The motor industry's first paperback guide to new car pricing, 'The Car Price Check New Car Transaction Price Guide', has been launched by Autohit.
Listers of Coventry is the only dealer group in the Sunday Times' poll of Britain's fastest profit-growth companies.
Toyota has warned of high losses in the UK this year amid continuing currency and new car pricing pressures.
MG Rover has confirmed it is to take control of the Powertrain plant in Longbridge from BMW, enabling the company to produce its own engines as well as supply them to other companies.
A failure to prospect thoroughly – or at all- is at the heart of problems suffered by failing car dealers in the last year, according to research by Pinewood Computer Solutions.
Land Rover sales in April increased 46% year-on-year and so far in 2001 sales are up 9% on the previous year.
Benfield Ford and Citygate Colindale have made senior appointments at two of their dealerships.
Fiat Auto (UK) has just announced record parts and accessories sales during the first four months of 2001. During this period, year on year, turnover has increased by 12.5%.
Honda is to transfer Accord production from Swindon to Japan to make the UK plant the home of the latest Civic incarnation and the next generation CR-V.
Honda's £1m used car advertising campaign is likely to have little impact on residuals according to Cap Network.
Mitsubishi Motors today reported record losses in the last financial year, blaming a costly product recall after admitting it had deceived regulators on the number of defective cars sold to consumers for 30 years.
The Glenvarigill Porsche dealership in Bearsden, Glasgow, has been awarded Porsche Centre of the Year 2000.
Workers at Peugeot's Ryton plant today voted against strike action in protest at the latest company pay offer.
Ford Motor Company today announced the purchase of Warranty Holdings Group from Oman National Holding Company, a Middle East investment company.
Renault has announced prices for the new Trafic light panel van to be launched this summer.
A 10-point motoring manifesto has been drawn up by the RAC Foundation which it wants all political parties to support in the run-up to the June 7 general election. The manifesto includes seeking Government support for an independent review of motoring costs across the board and for manufacturers to cut vehicle emissions.
After a storming first four months of the year, motor retailers probably could have done without the announcement of a general election. History tells us it will mean a slowdown in retail trade across the board but particularly in 'big ticket' items such as cars.
Banks and other direct lenders have started to move interest rates down again after a couple of months of relatively minor adjustments. They are confident there will be further base rate cuts in the medium term and that rates will remain low over the term of a typical car loan, around three years.
Strong new car sales, particularly to retail customers, have convinced carmakers to leave their existing finance plans in place for another month. There is some evidence of demand easing back but dealers say most buyers are happy that new cars are now good value and, more importantly, affordable.
Online Finance, the used car finance subsidiary of General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), has launched a web-based auction programme called On exchange, enabling UK dealers to purchase and sell used vehicles online.
Land Rover believes manning levels at its Solihull plant has reached its optimum and it can stop its redundacy programme.
Nissan Motor Company has announced its best financial results in its history and attributed them to its revival plan.
Motor insurance costs have risen strongly in the first quarter, according to the AA's British Insurance Premium Index.
Singer & Friedlander Insurance Finance has signed agreements with Lumley Insurance Consultants and dedicated motor insurers ASA to provide premium funding facilities through dealers and intermediaries.
Major independent finance houses are launching new products to help car loan customers out of negative equity. The move marks the first significant new finance product activity since the launch of personal contract purchase plans (PCPs) more than 10 years ago.
HSBC, the bank which pulled out of point-of-sale vehicle finance when it withdrew its Forward Trust brand, is experimenting in digital television as a way of reaching car loan customers.
First National Motor Finance is launching a call-centre service aimed at small and medium-sized dealer groups which want to release sales staff and cut administration time.
Ford Credit is mounting an aggressive, finance-based campaign aimed at keeping current customers 'in the family' and targeting existing Vauxhall owners with special deals.
European Motor Holdings has returned pre-tax profits up 10.2% to £8.5m from £7.7m on a turnover down from £421.8m to £399.7m.
Sytner Group's pre-tax profits fell in its preliminary results for the 14 months to February 28. It made £8.1m compared with £8.5m in 1999 on turnover for the same period of £596.9m. The12-month figure was £521.9m, up from 1999's £405.4m.
