The high bar set by banks and major lenders on credit worthiness in the new car finance sector is filtering down to loans for used cars, said Richard Cox, head of motor operations at The Funding Corporation (TFC).
Ford has issued a recall of more than 16,000 Transit vans because of a faulty brake pedal retaining clip.
Dealer group Glyn Hopkin is working with Amscreen to display location specific advertising to customers in the vicinity of its Fiat dealerships across London and the south east.
Maserati has revealed its four-door executive saloon which will be the first in the brand's history to be offered with a diesel engine.
New MoT rules now in force could trigger a rise in loan applications from credit impaired borrowers, a major non-prime motor finance company has predicted.
Honda must move away from the bland advertising it has done in recent years, says its European marketing director Martin Moll.
A new online customer service website, carbuyingadvisor.co.uk, has now launched following a three month trial.
Gateway Peugeot in Crewe has promoted Alex Walker to general manager.
Ford has completed the transformation of its commercial vehicle range with new Transit Courier.
Glass’s has announced the appointment of a new chief car editor.
Glass’s has appointed of Ian Tilbrook as its new managing director, starting on April 15.
Blackcircles, the online tyre retailer, has seen revenues growth 30% to £23.2m in the last year.
Rockingham Motor Speedway, the Northamptonshire circuit used by many carmakers and dealer groups for customer events, is under new ownership.
Administrations are at their lowest levels since 2005, despite a start to the year that has seen a number of major high street retailers enter insolvency.
A rigorous semi-final set of fault-finding tests has refined the Top Technician 2013 field of entrants down to the last six competitors.
Eco City Vehicles, the co-developer and exclusive supplier of the London licensed Mercedes Vito taxi, has appointed a former Lookers and Dixon Motors executive as its new chief executive.
Kwik-Fit Group has appointed customer engagement agency Lateral to handle its electronic customer relationship management programme.
The average age of vehicles coming off company car fleets is remaining consistent over the year so far at around three years and seven months, up slightly year-on-year.
Dacia has opened order books for its new Logan MCV (maximum capacity vehicle) and the new model is priced from £6,995.
New car registrations increased by 5.9% on the back of the plate-change month of March to 394,806 units.
A rigid attachment to ‘best practice’, rather than a focus on business needs, is preventing businesses from unearthing and nurturing staff to drive their business forward.
CAP is calling on Renault to “give some great electric cars a real chance” in the company car market by including battery with the price of its electric vehicle (EV) models, rather than leasing it separately.
South West-based dealer group Vospers has launched a new blog as part of making sure its online experience is as good as the customer experience in the showroom.
Pentagon Motor Group will be offering customers the ability to check whether they will be approved for finance on its stock after signing up to iVendi’s Car Finance Checker.
Nick Hewer, Alan Sugar’s right-hand man on The Apprentice and host of Countdown, has been confirmed as the guest speaker for the AM100 dinner on June 6.
Almost all drivers (95.5%) cannot match the MPG figures based on laboratory-based government fuel economy tests according to What Car?'s True MPG analysis.
Pressure on late plate used car values is a “shadow hanging over the market” according to Black Book Live – the independent real time guide to used car price trends, published by CAP.
Trader Media Group has appointed Trevor Mather as its new chief executive officer.
A Leeds manufacturing company has designed and built a new alarm system to combat the growing problem of catalytic converter theft.
Skoda has refreshed the styling on its Superb estate and hatch models and the facelifted version will go on sale in the UK at the end of June.
