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Bentley has surprised the automotive industry by acquiring a 27.9 per cent stake in luxury car dealer group HR Owen.

Picture the scene… It's a balmy summer's evening and twilight beckons. You've driven the missus up to the best make-out point for miles around and she's got that look in her eye. Tonight's the night for luuuuuurve and nothing's gonna get in the way… or is it? Watch what happens when Scandinavian chavs have the same romantic idea in this rather pleasing Volkswagen ad.

Lookers, ranked 5th in the Motor Trader Top 200, has posted a 7 per cent hike in pre-tax profits to £23m for 2007.

Toyota advertising “Air conditioning as standard” sounds about as exciting as another Sunday evening sat in front of the box watching another sodding repeat of Antiques Roadshow with Grandma. Fair play to the advertising bods behind this little gem then for making it as far removed from that as possible. Call it what you want, smuggling peanuts, smuggling tic-tacs, a pair of glass cutters, you get the idea.

Picture the scene…. It's early in the morning, an attractive woman in what can only be described as a flashers mac slips down a quiet side street in metropolitan Germany. A Porsche stands parked ahead of her. She slowly glides her hand across the smooth, polished metal and, after a quick glance around to make sure she's alone she……. We could say tune in next week to find out what happens but we're not that mean, so we'll just say CLICK HERE for this unique and very German ad.

HR Owen's biggest shareholder has hinted that he may launch a takeover bid for the luxury car dealer.

Inchcape beat market forecasts with a 9.9 per cent rise in profits in 2007 – the group's sixth consecutive year of record results.

Here at CCTV we like to think of ourselves as a fair minded bunch. We never poke fun at those more unfortunate souls in life but it doesn't mean we can't join in when others do.This banned Mercedes E-Class ad is a lovely interpretation of the classic dumb blonde gag, not that we condone that sort of thing of course. That said, the blonde sat across the office has been staring at a carton of orange juice all morning. Apparently it says concentrate. Boom boom…

Takeover talk has boosted the share prices of dealer groups at the start of the year helping them to buck the downward trend of declining market values in the car retailing sector.

Toyota isn't necessarily the sexiest brand in the world but at least you know where you stand. All the more surprise then that the Japanese carmaker threw off its prudish shackles and let its sexy hair down for a tempting little number like this. Bet you would stop, wouldn't you?