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Japanese brands top reliability charts

The Mitsubishi Lancer is the most reliable family car according to extensive research from Warranty Direct. Through its Reliability Index website, it analyses 50,000 live policies on three to eight-year […]

Further recalls hit VW

Volkswagen is recalling about 300,000 Volkswagen and Audi brands in North America because of fuel leaks. The company has issued three separate recalls to address three separate faults causing the […]

Covéa appoints underwriting expert

Covéa Insurance has appointed Gavin Dollings as director of commercial underwriting. Gavin, who spent the last 10 years at Allianz where he was regional manager for the south east, will […]

Sales soar with video support

CitNOW measured results over four months at 120 Volkswagen retailers and found that video technology cut on average two weeks off the selling time, while one dealer reported an increase […]

If the CAPS fits

CAPS Consortium has appointed John O’Roarke as chairman of its advisory board. John joins from LV= General Insurance, where he had been managing director for more than a decade. Before […]

Used volumes continue to soar

Strong demand is driving record used vehicle volumes according to cap hpi. The market is set to hit 7.6m vehicles in 2016, beating last year’s figure of 7.2m. The industry […]

RH set to grow workforce

After the recent successful launch of a new ‘twilight hours’ service, RH Commercial Vehicles (RHCV) in Derbyshire is expanding its workforce. The move follows a £40,000 investment in the site’s […]

Acton Coachworks gains Rolls Royce approval

Acton Coachworks has become an official Rolls Royce manufacturer approved repairer, 12 months on from setting itself the goal to do so. North London based Acton Coachworks is already an […]

Goodwood 2017 dates set

The provisional dates for the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival have been announced. The Festival of Speed (FOS) is set to be held between 22-25 June. The […]

Volvo sales on upward curve

Volvo has reported its 16th consecutive month of growth, with sales in September up six per cent. The company has reported a nine per cent year-on-year increase for the first […]

JLR sales soar in September

JLR sold a car in the UK every two minutes last month, making it the brand’s best ever September in terms of sales. Three units short of 21,000 were sold […]

New appointment underpins JLR growth

Jaguar Land Rover has appointed Rachael Thompson as sales director. Rachael steps up from her previous role as national sales manager for Jaguar UK and will take responsibility for sales […]