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Car Dealer News 3 DecTrustFord employees assaulted and threatened in foiled Audi robbery
A fast-thinking TrustFord employee chased and apprehended a car thief who pushed aside a sales executive before speeding from the AM100 retail group’s Castleford forecourt in an £8,000 Audi A1.
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Latest News 17 NovCar dealer to repay £146,000 11 years after ‘clocking’ conviction
A used car dealer convicted of “clocking” 11 years ago has been ordered to repay a further £146,000 in criminal gains assets.
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People News 10 SepFormer VW chairman Martin Winterkorn to stand trial over dieselgate
Volkswagen Group’s former chairman Martin Winterkorn will stand trial for fraud alongside four other former VW employees in connection to their alleged part in the dieselgate emissions scandal.
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Car Dealer News 7 SepThief stripped rare VW Golf GTI of £21,000 of parts at Inchcape dealership
A car thief has been jailed for 20 months for his part in a raid on an Inchcape car dealership in which £21,000 of parts were stripped from a rare Volkswagen Golf GTI Clubsport hot hatch.
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People News 26 Aug
Celebrity car dealer on FBI 'most wanted' list admits luxury vehicle scam
A celebrity car dealer who had been placed on the FBI’s ‘most wanted’ list faces up to 20 years in jail after pleading guilty to a £420,000 luxury vehicle sales scam.
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Car Dealer News 20 Jul
'Trusted' car dealership financial controller jailed over £252,000 fraud
A car dealership’s financial controller has been jailed for three years for defrauding the business of £252,000 as its owner struggled to fund his wife’s treatment for cancer.
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People News 18 Jun
Arrested: former Audi executive wanted over US dieselgate charges
Croation officials have arrested former Audi executive Axel Eiser in connection to conspiracy charges related to the Volkswagen dieselgate scandal in the US.
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Market Insight 18 Jun
Credit card firms lose Supreme Court fight over fees
Credit card firms could face significant damages claims after the Supreme Court dismissed an appeal by Visa and Mastercard, ruling that fees the companies were charging retailers restrict competition.
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Manufacturer 11 MayMercedes-Benz may face High Court battle over diesel emissions ‘defeat devices’
Mercedes-Benz owners could demand compensation in a High Court class action alleging that the German premium carmaker used a ‘defeat device’ system to cheat diesel emissions tests.
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Manufacturer 7 AprUK judge rules VW Group did install illegal emissions ‘defeat devices’
A High Court judge has concluded that the Volkswagen Group did install illegal emissions defeat devices to its cars to rule in favour of a class action brought by 90,000 aggrieved owners.
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Car Dealer News 6 Apr
Ban for directors who put used car dealership into liquidation after getting fined
Father and son directors of a used car dealership have been banned from running companies after they put Car Place Birmingham into liquidation without paying fines incurred in Trading Standards prosecutions.
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News 13 Mar
Car dealer ordered to pay £14,000 over ‘clocked’ Audi Q7
An independent used car dealership has been ordered to pay £14,000 after attempting to sell and Audi Q7 SUV having ‘clocked’ the vehicle to remove 30,000 miles from its mileage.
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People News 26 Feb
Killer car dealer wins HMRC VAT battle from jail
The former owner of Bolton’s IGW car dealership group has won a £310,000 VAT battle with the HMRC from his jail cell while serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of his wife.
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People News 20 JanTom Hartley director handed suspended prison sentence after Ferrari crash
A director of classic car dealer Tom Hartley has been handed a nine-month suspended jail sentence following his involvement in a crash involving a Ferrari 458 Spider and a Porsche 118 Cayman GTS.
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News 17 Jan
Suspended jail sentence for car clocking Carpoint director
The director of independent used car retailer Carpoint has been handed an 18-week suspended jail sentence in relation to car clocking offences.
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People News 15 JanMarshall Maserati Peterborough manager jailed over £63,000 fraud
A Marshall Motor Holdings Maserati brand manager has been jailed for 14 months after diverting almost £200,000 of luxury car sales payments into his personal bank account.
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People News 15 JanIMI chairman Adrian Smith steps down following drink driving conviction
The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) chairman Adrian Smith’s decision to step-down from his post with immediate effect following his conviction for drink driving.
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People News 9 Jan
IMI chairman Adrian Smith convicted of drink driving
The chairman of the Institute of the Motor Industry and former chief executive of the Scottish Motor Trade Association (SMTA), Adrian Smith, has been convicted of drink driving.
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Manufacturer 2 DecVolkswagen Group dieselgate class action begins in High Court
A class action representing more than 90,000 UK Volkswagen owners will aim to determine whether its emissions-reducing defeat device software was designed to defeat clean air laws.
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Car Dealer News 15 Nov
Valeter jailed for £46,000 Guy Salmon Land Rover vandalism rampage
A car valeter has been jailed for 12 months and banned from driving for 25 months after causing £46,000 worth of damage to vehicles at Sytner Group’s Guy Salmon Stratford Land Rover dealership.
