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• Posted: 06 Sep 2012 Ford reveals fourth-generation MondeoFord has revealed the first details of the fourth-generation Mondeo which will go on sale in autumn next year. The new model will come with Ford’s 123bhp 1.0-litre Ecoboost engine and the brand is expected to push further high-tech features on the saloon including the ability to create a wi-fi hotspot and inflatable seatbelts which expand to reduce surface area pressure on a passenger’s body in the event of an impact.
• Posted: 06 Sep 2012 IMI appoints Steve Nash as CEOSteve Nash, currently aftersales director of BMW, will be joining the Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) as its new chief executive from January next year. Nash has been a non-executive member of the IMI Group board in the role of president since 2009 and five years before that as chairman.
• Posted: 30 Aug 2012 Bristol Street Motors wins Motability awardVertu Motors' Bristol Street Motors has been named the winner of this year’s best dealer group at the national Motability supplier awards. The annual award ceremony is organised by Motability Operations and acknowledges the excellence, efficiency and innovation of people and businesses working in the field of Motability cars and powered wheelchair and scooter schemes for people with disabilities. This award is decided by the management team at Motability Operations.
• Posted: 30 Aug 2012 Ex-Wayside director starts starts up Endeavour Automotive with Hyundai London purchaseEx-Wayside director John Caney has started up a new business called Endeavour Automotive which has acquired Hyundai’s owned London site on Edgware Road in Hendon for an undisclosed sum. The site will now be known as Hyundai North London and will continue to service new and existing customers in the area.
• Posted: 22 Aug 2012 12C Spider revealed by McLaren AutomotiveMcLaren Automotive revealed the second model in its growing range of high performance sports cars, the new 12C Spider, at this weekend’s Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in America. The MP4-12C Spider is lightweight with a high-powered engine which boasts 616 bhp, a unique retractable hard top (RHT) folding roof system that can be lowered or raised on the move, and a carbon ‘MonoCell’ chassis identical to that of the groundbreaking 12C coupe.
• Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Cloverleaf’s new Bracknell Honda site boasts one of the largest showrooms in EuropeJardine Motors Group has opened its new Bracknell Honda dealership run by its Cloverleaf Group brand after transferring its 22 staff from the previous Ascot site which will now close. The London Road site was home to Honda’s Racing Development team from 1998 until 2009.
• Posted: 22 Aug 2012 POD Point offers free home charging points for EV customersPOD Point is offering free home charging units to electric and hybrid vehicle owners in East Anglia, the East and West Midlands. The POD Point charge points will be installed using a grant from the government’s Plugged-In Places scheme, and the offer is available to electric or plug-in vehicle owners in Source East and Plugged-in Midlands regions.
• Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Vauxhall rapped by advertising watchdog over Ampera claimsThe advertising watchdog has told Vauxhall it must not infer the range-extended EV Ampera is capable of 360 miles on electricity alone. It follows a TV advert which described the car as "driving electricity further" and mentioned about extended-range EVs "driven electrically at all times, even when an additional power source is generating electricity".
• Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Fuel retailers to display Government cut on fuel taxPetrol Retailers’ Association (PRA) members will be displaying how much the Government takes from in tax from fuel to customers on its forecourts. Supplied by the TaxPayers’ Alliance the fuel tax stand underlines how much from the price of every litre goes to the fuel retailer.
• Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Jemca expands through acquisitionLondon-based car dealer group Jemca has grown by around a third with its acquisition of Octagon Motor Company. It has added Octagon's Toyota dealerships in Reading and Bracknell plus its Lexus Reading centre.
• Posted: 22 Aug 2012 Arnold Clark in discussions to acquire John R Weir GroupScottish group Arnold Clark has confirmed to AM it is in discussions to acquire John R Weir Group. Arnold Clark told AM: “We confirm that John R Weir Group is currently in discussions with Arnold Clark Automobiles about the possible acquisition of the business and, subject to the outcome of these discussions, an announcement will be made in due course.â€�
• Posted: 17 May 2012 GM to build new Astra at Ellesmere PortVauxhall workers have voted 94% in favour of a new pay deal. The vote paved the way for the announcement today that the next-generation Astra compact car will be built at the company’s manufacturing plant at Ellesmere Port.
• Posted: 17 May 2012 UK car manufacturing up 9.3% in AprilCar manufacturing rose by 9.3% in April and was up 11.8% over the first four months of the year, according to figures released today by the SMMT. CV output rose by 3.2% in April but was down 9.2% in the first four months of the year.
• Posted: 17 May 2012 Volvo appoints new UK MDVolvo UK has confirmed that acting managing director Nick Connor (pictured) will take up the position permanently. The position also includes the responsibility for Volvo’s Ireland and Iceland subsidiaries.
• Posted: 17 May 2012 UK new car market outperforms most of EuropeThe UK is outperforming much of Europe for new car sales as it continues to struggle with the consequences of an uncertain economy. Total European sales were down 6.1% in April and 7.1% year-to-date. Of the big five markets, Germany and Great Britain achieved increased sales; France recorded a small decrease, while Italy and Spain recorded significant declines in sales.