BMW Group UK announces BMW Dealer of the Year Award winners

BMW Group UK presented Halliwell Jones, Warrington with the prestigious BMW Dealer of the Year Award at an awards ceremony held at its National Dealer Conference. Exceeding targets set in nine different operational areas across its business, the dealership won

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The Tramagal plant celebrates its 50th anniversary, produced more than 200,000 vehicles

The Tramagal plant is commemorating its eventful 50-year history, during which it has produced more than 200,000 vehicles. Today the plant is Fuso's backbone in Europe. In a ceremony attended by Pedro Passos Coelho, the Prime Minister of Portugal,

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Ford Focus earns top safety ratings from NHTSA

The 2014 Ford Focus maintains top marks in the new car safety rating program. Both sedan and hatchback Focus models, as well as Focus Electric all earned a five-star overall vehicle score in the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's New Car Assessment

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Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Istanbul celebrates opening of new showroom

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Istanbul celebrated the opening of the new home of Rolls-Royce in Turkey. The dealership, which forms part of Royal Motors, and the British manufacturer of super-luxury automobiles, commemorated the occasion with a prestigious event

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Setra takes four vintage buses to the 2014 Retro Classics show in Stuttgart

This year's main focus of the Setra brand's trade show display at Retro Classics (March 13-16, 2014) is on a very special vehicle model, the Setra S 8. In addition, it is also presenting a conventional Mercedes-Benz O 3500 coach with Kassbohrer body.

One of the Setra S 8 coaches

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David Brown Automotive announces specifications of its first car 'Project Judi'

All-new David Brown Automotive has announced the outline specifications of its first car. Underneath its bespoke exterior design, is the acclaimed chassis and powertrain of the Jaguar XKR, optimised specifically for the car by Envisage group engineers. 
This means the car will

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Hyundai wins Driving Engagement Award at Chicago Auto Show

Hyundai won the second-ever Driving Engagement Award from the Word of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA) at the 2014 Chicago Auto Show. The Walking Dead Chop Shop campaign was chosen as the most innovative social media campaign of 2013.

"Our judges

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Mitsubishi Motors opens a new dealership in Dundee

A new Mitsubishi dealership has opened in Dundee, creating jobs and renovating a site that has been empty for more than three years.

Autoecosse Mitsubishi opened in the newly refurbished old showroom in Kingsway East.

"We're really looking forward to opening

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Mazda North American Operations announces winner dealerships of 2014 Gold Cup

Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) announced the winning dealerships of the 2014 Mazda Gold Cup award. This is the highest honor a dealer can receive from Mazda for their dedication to new vehicle sales and customer satisfaction. Dealers qualify for Gold Cup

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Cooper Tire Europe is the Official Partner to Arsenal Football Club

Cooper Tire Europe announced it has signed an agreement to become Official Partner to Barclays Premier League team, Arsenal Football Club.

The exclusive sponsorship designates the Cooper brand as the first 'Official Tyre of Arsenal Football Club' for Europe, Russia, Middle

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BMW Group posts increase of 7.8 per cent in January global sales

The BMW Group's sales growth of last year continued in January 2014 with deliveries increasing by 7.8 per cent. In the first month of the year, a total of 132,892 BMW, Mini and Rolls-Royce brand vehicles were delivered to customers (previous year 123,302).

"This is

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