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Scrappage is having little impact on dealer finance sales with volumes lower than last year, although the rate of contraction recorded in July is the smallest this year, according to the latest figures from the Finance & Leasing Association (FLA).

Toyota dealers are sitting on over 1,450 deposits for the new-generation hybrid-Prius, which entered showrooms in August and is now the brand's second biggest seller.

A £16m report, four years in the making, has found the executives running MG Rover had given themselves "unreasonably large" payments before the company collapsed in 2005.

Chris Hawken has joined Renault UK as its marketing communications manager.

Once again Motor Trader is joining forces with ASE (Incorporating Trevor Jones), the specialist motor trade services firm, to co-host a visit to the annual National Automobile Dealers Association (Nada) convention.

Union officials have expressed concern about Vauxhall's future following the GM announcement that it has chosen Magna to buy GM Europe.

The government said yesterday that it was not going to extend the scrappage scheme.

The growing importance of the used car market to dealers changing the numbers and types of warranties dealers are selling.

The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has called on car dealers to write to their local MPs and ask for an extension of the scrappage scheme.

Collision repair managers are more optimistic about business levels now than they were three months ago but profitability is still a major problem, according to the latest RSA-sponsored Motor Trader Bodyshop Barometer.