After more than 25 years reporting the auto retail sector, nothing much about the industry surprises me any more. But Friday morning’s news from Lookers that both Andy Bruce and Nigel McMinn...

  I caught up with Honda head of car Phil Webb this week, at the reveal of the new hybrid Jazz. Honda had an extra surprise for us during the event: it will bring forward its target of only...

I read an interesting observation from specialist online auctioneer Collecting Cars’ head of comms Ed Callow this week. The history of “hundreds of thousands” of cars, he predicts, will slowly...

Almost exactly a year ago VW announced it was going to “fundamentally” restructure its sales model. Despite being down-played by the national sales company in the UK, the franchise agreement was...

Hatchback buyers who’ve switched over to SUVs are giving OEMs a headache. From January 2020, corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) rules kick in, requiring brands to achieve average CO2 emissions,...

At the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show, electric cars elbowed traditional cars out of the limelight. For years a curiosity, this was the show where EVs became everyday. Volkswagen basically forgot the Golf...