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UK dealers have surged online to source used car stock in the arctic weather conditions.

Chris Clark has been appointed as a director at John Clark Motor Group, the Scottish firm established by his father, John Clark, in 1977. The group is ranked 29 in the Moor Trader Top 200 with annual sales of £254.7m and pre tax profits of £1.7m in the year to December 2009. Chris Clark joined the family business in 2007 after 10 years working with BMW UK in a number of management roles in sales, marketing and customer service

Auction houses have been flooded with year-end excess stock of LCVs.

Nissan has appointed 24 dealers to sell its forthcoming all-electric Leaf and will appoint dedicated staff to look after customers. The car, which has just been voted the 2011 European Car of the Year, goes on sale in March 2011.

Manheim and partner C Walton in Bruntingthorpe have struck a three-year deal with Saab GB to manage the remarketing of its ex-rental, press, demo and management cars to the Saab network.

Dealers are failing to replace outdated, inaccurate and uncalibrated workshop equipment in the downturn.

Wolfgang Dürheimer has been appointed as the new chairman and chief executive of Bentley Motors. He joins Bentley from Porsche AG where he was executive vice-president, research and development. Dürheimer, who commences his role in February 2011, succeeds Dr Franz-Josef Paefgen who will retire after eight years at the helm but will remain in an advisory capacity to Bentley and as a consultant to the ...

Conversion rates for vans continue to fall at auction with retail interest and footfall in decline. There has also been a “significant increase” in wholesale van volumes, particularly of vehicles less than three years of age coming to market, according to Manheim Remarketing.

Nissan’s all electric Leaf has won the 2011 European Car of the Year award, despite some jurors placing it in last place. The Leaf beat 40 cars to the title and is the first electric model to win the coveted prize. The jury included 57 leading motoring journalists from 23 European countries.

Profits and turnover have risen at Cambria, the listed Swindon-based group, rated 28 in the Motor Trader Top 200.