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RENAULT UK has given RenaultSport fan Mark Crockett the role of services and quality director. The RenaultSport Spider-driving 41 year old Scot joins the UK board, as one of 10 directors under the leadership of Roland Bouchara. After working abroad, Crockett returned to the UK as product marketing manager for Renault, back in 1994. He [...]

RENAULT is the latest brand to appoint a new head of marketing, in another key UK role. Advertising big-spenders Renault now have Phil York in control of the budget. The long-time Renault man will also take charge of product planning, pricing, vehicle distribution, market analysis and direct marketing plans. No wonder Renault has given him [...]

SEVEN-site south-east car franchise AutoPlanet and Waters Retail has been sold, in a big buyout. A company owned by Darren Payne and John Hannah has paid an undisclosed sum for the big car dealer operation. It boasts a turnover not far off £100m a year, and holds franchises for Peugeot, Renault and Mazda. Expert advisers [...]

RENAULT corporate account manager Richard Turk is taking on the challenge of a lifetime – climbing Mt Kilimanjaro! The North West man aims to complete the climb in 10 days, raising £2000 for the National Victims Association. This is a charity that helps families who have suffered loss through murder or manslaughter. 34 year old [...]

RENAULT UK’s managing director has hit out at the government over the scrappage scheme. Speaking exclusively to Car Dealer Magazine, Roland Bouchara said he would have liked to have seen a far larger contribution than the current £1000, which car makers must match. ‘I do think it was the right thing to do,’ he told [...]

RENAULT UK car dealers have been honoured in the latest round of Renault Global Quality Awards. It was three Renault car dealers in Northern Ireland who won the top UK places in the Renault Award programme, and one in Scotland: •    TC Autos, Omagh – Best Customer Service winner •    Rodney Cole, Cookstown – Best [...]

MITSUBISHI has given the L200 Double Cab pickup added poke, with a 7-inch rear bed length extension. The rear load bay now has an 18cm-longer ‘Long Bed’ option. Well, what do you think we meant? It has more thrust too, courtesy of an extra 42bhp for the 2.5-litre DI-D turbodiesel. Indeed, 176bhp makes it the [...]

RENAULT is the latest brand to finally confirm its scrap scheme sales incentives – and they’re eye-openers. Choice one for Car Dealer Magazine is a new Renault Clio Extreme 1.2 for £6495. That’s a saving of £3500 on list price… and £500 better than Renault previously announced! What’s more, it’s the latest, just-facelifted Clio, which [...]

RENAULT is to offer extra savings over and above the Government-inspired £2k scrappage allowance. These incentives will chip prices to ultra-low levels, says the car maker. Examples of the savings Renault dealers will be able to offer include: •    Renault Twingo Extreme – £5995 •    Renault Clio Extreme 1.2 – £6995 •    Megane Extreme 1.6 [...]

GOOLE car dealer Brian Leighton Garages is now supplying brand new SsangYong models to Yorkshire. Family-run BLG already runs Nissan and Renault franchises, and is now to start retailing SsangYong cars and light commercials, too. It’s the ideal fit for the locality, said the Howden car dealer. ‘We have been impressed by SsangYong’s range and [...]

CARDIFF City former pro Allan Price has taken over day-to-day operations at Bristol Street Renualt Gloucester. It’s a quick ascendancy for Price – he only started at Briston Street in March. But he’s ‘delighted to be joining the Bristol Street Group, which is a great opportunity, as the group is forward thinking and customer-focused. ‘I’m [...]

CAR manufacturer top brass from Ford and Renault have backed our Scrap Scheme Now campaign. Speaking exclusively to Car Dealer Magazine, Ford of Britain managing director Nigel Sharp told us he believed such a scheme is just what the industry needs. ‘Ford supports a UK scrappage incentive scheme,’ he told us. ‘Like those successfully introduced [...]