The Commercial Vehicle market has had another quiet month as we come to the end of August due to the economic slowdown in the UK according to guide book EurotaxGlass’s.
Having suffered a significant downturn in sales over recent months, the market for light commercial vehicles remained subdued in August according to the commercial vehicle experts [...]

American car maker GM has announced that it should return to be a profit making company by 2010.
According to sources inside the company, the maker is on the upturn – even though it lost £31.36bn in the past 18 months.
As we told you there has been interst from Russian and Indian car makers in the [...]

The Green Party is blaming the Government for poor image of pollution taxes and claims that revenue should be used strategically to save people money.
The Green Party has dismissed claims by the Taxpayers’ Alliance that the UK is paying too much in resource and pollution taxes, and has slammed the government for failing to use [...]

HPI has appointed Jonathan Blackmore as its marketing manager.
With a wealth of marketing expertise in the motor industry, Blackmore’s role  will be to develop HPI’s comprehensive suite of products and services.
Jonathan Blackmore joins HPI from Experian, where he was consumer marketing manager, responsible for the AA Car Data Check. He launched the AutoCheck consumer product, [...]

Fleets are being warned to invest in cars that are going to retain their value well according to HPI.
For the past seven years, September has been the key month for new car registrations following the introduction of the new style number plates. However this year the credit crunch looks set to take its toll on [...]

Further to our previous post ‘Car code completes stage one of OFT approval scheme’ the Government has gave its backing to the scheme.
Secretary of State for the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, Rt Hon John Hutton said: “Most people have experienced first hand, or heard from neighbours and friends, horror stories about run-ins [...]

As we told you yesterday (28/08/08) GM Puts Its Full Weight Behind New Code Of Practice – we have the outline of how that Code will work…
The Motor Industry Service and Repair Code has completed stage one of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approval scheme. Backed by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders [...]

The BBC have been running an interesting debate lead by Mary Spence (the president of the British Cartographic Society), in which she argues that online mapping sites are “wiping out history”. This is an area which we feel quite passionate about too. As mentioned in previous posts, we have invested lots of effort in providing [...]

General Motors UK has announced that it is putting its full weight behind a new industry-wide Code of Practice designed to enhance standards of car servicing and repair.
The vehicle manufacturer is funding retailer subscriptions with the intention of signing up its entire UK network to a new Motor Industry Code of Practice for Service and [...]

The Volkswagen Group has moved into third place in global vehicle sales ranking, ahead of the Ford Motor Company.
The Volkswagen Group has taken its place among the world’s top three automakers thanks to the Wolfsburg-based company’s outstanding delivery figures in the first half of 2008. While American giant and rival Ford has had to settle [...]