It seems that scarcely a day goes by without some news of investment, recruitment, or new product activity at Jaguar Land Rover. The company, owned by Tata of India, is rightly billed as a great British success story, although the figures show that Land Rover has the lion’s share of the business and makes the money. Now Jaguar has to ...

Mercedes-Benz is hoping to kick start sales of Smart vehicles with the launch of two new models in 2015. The carmaker is launching the Fortwo with prices starting at £11,125 and the Forfour at £11,620. Smart has 52 full-franchise dealers and a further 20 satellites within its 125-strong Mercedes dealer network. But, by year end, it wants to sell Smarts ...

Audi dealers are reporting major interest in recently launched ultra models, putting the brand on course for another record year. The ultra branding is being applied to the most fuel-efficient and emissions-friendly cars in their model lines, giving Audi dealers the opportunity to sell against BMW’s Efficient Dynamics and Mercedes-Benz’ BlueTec lines. According to Audi the ultra-branded models are already ...

All the signs are that we are heading for another bumper September. But how many of the sales we’ll see reported will be to ‘real’ customers?  And how many stories will we see pouring cold water on the registration figures because they don’t all represent ‘genuine’ sales?  The fact is that a proportion – and nobody can really put a ...

The pressure on floor space for BMW dealers is being ramped up again with this month’s launch of another new model range, the X4. The X4, priced from £36,590 to £48,990 is a sports activity coupe, pitched against Range Rover’s Evoque and the Porsche Macan. Mechanically the newcomer is effectively the familiar X3 compact SUV, but repackaged in a coupe ...

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled the two new models which it hopes will revitalise the fortunes of its Smart sub brand. An all-new Smart Fortwo will make its public debut at the Paris Motor Show in October and arrive in UK showrooms early next year, joined by a revived Forfour model line. The two new models are expected to kick-start the Smart ...

Vauxhall plans to roll out a specialist network of Premier Van Centres as it prepares to launch the all-new Vivaro later this summer.

Marshall Motor Group has made its second acquisition in a week with the purchase of a Land Rover dealership from Hammonds Group in Halesworth for an undisclosed sum.

The National Association of Bodyshops (NAB) has named the insurance companies bodyshops dislike working with the most...

The motor industry created 44,000 new jobs across the automotive sector in 2013. The figures are contained in the SMMT’s 15th annual Automotive Sustainability Report...