The Garage at Blakesley has taken on the Proton franchise at its dealership near Towcester.
Bob Edmiston, chairman of Subaru, Isuzu, Daihatsu and Great Wall importer IM Group, has been made a life peer at the House of Lords.
Pendragon has made two appointments to its board of directors. This follows the recent announcement of the appointment of Mike Davies as chairman.
Mercedes-Benz UK is putting added value on its approved used cars for an end-of-year push.
Eastern Western Motor Group has opened a specialist corporate Mazda dealership in Edinburgh.
Drive Motor Retail has joined XPart’s all-makes parts programme which will allow it to operate its own factoring operation.
AMG, the performance brand of Mercedes-Benz, has announced a tie-up with sports motorcycle brand Ducati.
Despite early signs of a recovery in the industry, Europe’s new car market continues to decline as shown in the latest analysis from world provider of automotive intelligence, JATO Dynamics.
Agnew Group has opened Northern Ireland’s flagship showroom in Belfast.
HR Owen, the luxury car dealer, has granted a share option worth £2.25 million as a performance-related incentive to new chief executive Andy Duncan.
Subaru has revealed a new design concept for its Impreza at the LA Motor Show.
Automotive new-entrant Fisker is hoping to convince UK dealers of its potential as a greener alternative in the luxury and sports car markets.
Jaguar Land Rover has told some of its most talented UK managers to consider relocating to China or risk being passed over for boardroom roles.
A surprising 62% of British drivers believe that the austerity measures will not affect the way they use their car, research last month by Manheim Auctions has revealed.
Fiat Group Automobiles UK has appointed Jonny Miller to the role of group remarketing manager.
Ian Rendle has been promoted by CAP to general manager.
Accident management group Helphire told investors this morning it continues to tackle its debts.
UK green vehicle manufacturer Eco City Vehicles has raised £1.53m for investment through a share placing.
Singer/songwriter Katie Melua is Vauxhall’s new brand ambassador.
The Whitehouse Group, a three site business in Kent has gone into administration.
The Retail Motor Industry will launch a new division next year that will, having ascertained and certified that they are reputable, award garages with access to manufacturers’ security technical information.
Marshall Leasing, the vehicle funding and management arm of Marshall Motor Group, has picked up a major customer service award at the Association of Car Fleet Operators (ACFO) annual awards dinner in Birmingham.
Kia Motors (UK) has announced the death of Martin Watts, northern regional franchising manager on November 9.
The number of new cars sold on finance was up by 5% and the number of used cars by 6%, despite a fall of almost 19% in the total number of private new car sales in September.
Skoda has created a new special edition Fabia vRS to celebrate its Intercontinental Rally Challenge Constructors’ Champion title it won this year.
Tustain Motors has celebrated the sale of its 1,000th car since the business began trading in March.
A team of technicians from Mercedes-Benz Brentford will compete against their counterparts from across the world in the manufacturer’s International TechMaster 2010 competition this week.
Land Rover and participating dealers will be absorbing the VAT change on model orders placed before December 31 this year as part of a new sales initiative.
Jemca Car Group has refocused its used car business after launching two dedicated all makes used-car retail centres in North London; Garrick Road and Carlisle Road.
