Japanese supplier Denso will use its range of spark plugs to strengthen its foothold in the UK after- market, according to the comp-any’s senior personnel.
The Motor Vehicle Repairers Association (MVRA) and accident management specialist Auto Indemnity are to go their separate ways, just seven months after starting an agreement.
The Modul-System Group, manufacturer of racking systems for commercial vehicles, has filed for a High Court injunction in the UK against its former distributor H-Modul Ltd.
Motoring organisation the RAC is stepping in to fill the vehicle inspections vacuum left by rival concern the AA.
MG Rover is blaming the rise in dual-brand showrooms and network restructuring for its sales slump in the UK. Year-to-date sales are down 19.5% at 63,599 units.
New car sales figures for Western Europe released by JATO Dynamics, the automotive intelligence provider, show that year-to-date (YTD) sales are up on 2003.
A recently established Scottish consumer helpline funded by the Department of Trade and Industry has revealed that used cars generate the largest number of complaints by the public north of the border.
DaimlerChrysler has denied rumours that it may drop its Smart range despite the quirky city car brand failing to make a profit since the 1998 launch.
Industry charity BEN is looking to boost income by an additional £3m next year – its centenary – to enable it to upgrade each of its four residential homes.
Rumours that repairers have begun quitting the Retail Motor Industry Federation because of its failure to gain OFT approval for CarWise have been flatly denied by chief executive Matthew Carrington.
The future is with Mazda, according to the Milcars Group, which is about to begin construction of its second outlet for the Japanese brand in a prime location in Hertfordshire.
Porsche dealers are preparing to receive 2005 model year Boxsters, which go on sale on November 27.
Lookers has acquired its fifth VW dealership with the purchase of Darlington Volkswagen from Mill garages for £800,000.
Union leaders are meeting Jaguar executives over the planned ending of car assembly at Coventry’s Browns Lane plant and job cuts as MPs began questioning both sides in the dispute.
A small group of Kia retailers is acting as a pathfinder for the importer’s new dealership training programme which is aimed at overhauling the franchise’s standards of customer service.
European Motor Holdings has ended an experimental two-year retail car wash agreement with Asda because it did not produce high enough profits.
BMW is to further cut the number of jobs at its Swindon car body plant by 400 as it scales down production of parts for MG Rover and Land Rover.
Honda is planning to raise customer retention levels, retailer profits and residual values through a servicing and insurance package introduced with its new FR-V compact MPV.
Piaggio LTV will use its Porter’s ‘UK microvan of the year’ award to spearhead recruitment for dealers and as the basis of a marketing campaign to increase sales.
Volkswagen and Proton have signed a partnership agreement which will enable the German carmaker to establish a foothold in Proton’s homeland of Malaysia without having to build its own production plants.
Boardroom reorganisation at IM Group will create an automotive management team with an ambition to grow sales and increase the size of its dealer network by a third
Reg Vardy believes the failure of retailers to meet the forthcoming Financial Services Authority regulations on insurance-related products will reflect badly on the motor sector, potentially causing a headache for plc’s share prices.
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MG Rover sups in the last chance saloon, its existence hinging on a successful partnership with its new Chinese partner, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corpora-tion (SAIC).
As if 340bhp was not enough, Mitsubishi has now launched an even more brutish Evo VIII – the MR FQ-400.
Lotus is looking to develop its dealer network in preparation for a new 911-bashing supercar to be launched in 2006/7.
The growing practice of retailers pre-registering cars on behalf of manufacturers in an end of month ‘sales’ flurry is set to come under the spotlight after a complaint by the Retail Motor Industry Federation (RMI).
More than half of retailers (55%) believe carmakers are exerting greater control over their businesses, according to a new survey.
Car-hunters in north London are being invited to try ‘the Karma Way’ and choose a used volume vehicle at their leisure.
BMW has revealed the first official details of its new fifth generation 3-series saloon, which goes on sale in the UK next March. The carmaker expects to sell 60,000 units next year here
