The Halliwell Jones BMW Group, based in Warrington, Chester and Southport, has appointed Rob Andrew as group corporate sales manager.
Jardine Motors Group is severing its links with Equinox Business Partners, established in 2000 as a joint venture with a management consultancy and later wholly-owned by the group.
Martin Ward, Cap Network's national research manager, comments on the battle being fought in the auctions halls between leasing companies and dealer groups.
The premium convertible, premium upper medium and large MPV sectors top a league table of best performing used cars in the last three years produced by Glass's Information Services.
All Suzuki dealers in the UK have been provided a website as part of a revamp of the company's internet offering.
Reading Audi, the new £3.5m Audi Centre, is open for business. It has been developed and funded by the Aston Green Group as a replacement for its previous Audi franchise in Reading.
The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions has confirmed that Ian McAllister, chairman and chief executive of Ford of Britain, will be heading up the team bidding to take over Railtrack plc's role as operator of the railway network.
A nationwide programme to 'attract, develop and value our people' has cut employee turnover at Lookers plc in half over the past four years.
Ian McAllister, Ford of Britain chairman and chief executive, will lead the team seeking a successor to Railtrack.
The Peugeot 307, last week voted Car of the Year 2002, has been awarded a four-out-of-five star rating in the latest Euro NCAP tests on front and side impact tests. Full marks were achieved in the side impact test and it performed well in the frontal impact assessment.
Pendragon Ford chief executive and joint operations director of Pendragon plc, Stephen Hopewell has resigned.
New research has shown that motor dealers are becoming increasingly confident in buying vehicles without seeing them first.
The Government is expected to announce later today the appointment of Ian McAllister, Ford of Britain chairman, to lead the effort to revitalise Railtrack as a not-for-profit organisation.
General Motors has toady announced it would make further job cuts throughout its European operation, cutting 1,500 salaried workers next year in an attempt to return it to profitability.
Dealer margins are being cut in the drive to remain competitive in the new car market.
Chancellor Gordon Brown this afternoon delivered an optimistic pre-Budget statement which, while acknowledging the global economic downturn, highlighted an opportunity for growth if world economic recovery was accompanied by increased productivity in the UK.
Mitsubishi's network expansion continues with the opening on Saturday of a new dealership in Sheffield, Gordon Lamb Mitsubishi.
Mitsubishi Motors UK says it is investigating why a passenger airbag in an R-reg Shogun deployed while parked at a Bristol dealership.
Nick Reilly, GM Europe vice-president and former Vauxhall Motors' chairman and managing director, will run Daewoo – if the US company's acquisition of the bankrupt Korean motor manufacturer is completed.
Motor traders are being warned they could be left uninsured by new laws designed to clamp down on insurance evasion, which is said to cost the insurance industry more than £400m a year.
Audatex has revamped its annual AudaWorkstation certification training to so it now costs a third the previous price and takes less than half the time.
A new single-passenger taxi service in London is set to become the biggest Smart fleet in Europe.
The Honda Civic has been named Britain's most comfortable car for the second year running in a survey by What Car? It tops a field of 40 contenders ranging in price from £7,295 to £53,950.
The Morgan Motor Company has announced significant reductions in waiting times across its four-model product range thanks to a new purpose-built production facility now fully operational at its Malvern factory.
Vauxhall has cut the prices of its joint venture Vivaro van by £300 to bring it in line with development partner Renault's Trafic. Both vans now start at £11,995.
Renault is aiming to slash the waiting time in Scotland on its Clio, the country's No1 seller, from nine weeks to three by January.
Honda believes the Jazz supermini and second-generation CRV 4x4 – making UK debuts – will help lift it from a 4.5% market share in Scotland to 6%. The carmaker expects 15,000 UK sales next year, with 2,000 of them in Scotland.
Citroen's 60% rise this year in registrations across the UK has been eclipsed by its performance in Scotland which has managed an 80% increase.
Ford fired the first shot in its campaign to restore Fiesta as the No1 seller with the show's most high-profile press day launch.
Fiat UK managing director Jim Blades believes the new Stilo will establish the manufacturer in the C-sector as Punto has in the B-sector. Stilo reaches UK showrooms in February.
