Dealership, sales and marketing

Jaguar Land Rover posts £439m pre-tax profit in final quarter of 2020

Sales boosts in several markets helped kick-start financial recovery from pandemic

29 January 2021
Jaguar Land Rover posts £439m pre-tax profit in final quarter of 2020
Tech, development and manufacturing

General Motors targets zero-emission line-up by 2035

US car giant will introduce 30 battery-electric models worldwide within five years as part of a major electrification push

29 January 2021
General Motors targets zero-emission line-up by 2035
New cars

New Jeep special editions mark brand’s 80th anniversary

Firm's 80th birthday celebrations kick off with kit-laden special editions of the Renegade and Wrangler

29 January 2021
New Jeep special editions mark brand’s 80th anniversary
Second-hand picks

Buy them before we do: second-hand picks for 29 January

Infiniti has been out of Europe for a whole two years now - but the used market is a time-machine to the brand's best

29 January 2021
Buy them before we do: second-hand picks for 29 January
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Arrival’s electric van is due to enter production next year
New cars

Analysis: Inside Arrival, the £4bn UK start-up

New firm has technically yet to sell a single vehicle but is pulling in serious investors

29 January 2021
Analysis: Inside Arrival, the £4bn UK start-up
Tech, development and manufacturing

GKN Automotive to close Birmingham factory with 519 jobs lost

'Increasingly competitive' global market is said to make Erdington plant no longer viable

28 January 2021
GKN Automotive to close Birmingham factory with 519 jobs lost
Finance and corporate

Lotus names engineering chief as new company boss

Long-time Lotus engineer Matt Windle, who has also worked at Tesla and Volvo, will replace Phil Popham as MD of Norfolk firm

28 January 2021
Lotus names engineering chief as new company boss
Tech, development and manufacturing

UK car industry needs "significant investment", says SMMT

Boss Mike Hawes says recovery to 2016 levels of production will be "really tough" and needs "a framework" to "encourage" investment

28 January 2021
UK car industry needs "significant investment", says SMMT
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Long-standing dealer ‘earner’ ends on 28 Jan
Government and legislation

UK car finance tightened to become 'fairer' for customers

FCA ban on discretionary commission finance comes into effect this week, potentially saving car buyers £165m per year on finance plans

28 January 2021
UK car finance tightened to become 'fairer' for customers
Dealership, sales and marketing

UK car production last year reached lowest level since 1984

New SMMT report shows just 920,928 cars were built in 2020, representing £10.5bn of lost value

28 January 2021
UK car production last year reached lowest level since 1984

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