Nissan names Fernando Menezes as Communications Director in Brazil

Nissan Americas announced the appointment of Fernando Menezes as Director, Corporate Communications, Nissan Brazil, as the company continues its business growth throughout Brazil and the Americas region as a whole.

Menezes, currently General Manager,

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Rolls-Royce appoints new Director for China

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars has announced that Henrik Wilhelmsmeyer has been appointed Director for Mainland China with effect from July 1, 2012.  The new role reflects the growing importance of the region to the super luxury automotive manufacturer.

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Volvo Car UK appoints Nikki Rooke as Head of Public Affairs, Events and Sponsorship

Volvo Car UK has appointed Nikki Rooke as its new Head of Public Affairs, Events and Sponsorship following Duncan Forrester's promotion to Director of Global Social Media at its parent company in Gothenburg, Sweden. She starts on September 1,

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Nissan Americas names Travis Parman Director, Corporate Communications

Nissan Americas announced that Travis Parman has been named Director, Corporate Communications, effective June 18.  Most recently, Parman was Vice-President, Corporate Communications, PulteGroup, Inc., where he was responsible for

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Ford Ka highest-ranked city car in German 2012 J.D. Power and Associates Study

Ford Ka ranked highest in the city car category of the J.D. Power and Associates 2012 Germany Vehicle Ownership Satisfaction Study (VOSS). Ka achieved a satisfaction rating of 78.9 per cent, or 789 on the VOSS index, across categories for quality and reliability,

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Cyrus P. Mistry inducted to the Tata Motors Board

Cyrus P. Mistry, Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons, has been inducted to the Board of Tata Motors as a Director.

A Director of Tata Sons since 2006, he was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Tata Sons in November 2011. He is also a Director of Tata Industries Limited, Tata Steel

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Efficient Volkswagen van finance from £199 a month

Affording a brand new van from £199 a month (plus VAT and initial rental) is great value, especially when it’s a Volkswagen Caddy, but with the efficient contract hire and finance lease offers available from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles until June 30, even

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Pick up a good deal: Volkswagen Amarok available from £299 a month

For the first time since the Amarok was introduced in the UK launch last year, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles is introducing a competitive finance offer from £299 a month (plus VAT and initial payment), which is available until June 30, 2012.

For maximum

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New special exhibition 'Lichtblicke I' at the BMW Museum

From April 25 to August 26, 2012, the BMW Museum in association with Galerie Hausler Contemporary has presenting around ten illuminated artworks by internationally renowned light artist Keith Sonnier. The US American draws on the aesthetics of advertising by

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Ford Motor Company and Dana Holding Corporation recognised for unique technology

Ford Motor Company and Dana Holding Corporation were honored this week with the 2012 Automotive News PACE Innovative Partnership Award. Ford and Dana were recognised for collaborating and bringing to market Dana’s new line of Long active and passive warm-up technology.

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Zero per cent finance offer from MG

MG dealers are now offering zero per cent finance on entry level MG6 models with no nasty final balloon payments!

The new finance package is one of the most flexible on the market, giving lots of options to customers who want to get behind the wheel of the

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Three Skodas in top five in 2012 Auto Express Driver Power survey

Skoda has done it again, with another stunning performance in the Auto Express Driver Power customer satisfaction survey. For the second year running the Czech brand has three cars in the top five.

The Yeti has taken top honours in the ‘Best Car’ rankings,

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Europcar teams up with Tesco Clubcard

Europcar, the leader in car hire services in Europe, is working in partnership with the UK’s largest supermarket group, Tesco, to give motorists great deals on car hire. Under the new agreement, Europcar has become a Tesco Clubcard Rewards partner,

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Seven new locations added to the SsangYong dealer map - and more on the way

SsangYong Motor UK, the new importer of Korean SsangYong cars, has added a further seven locations to its dealer map. This brings the network strength to 51. 40 sales & service dealerships and 11 service centres.

The new appointments are:
> A E Wilcox,

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Nissan encourages customers to ‘buy it now’ on eBay

Nissan has launched an official parts, accessories and merchandise store on eBay.co.uk – the UK’s largest online marketplace. The Nissan GB official store opened for business last week and aims to make buying easier for customers wanting Nissan genuine parts and

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Jaguar announces new sports car - the F-Type

Jaguar confirms that it will bring an all-new sports car to production; the F-Type.

Speaking at the New York Auto Show Adrian Hallmark, Global Brand Director, Jaguar Cars, confirmed, "We showed the C-X16 concept in September 2011, and the reaction to it has been

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Rakesh Srivastava appointed as VP National Sales for Hyundai Motor India Ltd

Hyundai Motor India Ltd (HMIL) has appointed Rakesh Srivastava as Vice-President National Sales. Prior to joining HMIL, Srivastava was Chief General Manager at Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. where he served for 15 years. An alumnus of the Indian Institute of

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Volvo Car Corporation appoints Duncan Forrester as Director, Global Social Media

Volvo Car Corporation has announced that Duncan Forrester will become the new Director, Global Social Media within the Public Affairs department. Reporting directly to Olle Axelson, Senior Vice-President of Public Affairs, the new role will develop global

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Andrea Baker joins Bentley as Head of Media Relations

Bentley Motors has announced the appointment of Andrea Baker as Head of Media Relations. She will report directly to Michael Baumann, Bentley’s Director of Communications.

Andrea has nearly 15 years of experience in the UK automotive industry. She joins

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Hyundai’s 'HND-7' to globally premiere at Delhi Auto Expo 2012

Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), the country's largest exporter and the second-largest car manufacturer will Global Premiere its Concept Compact MPV, the HND-7 on  the opening day of the 11th Auto Expo starting January 5, 2012.

The other major attractions at the Auto Expo will be the

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