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Latest News 12 FebCar dealer jailed after posing as Trading Standards to remove evidence
A used car dealer who impersonated a Trading Standards officer in an attempt to retrieve a dangerous car seized by authorities has been jailed for a year.
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Latest News 5 FebPremium car dealer found guilty of defrauding customers
A premium car dealer has been found guilty of defrauding customers after taking cash and part-exchange vehicles but failing to deliver on deals that were “too good to be true”.
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Latest News 4 FebJD Classics founder Derek Hood to be sued by creditor
JD Classics founder Derek Hood is being sued for £64 million by the failed classic car restoration and retail business’ administrator Charme Capital.
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Latest News 30 Jan
Used car dealer jailed over £1.1m tax avoidance
A used car dealer already convicted of tax avoidence after failing to pay £1.1 million in taxes from his home-based retail operation has been jailed for three years.
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Latest News 21 Jan
Jail for trespasser who threatened car salesmen with pistol
A pistol-wielding trespasser who told two car salesman “I’ll ****ing hurt you” after they confronted him over the use of their car forecourt for a regular cut-through has been jailed for 12 months.
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Latest News 8 Jan
Premium used car dealer accused of 24 counts of fraud
A premium car dealer stands accused of conning five customers out of £147,500 after offering his customers deals that were “too good to be true”.
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Used Cars 19 NovCar mileage scams have reached record levels, according to the LGA
Motorists' increasing use of underhand tactics to ensure the residual value of their vehicles has led to a record number of clocked cars on UK roads, according to data published by the Local Government Association (LGA).
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Manufacturer 11 Sep
Volkswagen faces investors in court over £8.2bn dieselgate action
Volkswagen investors are seeking around £8.2 billion in damages from the manufacturer in court amid claims that it did not admit the dieselgate emissions cheating scandal sooner.
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Latest News 11 SepAlvarez & Marsal Europe LLP appointed administrators of JD Classics
Alvarez & Marsal Europe LLP (A&M) been appointed as administrators to restoration, historic racing and classic car dealer JD Classics Limited.
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Supplier News 3 Sep
Truck cartel class action may top £5bn
Commercial fleet operators who overpaid for trucks from firms that colluded in a price-fixing cartel could receive a combined total of £5 billion in compensation, Fleet News has reported.
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Car Dealer News 13 AugPendragon retrieves £1.2m from Evans Halshaw accountant turned fraudster
Luxury cars and four houses have been retrieved from a one-time junior accountant who defrauded employer Evans Halshaw of £2.7 million in a two-and-a-half year fraud spree.
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Car Manufacturer News 24 JulVW head of integrity says Audi boss should not lose his job following arrest
Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler should not lose his job after being arrested over the emissions scandal, according to Hiltrud Werner, the Volkswagen Group's head of integrity and legal affairs.
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Car Dealer News 10 Jul
Franchised dealer group ‘betrayed’ by thieving car salesman
Beechdale Motor Group bosses felt “betrayed” by a car salesman who stole almost £6,000 in customer deposits after they set aside similar offences at another franchised group to give him “a second chance”.
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Car Manufacturer News 14 JunVolkswagen Group fined 1bn Euros for cheating diesel emissions tests
Volkswagen Group has been fined one billion Euros for cheating diesel emission tests after accepting responsibility for the “diesel crisis” before public prosecutors in Germany.
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Car Manufacturer News 3 MayBMW failed to declare safety issue that led to death crash, says DVSA
BMW has been criticised for not making DVSA safety officials aware of a fault which led to one of its cars being involved in a fatal collision.
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Car Manufacturer News 26 Mar
High Court hearing to set timescale for UK Volkswagen owners’ dieselgate class action
The High Court will hear an application for a Group Litigation Order as part of three-days of proceedings to decide the deadline for dieselgate emissions claims against Volkswagen in England and Wales.
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Supplier News 23 Mar
BCA Trading Limited welcomes court's dismissal of £21.5 million Tradeouts claim
BCA has welcomed the dismissal of a £21.5 million claim brought against BCA Trading Limited by the founder of Tradeouts Limited.
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Latest News 20 Mar
Classic car collector in High Court bid to sue JD Classics for around £9m
A classic car collector has started High Court proceedings against JD Classics after alleging that the trader invented fictitious buyers and sellers to boost its sales profits.
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Car Dealer News 26 JanPagani Zonda legal battle embroils London supercar dealership
A £3.4 million Pagani Zonda supercar is at the heart of a legal battle between its tycoon owner and the London-based dealership which sold the car.
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Used Cars 22 Jan
Peugeot Citroen Retail UK fined after failing to declare used car’s previous history
Peugeot Citroen Retail UK has been fined £5,000 after Robins and Day’s Gateshead Peugeot failed to declare a used car was previously a Europcar rental vehicle.
