham on June 22 and 23.
Day 2 autoretailing 05 speakers will address the skills and knowledge that today’s professional industry managers need to take their careers and their businesses to the next level of performance.
Comedian and writer Dominic Holland will entertain at the AM100 Dinner at the ICC complex in Birmingham after the first day of autoretailing 05 on June 22.
Opti-rent, Global Self Drive and Autotravel have placed orders with vanmaker LDV for its new Maxus.
Ford Motor Company has announced a 38% fall in profits for the first quarter of 2005.
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Saab has introduced a new addition to its 9-3 1.9 TiD turbo diesel range.
Honda is preparing for a Used Car Weekend from April 23-24, where it will sell own-brand cars part exchanged in March.
Mazda has announced 9,356 vehicle sales in March compared to 9,100 last year, which has given it an all-time record quarterly sales figure of 14,591 units sold.
Renrod has officially unveiled three of its new dealerships, which all opened this month, at their purpose built motor park in Trowbridge.
Michael Wynn-Willams from Cardiff Business School tells us why UK expertise will prevail, despite the fall of the last British mass carmaker.
Retail Motor Industry Federation franchised dealer director Alan Pulham is to be the opening speaker at the Automotive Retailing and Distribution Summit, taking place on June 7-8.
MG and Rover branded cars could drop by 10% in value, Glass’s says, in a reaction to MG Rover going into administration last week.
General Motors has today reported a worldwide $1.10bn (£0.57bn) loss in the first quarter, its worst results since the company came close to bankruptcy in 1992.
MG Rover's closure will bring more casualties in the UK's manufacturing heartlands, with one Coventry-based supplier Stadco Ltd announcing plans to shed half its 450 strong work force.
MG Rover customers have been offered 20% off any new warranty policy purchased for a model under 5 years old, after the collapse of the car firm left an 150,000 estimated customers without cover.
Companies in Wales are being hard hit by the collapse of MG Rover, with up to 700 jobs possibly being affected, according to a senior motor industry executive.
