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The motor industry benevolent fund, Ben, is raising awareness of the financial support it offers to those in need over the summer holiday period, as many automotive industry employees struggle with financial hardship.

Dealer group Perrys has opened a new Peugeot sales and aftersales site in Canterbury, Kent, which will sit alongside its existing Vauxhall and Mazda franchises.

A Birmingham-based commercial cleaning specialist is continuing its move towards a more sustainable future with the help of the team at a local Nissan dealership.

Former Big Motoring World boss Peter Waddell has found himself back in the headlines as his ongoing legal battles took a fresh turn last week.

Consumer interest in EVs under £37,000 has doubled off the back of the government’s proposed Electric Car Grant, Auto Trader has said.

Group 1 Automotive’s operations in the UK saw a 94% revenue increase and more than doubled its gross profit in the first half of 2025, driven by strong growth in retail volume.

China’s biggest car maker, BYD, has hit out at the UK’s Electric Car Grant, branding it ‘stupid’ and a ‘bit of a joke’.

Trading Standards officers in Norfolk found half of the cars offered for sale by two dealers in the county to not be road legal, after a targeted campaign led them to inspect the vehicles.

Electric car maker Tesla saw its year-on-year operating income plummet by 42 per cent in Q2, from $1.6 billion (£1.18bn) to $923 million (£683m), according to the company’s latest earnings statement.

Volkswagen Group has issued profit warnings after a sharp decline in second-quarter net profit, led by the impact of US import tariffs, and a subsequent weak performance from premium brands Porsche and Audi.

The launch of the electric Range Rover, which has been on the cards for three years, has been delayed yet again, with parent company JLR writing to customers waiting for the model to inform them that deliveries will not start until next year, after initia...

Tesla is still feeling the effects of Elon Musk’s move into politics a year ago as both sales and profits dropped sharply again in the latest quarter.

Europe’s new car market went into reverse in June, as monthly registrations dropped by 4.4% year-on-year to 1,250,868 units.

Demand for used vans is up by 9.3 per cent year on year despite a slowdown in the new van market, according to one of the UK’s leading auction groups.

Chinese car maker BYD will delay mass production at its new electric vehicle factory in Hungary until 2026 and will run the plant at below capacity for at least the first two years, according to reports from news agency Reuters.

The overall car sales market is set to reach a new peak in 2025 with 9.75 million sales, according to the latest forecast from Auto Trader.