Finally a good news story for the Automotive Industry…
Toyota Australia’s Dealership Careers dials in to the Autopeople Job Network

Toyota Institute Australia this week welcomes the Autopeople job network to the suite of resources it currently makes available to its Dealer network.  This confirms their commitment to ensuring Toyota Australia’s Retail Dealerships have access to the [...]

Michael Lane, Dealer Principal of Lane Toyota discusses the importance of family values within his business and why he looks for new employees he’d be happy to have home for dinner.
What is the history of Lane Anderson Motors?
I am the current owner of Lane Toyota which I purchased from my family in 2002, who had [...]

The Confederation of Australian Motor Sport (CAMS) and the South Australian Motor Sport Board (SAMSB) have today announced changes to the Adelaide Parklands street circuit ahead of the 2009 Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, South Australia on 19-22 March next year.
The changes are as a result of the findings of a CAMS Panel of Inquiry and [...]

If General Motors was forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy, the US government could have to lend it about US$30bn to help it through or risk a series of failures in the auto industry, a leading bank has said.
GM could need the $30bn for debtor-in-possession loans to pay operating expenses under bankruptcy protection restructuring, Bank of [...]

Mercedes Benz’s Australia-Pacific branch will launch its own transport scholarship program to beat skills shortages and give staff the opportunity to grow their careers.
The Rising Stars program gives 15 of the company’s parts and services staff to gain a nationally recognised Diploma of Management from the Australian Institute of Management.
The 18-month long course, fully funded [...]

The US Senate has failed to reach a deal on a controversial multi-billion-dollar bail-out for the beleaguered auto industry.
“I’m terribly disappointed that we are not able to arrive at a conclusion,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said late Thursday in Washington after politicians spent hours trying to hammer out a compromise over proposed federal loans [...]

BMW has given the three series the once light over, updating its most popular model while rejigging the range at the same time.
The biggest change is at the entry level to the range. The new entry point is the 320i Executive, complete with Dakota leather trim, power front seats, light alloy wheels, active front headrests [...]

Industry welcomes ‘creative solution’
The $2 billion dollar bailout package for dealership finance will not save all dealerships admits the Treasurer of the Commonwealth.
Wayne Swan has made it clear only qualifying viable dealerships will be eligible for the assistance.
“The SPV will be designed to support viable businesses,” Swan warns. “It will not seek to provide an [...]

This is the first of our three part series that looks at the art of high end prestige retailing through the eye’s of Australia’s leading retail personalities, the men that sell the most expensive cars on the road to Australia’s wealthy.
Introducing Melbourne’s “Mr. Bentley”, Bill Upfield
Having left school at the age of 14 with [...]

For all the talk of the slowdown, the fight for good employees is only heating up.
The economic crunch might have pushed more people into the job market, but that hasn’t stopped recruiters and businesses from going to extraordinary lengths to secure the cream of the crop.
One recruitment company is even offering people who apply for [...]