News

Online reviews are making warranties central to dealer reputation management. This is according to the RAC Dealer Network. Sean Kent, RAC sales director at Assurant, the Fortune 500 company which partners […]

York is planning to ban all private cars from the city centre within three years. Councillors have approved plans to ban all non-essential car journeys within the city walls. The […]

CitNOW has appointed Carol Fairchild to the newly-created role as chief customer officer (CCO). Fairchild steps up from her role as commercial director. The new role has been created to […]

Volkswagen has raised its electric production forecast after announcing that in December it sold its 250,000 EV. Jürgen Stackmann, board member for sales, marketing and aftersales, said: “With the 250,000th […]

Suzuki GB has appointed Stan Palmer to operate a new franchise in the Cumbrian city, called Stan Palmer Suzuki. The announcement is part of the vehicle manufacturer’s strategy to build […]

Allianz Holdings plc has acquired the remaining 51% of the LV General Insurance Group (LV GIG) from Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society (LVFS), as well 100% of the general insurance division […]

Fix Auto UK has promoted Brett Wootton to the role of head of operations for Fix Auto UK’s acquired sites. Wootton has been one of the network’s regional business managers […]

Tech giant Baidu has secured 40 licenses to test driverless cars carrying passengers on designated roads on Beijing. Its self-driving cars have travelled about 1.8 million miles during tests in […]

Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan to Lebanon. The former boss of Nissan was under house arrest while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty […]

New low-emissions vehicles (LEVs), offering either zero or low tailpipe CO2 emissions are now available from Free2Move Lease, offering customers a choice between plug-in hybrid and full electric models. Mark Pickles, […]

Tesla has delivered its first ‘made in China’ models, just over a year after construction of the factory began. Fifteen Model 3 sedans were handed over at the company’s gigafactory […]

BMW Group has sold its 500,000th plug-in vehicle – and now plans to sell another half a million by 2021. BMW also wants plug-in sales to account for a quarter […]