Chevrolet’s laid-back approach to scrappage has left the so-called ‘General Motors foundation brand’ lagging behind value-for-money rivals Hyundai and Kia, while also trailing Skoda...

Vauxhall is aiming to reinvent its Meriva MPV in everything but name by moving it up from the B, or supermini category, to the more substantial, compact C-MPV sector which now takes over one fifth of...

Vauxhall is aiming to reinvent its Meriva MPV in everything but name by moving it up from the B, or supermini category, to the more substantial, compact C-MPV sector. Following a flood of new products...

Volkswagen will pitch its fifth-generation Polo into the increasingly important B sector next month determined to maintain the supermini’s role as a consistent top five seller. Sally-Anne...

Stock shortages of nearly-new cars mean more auto retailers are turning to direct vendors such as VRS, according to the company’s owners, Manheim. The sales channel, which claims it is a...

Over three decades after Volkswagen’s pioneering Golf GTI helped establish the hot hatch sector in the UK, the sixth-generation model faces wide and varied opposition from both mainstream and...

Skoda has recruited 14 new franchised retailers, predominantly medium sized regional groups, in major urban areas as part of its strategy to secure 2.5% of the new car market within three years and...

The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class – cheaper, better equipped and markedly more competitive on company car tax – has re-entered the executive sector at a time of intense rivalry for shrinking...

Audi continues to extend its product portfolio in the face of the recession by pitching the new A5 Cabriolet into the exclusive, but surprisingly resilient, premium D-convertible sector this month....

Mazda claims it has helped its franchised retailers maintain an average break-even position by a series of cost cutting measures including reducing wholesale finance costs. It has transferred 110...

The Citroen C3 Picasso and Kia Soul arrive in the mini or B-sector MPV category at a time when this niche segment appears to have reached a plateau. Although annual sales only dipped marginally to...

Chevrolet has plans to expand annual sales in the UK to between 30,000 and 40,000 units within four years, according to UK managing director, Mark Terry. Mr Terry claimed the new Cruze saloon should...

The new Honda Insight, on sale this month, and Toyota’s third generation Prius, due in showrooms in July, could push hybrid sales through the annual 20,000-sales barrier for the first time this...

Three years after the traditionally conservative Toyota hierarchy signed off the radical iQ, its arrival in a depressed UK new car market is generating a conflict of enthusiasm, scepticism and...

Hyundai’s franchised network will expand by ten dealerships this year despite the same number of partners leaving the franchise due to “natural wastage and the credit crunch”,...

The importance to Renault of its third-generation Megane cannot be overstated as the French brand seeks to re-establish itself in the crucial C sector and restore some order to tumbling UK sales. Last...

The Volvo XC60 and, more recently, Audi Q5 have joined the growing ranks of compact SUVs at a difficult time; entering a sector which ended last year with sales falling by over 20%. This is in sharp...