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Infiniti continues strong sales pace

Infiniti is celebrating after witnessing another record quarter with worldwide sales of more than 52,000 vehicles for the first quarter of 2015. This is a year-on-year increase of 12%, making it […]

VMs hit with more recalls

Nissan and BMW have said today they are recalling more than 165,000 vehicles globally due to potential fuel pump failures that could cause an engine to stall or not start. […]

JCC Dundee gains BS 10125 standard

Just Car Clinics Dundee has been awarded the British Standard BS 10125, making it the first bodyshop in Scotland to achieve the standard. The Dundee site, that was brought into […]

Car insurance fraudster sentenced

A Liverpool man who manipulated an insurer’s website to get £10,000 worth of car insurance for just £10 has been sentenced. Callum Mullen had previously been found guilty of two […]

Ford and LKQ renew patent licence

LKQ Corporation and Ford Global Technologies have renewed their design patent license agreement, which was first entered into in April 2009. The license agreement grants LKQ the exclusive right to […]

Concern over rise in uninsured drivers

Insurers have conceded they are largely powerless to prevent an uptick in uninsured drivers after the Motor Insurers’ Bureau reported the number of motorists without insurance had ‘plateaued out’ after […]

Audi continues zFAS development

The central driver assistance controller (zFAS) is the core of future systems for automated driving currently under development by Audi AG. The mastermind unit uses cutting edge, high performance processors […]

In it to win it

The accident repair industry’s greatest annual occasion – bodyshop Event and Awards – is on the search for the UK’s finest and is calling for nominations to be submitted. Taking […]

TecRMI adds refinishing element

TecRMI, the technical service and repair data element under the TecAlliance information recourse umbrella, has added refinishing to its package in order to support bodyshops. TecRMI continues to grow with […]

Aidan Minogue, managing director, Circle Leasing

Formed in 2002, Circle Leasing is the largest supplier of courtesy cars to the bodyshop sector. With 30 staff operating from high-tech offices in north Manchester, the company purchases cars […]

Big send-off

Driving through the remote villages around Thurleigh, Bedfordshire, you wouldn’t expect to find a 250,000sqft automotive giant. Yet, Thurleigh is home to the headquarters of Paragon Automotive — providers of […]

Video killed the radio star

For the majority of motorists there are few things as frustrating as the realisation that their pride and joy is no longer ‘factory perfect’. This, however, is an opportunity for […]