News

Motor insurers on a bumpy road

  Ernst & Young has predicted an end to the period of profit making for the motor insurance market. Motor insurers enjoyed a good run from 2013 to 2015 following […]

VW goes green

Volkswagen will invest billions of pounds in green technology in a bid to finally shrug off the emissions scandal, which is still having a negative impact on sales. Latest figures […]

Car-O-Liner undergoes restructure

Car-O-Liner has undergone an organisational restructure with national sales manager, Stuart Alexander now heading up the UK division. The structure now sees the UK business come under a new centralised […]

Fix Edinburgh completes expansion

Fix Auto Edinburgh West has completed a major new development to double the size of its production facilities. Little more than two years after joining Fix Auto UK, owners Stewart […]

Multileasing drives growth with FMG

Multileasing has signed a new three year contract to outsource its incident management service to FMG. The new three-year contract will support the Devon-based broker’s leasing and contract hire customers […]

Car industry plugs into gaming world 

The automotive industry is teaming up with the gaming world to develop new technology for cars. Solutions used in video games – such as advanced virtual reality – are helping […]

Safety campaign gains traction

Chief executive of Thatcham Research, Peter Shaw has welcomed the continuing efforts to promote life-saving crash avoidance technologies across the globe, as the #STOPTHECRASH partnership hosted its Latin America launch. […]

Legislation impacts on used market

Around £2,000 could become the new entry point into the used car market for many dealers thanks to the Consumer Rights Act, according to the RAC. The motoring organisation suggests […]

Lamborghini approves Car-O-Liner

Automobili Lamborghini has approved Car-O-Liner frame straightening and measuring systems. The approval includes the Car-O-Liner Quick 42 frame alignment system, the Car-O-Tronic Vision2 X3 elec­tronic measuring system, and the EVO […]

HPI highlights stolen vehicle hotspots

Nearly 15,000 stolen cars being offered for sale were uncovered by vehicle history check experts, HPI, in 2015. The latest figures from HPI reveal that East Anglia and London were […]

CitNOW shortlists award finalists

CitNOW shortlists award finalists CitNOW has unveiled the shortlist for its second CitNOW Video Awards which take place on Wednesday 13 July at 195 Piccadilly, the home of BAFTA. The […]

Smart workshops key to future

Autodata has revealed that ‘smart workshops’ are the key to the future success of automotive aftermarket service providers. Presenting a seminar at the very first Automechanika Birmingham, Autodata reflected on […]