Family-owned Harratts Group has added the Kia franchise at a dealership on Barnsley Road in Wakefield.
Macrae & Dick Ford in Elgin has put a new management team in place to lead the showroom in 2012.
Hyundai Motor UK has teamed up with online remarketing company Autorola to provide its 160-strong dealer network with an online trade used car sales system to enable it to sell its overage, duplicate and non-franchise used vehicles.
Ford Retail, Europe’s largest Ford dealer group, has appointed Jon Harte as managing director to lead its dedicated parts business, @First Parts solutions, following the retirement of Angus Brown in December.
More than half of dealers have positive expectations for their used car sales and aftersales activities during 2012, according to a new survey from Experian.
Widnes car dealership Booths Of Ditton has been presented with Peugeot’s Guild Of Gold Lion Award in recognition of its performance in 2011.
Dealers are expected to lose 4% or £85.6 million in lost aftersales business by 2013 due to a drop in new car sales and aggressive pricing strategies by independent garages.
Eastern Western Motor Group will add a Volkswagen dealership to its portfolio after securing a £1.75 million property deal on the outskirts of Edinburgh.
AM can reveal the finalists selected for this year's AM Awards.
In just over five years since production started Kia Motors Manufacturing Slovakia has built its 1,000,000th car – a white, diesel-engined cee’d SW.
Reeve (Derby), which trades as Pentagon, is to close its Vauxhall dealership in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, which has traded since 1998.
Luxury car dealer group HR Owen has been appointed the UK's only official dealer for Pagani, the Italian supercar brand.
Classic cars are among the assets of Renault dealer AC Williams which administrators are planning to auction.
Citroën’s 90 business centre specialists in its dealer network saw a 40% increase in business-to-business sales in 2011.
Snows Motor Group has taken on the Peugeot franchise in Romsey, two months after former franchise holder Southgate Group went bust.
Over three quarters of motorists would consider retro-fitting their car in some way to improve economy and save money, according to an eco-motoring survey.
MG Motor UK, the Longbridge-based operation of the Chinese-owned car brand, will participate in the British Touring Car Championship this year.
Mazepoint has this month taken over as dealer composite supplier for Mercedes-Benz UK.
Jaguar has launched two new models that are set to join the award-winning line-up in the form of the SE Business and Sport editions.
Marshall Motor Group has added the Volkswagen brand for the first time through its acquisition of F Cross & Sons in Lincolnshire.
Vindis Group has opened its second showroom with Bentley at a new site in Cambridge.
A project examining the potential of ‘road trains’ where a platoon of cars autonomously follow a lead vehicle has completed its first test demonstrations.
Littlewick Green Motor Group has added the Suzuki franchise at its Bath Road site in Maidenhead.
Wiltshire & Sons has opened its Mitsubishi showroom in Farnham.
Jaguar has launched two new trim levels for its XF to cater for company car drivers.
A 12-month pilot with several major AM100 dealer groups has led to the launch of a dedicated used car customer satisfaction index service.
Reeve (Derby), which trades as Pentagon, has opened its second dealership with Nissan.
Halfords Autocentres has reported a 13% increase in the number of Saab cars seen across its 247 garages throughout the UK since the Swedish brand went into administration at the end of last year.
Renault has revealed prices for the revised Renault Scenic and Grand Scenic at £18,325 and £19,725 respectively.
Dealer-Auction.com has appointed Gareth Walker as business development manager.
