Alan Feldberg

Groupe PSA extends NHS breakdown support

Groupe PSA has extended its Roadside Assistance programme for the duration of the Covid-19 pandemic to all NHS workers who currently drive a Peugeot, Citroën, DS Automobiles or Vauxhall vehicle. […]

Volvo sales hit by coronavirus

Volvo Cars sold 131,889 cars in the first quarter of 2020, down 18.2% compared with the same period last year. In March, Volvo Cars global sales reached 46,395 cars, down […]

AA offers free support to NHS workers

The AA has announced its patrols will offer free roadside assistance to anyone with an NHS ID card, even if they have not paid for cover. The offer applies to […]

Motor Ombudsman adds coronavirus category

The Motor Ombudsman has upgraded its online Knowledge Base with a new category on the coronavirus. The set of questions under the coronavirus heading touches on subjects such as the […]

Kia Europe names new president

Kia Motors Europe has named Won-Jeong Jeong as president, overseeing the brand’s European operations. He will oversee the launch of Kia’s new brand identity in Europe, through which Kia aims […]

Vauxhall extends Roadside Assistance to NHS workers

Vauxhall has extended its Roadside Assistance programme to all NHS workers who drive a Vauxhall vehicle and do not already have mechanical breakdown cover. Vauxhall’s Roadside Assistance, which was previously […]

Volkswagen extends plant suspensions

The Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Volkswagen Group Components are extending the suspension of production at their German plants for a further five working days. This is […]

Fix announces first site built from scratch

Sam and Stephen Smith, owners of Fix Auto repair centres in Keighley, Bradford and Leeds, are in the process of building Fix Auto UK’s first purpose-built repair centre, with work […]

Seat factory transformed to produce ventilators

Seat’s Martorell factory in Spain has been transformed to manufacture automated ventilators. The ventilator is taking shape with printed gears, gearbox shafts from the El Prat production facility and the […]

Drivers warned to check tyre tread

Drivers have been warned that a six-month MOT exemption because of the coronavirus does not affect the law governing the minimum legal tread depth of 1.6mm. TyreSafe has reminded drivers […]

Supplies to 2,500 repairers ‘remain open’

Advantage Parts Solutions had told the industry it is working as near to “business as usual” as possible during the coronavirus pandemic. Darren Clark, the company’s commercial director, said: “Advantage […]

PRA warns of forecourt closures

The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) has warned that many petrol stations will have to close in the coming weeks, as sales of fuel dry up and their businesses become unviable. […]