Bridgestone has appointed Steve Howat as technical training manager for First Stop and Truck Point dealerships
Euro Car Parts, an independent UK supplier of car parts, has launched an air conditioning programme to support its aftermarket clients
Independent sports car maker, Noble, has reported over 30 deposits received at the Sunday Time Motor Show Live for its new M14. The cars will not be delivered for up to a year
Vauxhall had to haul more than 500 new Astras back into their factory after it emerged the brakes did not work, a report in the Sun newspaper said
Irish car registrations in May were up 4.2% to 15,470 from the same time last year
Renault will unveil a car for emerging markets costing €5,000 (£3,325) today in a move designed to add 30% to the French carmaker's sales by the end of the decade
European operations of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation have generated an operating profit of £119m compared to a loss of £-115m in FY2002
GM Daewoo has started building of a new diesel engine plant in Gunsan, Korea
Manheim Auctions has appointed James Davis as light commercial vehicle manager for the south, further expanding the company's team, headed up by Alex Wright
A new record has been set for long distance driving in a fuel cell car by Vauxhall/Opel
Citroën is offering substantial cashback deals on some of its cars as well as including free insurance across the rest of the range this month. The campaign is being backed by a major TV advertising run
DaimlerChrysler Services UK has announced a number of senior management appointments including Peter Derks as managing director. Peter succeeds Alwin Epple who has left the UK to take up a new position on the Board of DaimlerChrysler Services in Berlin
Epyx has expanded its 1link range of motor industry e-commerce products with the acquisition of the Smart Remarkit vehicle remarketing web tool
Prestige brand vehicles are set to be a goldmine for used car dealers despite growing volumes
Guiseppe Morchio, the Fiat Group chief executive, has resigned
Hyundai has registered double-digit percentage increases in sales during the first five months of 2004 across Europe
Opel is confident it will launch the world's first commercially viable hydrogen fuel cell car in six years time
Saab GB hopes to exceed its sales targets for the 9-3 Convertible after it won the award for Best Sporting Open Top at the Sunday Times Motor Show Live
Another price rise has hit garages this month
UK car parts supplier, Motaquip, has agreed to sponser thwe Mark Fisher Memorial Trophy in this year's Peugeot Total 206 Super Cup
A second official UK Lamborghini dealership has been opened in Stockport, Cheshire.
MetaSystem UK, a vehicle security manufacturer, has been appointed as DaimlerChrysler's new supplier of aftermarket security systems for the Smart model range
The Maserati Quattroporte has won the 'Best Luxury Car in Show' award at the Sunday Times Motor Show Live
GM Daewoo has predicted its sales for this year will be up by a record 60% by the end of May
Land Rover owner Ford has told 8,000 workers at its Solihull plant to come up with a plan to improve productivity within two months or lose their jobs
Kia is making urgent contingency plans to advance shipments of cars to Britain from South Korea after 1,300 UK-bound were lost last Sunday in a collision off Singapore between a car-carrying freighter and a super tanker
Umberto Agnelli, chairman of Fiat, Italy's largest industrial group, died on Thursday night from cancer
Toyota today announced a £50m investment plan for its Burnaston factory, in Derbyshire, where production capacity will be increased from 220,000 to 285,000 cars a year.
Tony Gott, chairman and chief executive of Rolls-Royce,resigned yesterday unexpectedly after more than two years guiding the German owned company
British car dealers should not panic because of recent "flat but stable sales" according to Renault UK's managing director
