The Sun has launched an online car classified website sunmotors.co.uk. It is currently running in Beta format with a selection of cars from sister website Driving.co.uk. The aim is to build inventory over the coming weeks...

The deputy prime minister Nick Clegg is backing a motor industry initiative to promote low emission vehicles. The Go Ultra Low 12-month campaign, supported by BMW, Nissan, Renault, Toyota and Vauxhall,..

Manufacturing overcapacity caused some carmakers to force the market in the UK and mainland Europe in 2013. That’s the view Ford of Britain chairman and managing director Mark Ovenden...

Rhe Fiat board has approved the formation of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. The move follows Fiat’s acquisition this month of the minority 41.5% stake in Chrysler Group from the VEBA Trust $4.35bn (£2.6bn).

The recovery of the US new car market will gather pace in 2014 with the sixth consecutive year of growth, according to the National Automobile Dealers Association (Nada).

Volvo is looking for a 7% increase in sales in 2014 boosted by a targeted PCP drive at retail customers. Volvo sales in the UK last year were 32,666 and sales director Jon Wakefield is looking...

Car dealers are “critical” to the recovery and economic health of the United States, the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told dealers at the National Automobile Dealers Association Convention & Expo in New Orleans....

Factory-owned dealer group Ford Retail has appointed Stuart Mustoe as finance director and member of the board. Mustoe will also be responsible for the IT function, managing the introduction of new technologies throughout the business and improving the communication infrastructure across the dealership network...

The Office of Fair Trading has published details of its decision not to refer the acquisition by Lookers of Shields Land Rover to the Competition Commission. The deal was cleared on 9 December...

Franchised dealers remain a vital link in new and used car purchase, despite the growing importance of the internet, according to the January edition of What Car? Intellignce In a poll of its 4,000-strong motoring panel, it found 69% of new car shoppers and 45% of used car buyers visit a dealership to help them decide what car to buy. ...