Manheim has bought Lanarkshire-based Shotts Motor Auctions for an undisclosed sum. Shotts owns a 10-acre site located between Glasgow and Edinburgh...

Auto Trader went on the offensive today, releasing figures which, it said, showed its continued dominance of the UK online classified market. It said in an “increasingly noisy marketplace” it wanted to reassure dealers that spending money with Auto Trader was “good for business”...

Glass’s is forecasting buoyant new car registrations in March, the most important sales month in the calendar. The valuation guide said sales will rise 6% over March last year. Carmakers are

A shortage of used light commercials is driving up wholesale demand for vans aged over five years old, according to new research by Manheim.

Foray Motor Group has appointed ex-Sky Ford owner Chris Green to its board to help boost its used car business. Last year Green (pictured left) sold...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is proposing a shake-up of GAP insurance. The FCA announced a market investigation into add on insurance, including GAP, in July 2013. It found poor competition, low levels...

Curtis Hutchinson Confidence was the watchword at the Geneva Motor Show. As the first major car show of the year, and always the best, Geneva is the showcase for the European car market so new product was in abundance from the cute, but deceptively significant, Renault Twingo and sensibly evolved Audi TT to the outrageously unobtainable...

Inchcape has posted significant rises in sales and profits across its global operations in the year ended 31 December 2013. Group sales rose 7.7% to £6.5bn (2012: £6.1bn) with pre-tax profits up 7.4% to £266.1m...

Dealers bosses have been urged to watch out for “digital burnout” among staff using remote devices to stay in touch with work outside of working hours.

Lookers has acquired Colbornes Group, the Guildford based Volkswagen Group business for £33.6m. Colbornes, rated 53 in the Motor Trader Top 200, operates three Audi and two Volkswagen dealerships...