Barry Holt of Blue Bell Crewe, has retired from his role as dealer principal after 28 years with the Blue Bell Group.
Audi has been investigated by BBC Watchdog following confusion from UK dealership staff about which of the brand's models have been Euro NCAP tested.
The importance of the test drive in consumers' car buying decisions has been highlighted in new research which shows dealers can influence buying choice behind the wheel.
Top five AM100 dealer group Lookers has posted a 25% like-for-like increase in new car sales during Q1 according to its interim management statement.
HMRC has said it will not be paying compound interest claims in relation to VAT treatment of demonstrator vehicles, despite it losing a High Court case where it was ruled it should, suggesting repayments running into the billions of pounds were now a possibility.
Jay Nagley looks at how many models a modern car manufacturer needs to cover the market
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) is on a mission to create a ‘common currency’ for managerial and leadership training among automotive retailers, says chief executive Steve Nash.
Jaguar is building and sell six ‘lightweight’ reproductions of its E-type model in order to finish a 1963 project.
Citroen has signed a new three-year partnership agreement with Arsenal as the football club’s official automotive partner.
Mazda has launched its new Vantage Point database system which lets its 167 UK dealers to contact customers by text and email.
JCT600, the family owned Yorkshire car retailer, has posted a 36% increase in turnover to £909 million and a 30% increase in operating profits to £20.3m in the year to December 31, 2013.
In its drive to create the ‘best place to work’, Scottish dealership group Peter Vardy is confident the company will also emerge as the ‘best place to buy’.
Top 20 AM100 group Cambria Automobiles has increased underlying profit before tax by 45% to £2.02 million for its interim results for the six months ended February 28, 2014.
Lifestyle Europe put human resources manager Helen Farrow in charge of its customer contact centre to grow service business and customer satisfaction across the group through engagement
Skoda has launched a Monte Carlo specification for its Citigo which is priced from £10,590.
Renault-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn has been appointed as the president of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA).
Lookers technician Ben Allcorn at Mercedes-Benz of Brighton has been named Technical Apprentice of the Year at the brand’s awards ceremony.
Vertu Motors has applied for planning permission to replace a 40-year-old Ford dealership near Durham with a new one.
The head of the Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has hit back at electric vehicle (EV) sceptics with suggestions that public opinion on the technology is shifting.
Audi’s range topping R8 LMX supercar will be the first production car to feature laser high beam headlight technology.
AM managing editor Tim Rose has recently undertaken the new car purchase journey for real.
Ford is creating a new, state-of-the-art training facility on its existing site in Daventry, Northamptonshire, as part of a multi-million pound investment.
GForces’ group strategy director Tim Smith applied lessons from Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky, CEO of General Electric Jack Welch, inventor Thomas Edison and fictional proprietor of Fawlty Towers Basil Fawlty to illustrate best practice for aftersales online.
Mazda Motor Corporation’s chairman Takashi Yamanouchi will retire after 47 years in the role.
The average UK car dealer made over £96,000 in the important plate-change month of March.
Figures released today by the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA) show that consumer new car finance volumes were up by 21% in March compared with the same month in 2013, and by 23% in Q1 2014.
Kia Motors UK is recalling 5,787 Sportage and 1,432 Soul cars due to a possible fault with the vehicle's seat-belt pre-tensioner.
A former motor trade finance specialist has swapped figures for letters in retirement and is now a published author.
A test drive at a Staffordshire dealership has turned out costly for the business as the prospective buyer has not returned the car.
The effect of personal contract purchase (PCP) deals on customer loyalty and car dealer incentives.
